Abu Muslim al-Turkmani
Abu Muslim al-Turkmani ( Arabic أبو مسلم التركماني, DMG Abū Muslim at-Turkumānī ; * unknown; † August 18, 2015 near Mosul , Iraq ) was a leading member of the Islamic State terrorist militia . Turkmani was also called Fadil Ahmad Abdullah al-Hiyali (فاضل أحمد عبد الله الحيالي / Fāḍil Aḥmad ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥiyālī ) and Hajji Muʿtaz (الحاج معتز / al-Ḥāǧǧ Muʿtaz ) known. He was Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's deputy in Iraq.
During the reign of Saddam Hussein , Turkmani belonged to the Iraqi military intelligence service Directorate of General Military Intelligence (DGMI or DMI; Arabic: Mudīriyyat al-Istichbārāt al-ʿAskariyya al-ʿĀmma). He is said to have practiced a moderate form of Islam at the time. After the regime was overthrown in 2003, he joined the Sunni resistance and fought against the US- led occupation forces and the Shiite- dominated new central government in Baghdad . This resistance included several former followers of Saddam Hussein, especially from the military sector.
Abu Muslim al-Turkmani and Baghdadi probably met in 2004 in the US prison camp Camp Bucca in Iraq. According to The Guardian , a total of 17 of the top 25 Islamic State leaders were held in US prisons. Together with Baghdadi and Abu Ali al-Anbari , he formed the leadership of the Islamic State (IS). Turkmani is said to have had the greatest influence on Baghdadi, making it number two in ISIS. According to the organizational structure of IS, Turkmani were subordinate to seven governors for the Iraqi provinces.
After the US Department of Defense erroneously reported the death of Abu Muslim al-Turkmani in an air strike in mid-December 2014, according to a US government spokesman, he died in a missile attack using a drone near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on August 18, 2015 In mid-October 2015, an IS spokesman confirmed his death.
literature
- Behnam T. Said : Islamic State: IS militia, al-Qaida and the German brigades . CH Beck , Munich, 2014, ISBN 978-3-406-67210-1 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Drone attack in Iraq: USA announces the death of number two of the IS. In: Spiegel Online , August 21, 2015. Accessed August 25, 2015.
- ↑ a b Barbara Starr, Jim Acosta: US: ISIS No.2 killed in US drone strike in Iraq. In: CNN Online, August 22, 2015. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
- ↑ a b c d Christoph Sydow: Organization chart of terror. In: Spiegel Online , September 24, 2014.
- ^ A b c Alfred Hackensberger: The Organigramm des Terror Caliphate In: Die Welt , September 20, 2014.
- ^ "Inside the leadership of Islamic State: how the new 'caliphate' is run" in The Telegraph of July 9, 2014; Retrieved December 11, 2014
- ↑ http://online.wsj.com/articles/the-secret-to-the-success-of-islamic-state-1409709762
- ↑ Jürg Bischoff: Symbolism and power in the Islamic State. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung , November 15, 2014.
- ↑ "How America Helped ISIS" in New York Times of 1 October 2014; Retrieved December 11, 2014
- ^ The Guardian: Isis: the inside story ; accessed on December 16, 2014
- ↑ Raniah Salloum: The Knastbrüder of Camp Bucca. In: Spiegel Online , November 5, 2014.
- ↑ Süddeutsche Zeitung of December 19, 2014: Peshmerga report conquest of the Sinjar Mountains ; Retrieved December 19, 2014
- ↑ Iraq: "Islamic State" confirms killing of its deputy chief . Spiegel Online, October 13, 2015, accessed on the same day
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Turkmani, Abu Muslim al- |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Haji Mutas; al-Hijali, Fadel Ahmad Abdullah |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Iraqi intelligence officer, person of the Islamic State |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 18, 2015 |
| Place of death | near Mosul , Iraq |