Abu Abdallah ar-Rashid al-Baghdadi

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Abu Abdallah ar-Rashid al-Baghdadi ( Arabic أبو عبد الله الراشد البغدادي, DMG Abū ʿAbd Allāh ar-Rašīd al-Baġdādī , or also Abu Omar al-Baghdadi (أبو عمر البغدادي / Abū ʿUmar al-Baġdādī ) and numerous other name variations; † April 18, 2010 ) was the leader of the Islamic State Organization in Iraq and the Levant . He was succeeded on May 16, 2010 by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi .

identity

person

The Nisba al-Baghdadi ("the Baghdad ") is a battle name . The person behind this pseudonym has always remained shadowy. According to Iraqi official sources, it was Hamid Dawud Muhammed Chalil az-Zawi (or Hamed Dawood al Zawy), a former Iraqi army officer. Accordingly, he would have switched to the Islamist resistance against Saddam Hussein in 1985 , emigrated to Afghanistan in 1987 and returned to Iraq in 1991. After the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, he participated in the Iraqi uprising and eventually became the leader of the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI).

Controversy

In July 2007, US military spokesman Brigadier General Kevin Bergner claimed that Abu Omar al-Baghdadi does not exist and that all of his audio statements were in fact read by an elderly Iraqi actor. Other voices say that he was incarnated by different fighters one after the other. A possible reason for this could be that the real leader Abu Ayyub al-Masri , an Egyptian, wanted to present an Iraqi "face" for the organization.

One prisoner identified as Khaled al-Mashhadani, a self-declared mediator on Osama bin Laden , alleged that Al-Baghdadi was a fictional character created to create a foreign-run face of Iraq. In March 2008, a spokesman for Hamas Iraq also claimed that Al-Baghdadi was an al-Qaeda construct to create an Iraqi face in their organization. The US military does not support these claims.

death

His arrest and death had been announced several times before, including 2007. His official date of death is April 18, 2010, when a joint operation between US and Iraqi forces stormed a conspiratorial apartment 10 kilometers southwest of Tikrit . Abu Ayyub al-Masri and Al-Baghdadi's son were also killed in the operation and 16 other people were arrested.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki announced the deaths of al-Baghdadi and al-Masri at a press conference in Baghdad and showed pictures of their bodies. "The attack was carried out by ground forces surrounding the house and the use of rocket projectiles," said Al-Maliki, adding, "During the operation, computers were sent with emails and messages to the two biggest terrorists, Osama bin Laden and [his deputy] Aiman ​​az-Zawahiri secured ”.

Announcements and news on behalf of al-Baghdadi have not reached the public since 2010.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/04/19/us-iraq-violence-alqaeda-idUSTRE63I3CL20100419
  2. ^ Iraqi Insurgent Group Names New Leaders . Los Angeles Times. May 16, 2010. Retrieved June 13, 2014.
  3. ↑ CBSnews: Report: True Identity of 'Islamic State of Iraq' Leader Revealed, Photos Aired
  4. ↑ Michael R. Gordon: Leader of Al Qaeda group in Iraq was fictional, US military says on " New York Times "
  5. ↑ Dean Yates: Senior Qaeda figure in Iraq a myth: US military on "Reuters"
  6. ↑ Asharq-al-Awsat: Who was the Real Abu Omar al-Baghdadi?
  7. ^ The Christian Science Monitor: Two Iraq Al Qaeda leaders killed: Did they really get Abu Omar al-Baghdadi?  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.csmonitor.com  
  8. ^ Mapping Militant Organizations: Al-Qaeda in Iraq
  9. ↑ Tina Susman: Al-Qaida's man in Iraq unveiled as fictional character on " Los Angeles Times "
  10. ↑ Hamas-Iraq: Al-Qaeda in Iraq is Subservient to Iran; 'The US is Our Main Enemy, But a More Dangerous Enemy is Iran' on "Memri"
  11. ↑ Bill Roggio: US and Iraqi forces kill Al Masri and Baghdadi, al Qaeda in Iraq's top two leaders on "LongWarJournal"
  12. ^ Waleed Ibrahim: Al Qaeda's top two leaders in Iraq have been killed, officials said Monday, in a strike the United States called a "potentially devastating blow" but whose impact analysts said may be limited on "Thomson Reuters"

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personal data
SURNAME Abu Abdallah ar-Rashid al-Baghdadi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Abu Abdallah al-Rashid al-Baghdadi; Abu Omar al-Baghdadi; Abu Umar al-Baghdadi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Leader of the organization Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, or ISIS for short
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
DATE OF DEATH April 18, 2010