Abdul Rahman Mustafa al-Kaduli

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Abdul Rahman Mustafa al-Kaduli ( Arabic عبد الرحمن مصطفى القادولي, DMG ʿAbd ar-Raḥmān Muṣṭafā al-Qādūlī ; * 1957 or 1959 in Mosul ; † March 25, 2016 in Syria ), also known as Abu Ala al-Afri ( Arabic أبو علاء العفري, DMG Abū ʿAlāʾ al-ʿAfrī ) or Haji Iman , was an Iraqi terrorist . Until his death after Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, he was the deputy head of the jihadist - Salafist terrorist organization Islamic State (IS).

biography

The biographical information on al-Kaduli is incomplete and fraught with uncertainty. He was born in Mosul in northern Iraq and later worked there as a physics teacher. In 1998 he probably traveled to Afghanistan , where he received paramilitary training from al-Qaeda and became Osama bin Laden's agent . In 2004 he joined al-Qaeda in Iraq under Abū Musʿab az-Zarqāwī . He was later arrested by the Iraqi authorities, but was released in 2012 and joined ISIS. As of May 2014, the United States Treasury Department listed al-Kaduli as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist . After Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi , the self-proclaimed “caliph” of IS, was allegedly seriously injured in an air strike in March 2015 so that he could no longer exercise his office, according to press reports, al-Kaduli moved into the hierarchy of IS the second position and acted as finance minister of the IS. In May 2015, the United States Department of State placed a bounty of up to US $ 7 million on him. According to US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter , he was killed by United States forces on March 25, 2016 in Syria .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wanted: Abd al-Rahman Mustafa al-Qaduli . ( Memento of May 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Rewards for Justice, accessed on March 25, 2016 (English).
  2. ↑ "We are eliminating your cabinet." US troops kill "number two" of the IS . In: n-tv.de , March 25, 2016, accessed on March 25, 2016.
  3. ↑ a b Jack Moore: ISIS Replaces Injured Leader Baghdadi With Former Physics Teacher. Newsweek, April 22, 2015, accessed March 25, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Micah Halpern: The Next bin Laden? Meet ISIS 'New Top Dog. observer.com, June 5, 2015, accessed March 25, 2016 .
  5. ^ US coalition forces kill ISIS deputy leader in Syria - Pentagon. rt.com , March 25, 2016, accessed March 25, 2016 .
  6. ↑ https://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/jl2396.aspx
  7. ↑ US forces kill ISIL second in command in Syria. Al Jazeera , March 25, 2016, accessed March 25, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Kaduli, Abdul Rahman Mustafa al-
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Afri, Abu Ala al-; Iman, Hajji
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Iraqi terrorist
DATE OF BIRTH 1957 or 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Mosul
DATE OF DEATH March 25, 2016
Place of death Syria