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'''Shaker al-Abssi''' (1955-2008?) ({{lang-ar|شاكر العبسي}}) was a veteran [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] guerrilla and [[Fatah al-Islam]]'s leader. On 10 December, 2008 Fatah al-Islam announced that al-Abssi was believed to have been killed or arrested in ambush by [[Syria]]n security forces.<ref>[http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2008/12/20081210174029633363.html Fatah al-Islam leader believed dead]. ''[[Al Jazeera]] English''. Accessed 10 December, 2008.</ref>
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| name = Abu Yusuf Shaker Yusuf Hasan al-Absi
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| birth_date = 1955
| death_date = 2008 (disputed)
| nationality = [[Palestinian]]
| other_names = Šākir al-ʿAbsī
| occupation = Fighter Pilot
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'''Abu Yusuf Shaker Yusuf Hasan al-Absi''' (1955–2008?; {{langx|ar|شاكر العبسي|Šākir al-ʿAbsī}}) was a veteran [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] guerrilla and [[Fatah al-Islam]]'s leader. On December 10, 2008, Fatah al-Islam announced that al-Absi was believed to have been killed by Syrian security forces.<ref name=dead/><ref>{{Cite news |title=Fatah al-Islam leader believed dead |url=http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2008/12/20081210174029633363.html |access-date=10 December 2008 |work=[[Al Jazeera English]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=The inside story of Fatah al Islam's leader Shaker al-Absi |url=http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2007/06/lebanon_the_ins_1.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070619120257/http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2007/06/lebanon_the_ins_1.php |archive-date=2007-06-19 |work=Ya Libnan}}</ref>


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Shaker al-Abssi was born in 1955 in the [[Ein al-Sultan]] refugee camp near the city of [[Jericho]], in the Palestinian [[West Bank]]. In 1967, he emigrated to [[Jordan]] following the [[Six-Day War]] which led to the [[Israel]]i occupation of the West Bank. Shaker excelled in school and moved to [[Tunisia]] to enroll in medical school, but the medical field was not really what he aspired to. Instead he wanted to get involved in fighting for a [[state of Palestine]]. Shaker al-Abssi then joined the [[Fatah]] organization of [[Yasser Arafat]], which sent him to [[Libya]] to study and train to become a pilot. He succeeded his training and piloted a [[MiG-23]] fighter plane during the [[Libyan-Chadian War]].


Absi joined the Palestinian militants at a young age. He volunteered to fight with the Libyan army in Chad. Later he participated in the 1983 revolt at Lebanon against [[Yasser Arafat]] in [[Fatah al-Intifada]], which was led by Abu Moussa Muragheh and Abu Khaled Amleh. He then fought in Afghanistan.<ref>{{Cite web |script-title=ar:شاكر العبسي .. مؤسس 'فتح الإسلام' |url=http://www.islamist-movements.com/31114 |access-date=2021-05-25 |script-website=ar:بوابة الحركات الاسلامية}}</ref>
Shaker visited his brother Abdel Razzak in 1980, who was studying at a medical school in [[Cuba]], on his way to [[Nicaragua]] where he intended to help the [[Sandinista]]s. He remained with the Sandinistas for 4 to 5 months.


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On June 21, 2007, al-Absi and 15 other accused Fatah al-Islam members were formally charged<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-06-21 |title=16 Reputed Fatah al-Islam Members Face Criminal Charges |url=http://www.fatahislam.com/news/lebanese-prosecutor-21062007-charges.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070626072603/http://www.fatahislam.com/news/lebanese-prosecutor-21062007-charges.html |archive-date=2007-06-26 |access-date=2007-07-07 |website=Fatah al-Islam}}</ref> by Lebanese State Prosecutor Saeed Mirza in a criminal case accusing them of carrying out the [[February 13, 2007 Bikfaya bombings|February 13, 2007 bus bombings]] in the mountain village of [[Ain-Alaq]]. Al-Absi and other defendants were also charged with bombing two civilian buses on the eve of a [[Cedar Revolution]] rally planned to commemorate the second anniversary of the [[assassination]] of the former Lebanese prime minister, [[Rafik Hariri]].
In 1982 when [[Israel]] [[1982 Lebanon War|invaded Lebanon]], Shaker fought in the [[Bekaa valley]] area of Lebanon alongside Fatah. Then from Lebanon he returned to Libya and from there he traveled to [[Yemen]] and then to [[Damascus]], [[Syria]] where he finally settled.


All accusations were denied by Fatah al Islam leader and his group, they have claimed that they were deliberately accused by Lebanese government to justify their elimination.
In 2002, Syria arrested Shaker and sent him to jail for his activities with a restricted [[Islamist]] organization and accused him of plotting against the Syrian regime. Shaker remained in jail for 3 years, during which he was sentenced to death in absentia by Jordan for participating in planning and executing the murder in 2002 of [[Laurence Foley]], the US ambassador to Jordan at the time. The slain leader of [[Al-Qaeda in Iraq]], [[Abu Musab Zarqawi]], received a similar sentence for the same crime.


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On September 2, 2007, al-Absi was allegedly killed in the north of Tripoli. A body believed to be al-Absi's has undergone DNA and blood tests, and the Lebanese army confirmed it to be his. A total of 39 Islamist militants were killed by Lebanese troops in a pre-dawn attempt to escape from the Palestinian refugee camp in which they had been besieged for three months by the Lebanese army.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-09-02 |title=Fatah al-Islam chief among siege dead |url=http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22352333-5005961,00.html |website=[[Herald Sun]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-09-02 |title=Lebanese troops crush Islamists in siege camp |url=http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iuG-euaqZY2LFCWhoBUjcagqj0ow |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110103205423/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iuG-euaqZY2LFCWhoBUjcagqj0ow |archive-date=2011-01-03 |access-date=2007-09-02}}</ref>
In 2005, Shaker was set free by Syria and moved to Lebanon to head [[Fatah al-Intifada]], a Syrian Intelligence-backed splinter group of the mainstream Fatah movement based out of the [[Shatila]] Palestinian refugee camp in [[Beirut]]. A few months later, Shaker decided to join a strict Islamist group of about 100 other members and settled at the [[Nahr al-Bared]] refugee camp. There he formed the Fatah al-Islam Islamist movement.<ref>[http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2007/06/lebanon_the_ins_1.php The inside story of Fatah al Islam’s leader Shaker al-Absi | Ya Libnan | Lebanon News Live from Beirut<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>


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However, a DNA test carried out on the body did not confirm his death. The body discovered belonged to a man in his thirties, while Absi was fifty-six at the time. The DNA was also compared to samples from his brother and daughter and found not to match.
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On June 21, 2007, al-Abssi and 15 other accused Fatah al-Islam members were formally charged<ref>{{citeweb|title = 16 Reputed Fatah al-Islam Members Face Criminal Charges | publisher = [http://www.fatahislam.com Fatah al-Islam] | url = http://www.fatahislam.com/news/lebanese-prosecutor-21062007-charges.html | date = 2007-06-21 | accessdate = 2007-07-07 }}</ref> by Lebanese State Prosecutor Saeed Mirza in a criminal case accusing them of carrying out the [[February 13, 2007 Bikfaya bombings|February 13, 2007 bus bombings]] in the mountain village of [[Ain-Alaq]]. Al-Abbsi and other defendants were also charged with bombing two civilian buses on the eve of a [[Cedar Revolution]] rally planned to commemorate the two-year anniversary of the [[assassination]] of the former Lebanese prime minister, [[Rafik Hariri]].
<ref>{{Cite news |date=10 September 2007 |title=DNA proves Fatah Islam leader not killed in northern Lebanon fighting |url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3448148,00.html |access-date=6 March 2015 |work=ynet}}</ref>


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In October 2008, al-Absi was reportedly captured in Syria.<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 October 2008 |title=SYRIA: Al Qaeda mastermind said to be captured |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2008/10/syria-al-qaeda.html |access-date=6 March 2015}}</ref> However, other reports had him still on the run. In November 2008, after a [[2008 Damascus car bombing|car bombing in Damascus]], al-Absi's daughter Wafa was shown on Syrian TV along with other purported Fatah al-Islam members.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2008-11-07 |title=Babylon & Beyond |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2008/11/syria-tv-confes.html |access-date=2010-05-23 |work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> On December 10, 2008, the group said Shaker al-Absi and two other members had been ambushed by the Syrian security forces in the small town of Jermana, south of Damascus, and that he had been killed or arrested.<ref name=dead>{{Cite news |date=2008-12-10 |title=Fatah al-Islam says leader 'dead' |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7775239.stm |access-date=2010-05-23 |work=BBC News}}</ref>
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On September 2, 2007, al-Abssi was allegedly killed in the north of Tripoli. A body believed to be al-Abassi's has undergone DNA and blood tests, and the Lebanese army confirmed it to be his. A total of 39 Islamist militants were killed by Lebanese troops in a pre-dawn attempt to escape from the Palestinian refugee camp in which they had been besieged for three months by the Lebanese army.<ref>{{citeweb|title = Fatah al-Islam chief among siege dead | publisher = [http://www.news.com.au/] | url = http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22352333-5005961,00.html | date = 2007-09-02 }}</ref><ref>{{citeweb|title = Lebanese troops crush Islamists in siege camp | publisher = [http://afp.google.com] | url = http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iuG-euaqZY2LFCWhoBUjcagqj0ow | date = 2007-09-02 }}</ref>

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However, a DNA test carried out the body did not confirm his death. The body discovered belonged to a man in his thirties, while Absi is fifty-six. The DNA was compared to samples taken from his brother and daughter, and were not found to match.
<ref>[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3448148,00.html DNA proves Fatah Islam leader not killed in northern Lebanon fighting - Israel News, Ynetnews<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

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In October 2008, he was reported captured in Syria. <ref>[http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2008/10/syria-al-qaeda.html Al Qaeda mastermind said to be captured in Syria]</ref> However, other reports had him still on the run. In November 2008, after a [[2008 Damascus car bombing|car bombing in Damascus]], al-Abssi's daughter Wafa was shown on Syrian TV along with other purported Fatah al-Islam members.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2008/11/syria-tv-confes.html | work=Los Angeles Times | title=Babylon & Beyond | date=2008-11-07 | accessdate=2010-05-23}}</ref> On 10 December 2008 the group said Shaker al-Abssi and two other members had been ambushed by the Syrian security forces in the small town of Jermana, south of Damascus, and that he had been killed or arrested.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7775239.stm | work=BBC News | title=Fatah al-Islam says leader 'dead' | date=2008-12-10 | accessdate=2010-05-23}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
{{Wikiquote}}
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*[http://www.asharqalawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=2&id=11468 The Mystery of Shaker Al Absi] ''[[Asharq Al-Awsat]]'' January 15, 2008
*[http://www.asharqalawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=2&id=11468 The Mystery of Shaker Al Absi]{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} ''[[Asharq Al-Awsat]]'' January 15, 2008
*[http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/entity.jsp?entity=shakir_al-abssi_1 Shakir al-Abssi] at the History Commons
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930014354/http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/entity.jsp?entity=shakir_al-abssi_1 Shakir al-Abssi] at the History Commons
*[http://www.fatahislam.com/leadership/shaker-al-abssi.html Shaker al-Abbsi] from [http://www.fatahislam.com/leadership/ Fatah al-Islam] leadership
*[http://www.fatahislam.com/leadership/shaker-al-abssi.html Shaker al-Abbsi] from [https://web.archive.org/web/20070626072808/http://www.fatahislam.com/leadership/ Fatah al-Islam] leadership


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Latest revision as of 15:43, 14 December 2024

Abu Yusuf Shaker Yusuf Hasan al-Absi
Born1955
Died2008 (disputed)
NationalityPalestinian
Other namesŠākir al-ʿAbsī
OccupationFighter Pilot

Abu Yusuf Shaker Yusuf Hasan al-Absi (1955–2008?; Arabic: شاكر العبسي, romanized: Šākir al-ʿAbsī) was a veteran Palestinian guerrilla and Fatah al-Islam's leader. On December 10, 2008, Fatah al-Islam announced that al-Absi was believed to have been killed by Syrian security forces.[1][2][3]

Biography

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Absi joined the Palestinian militants at a young age. He volunteered to fight with the Libyan army in Chad. Later he participated in the 1983 revolt at Lebanon against Yasser Arafat in Fatah al-Intifada, which was led by Abu Moussa Muragheh and Abu Khaled Amleh. He then fought in Afghanistan.[4]

On June 21, 2007, al-Absi and 15 other accused Fatah al-Islam members were formally charged[5] by Lebanese State Prosecutor Saeed Mirza in a criminal case accusing them of carrying out the February 13, 2007 bus bombings in the mountain village of Ain-Alaq. Al-Absi and other defendants were also charged with bombing two civilian buses on the eve of a Cedar Revolution rally planned to commemorate the second anniversary of the assassination of the former Lebanese prime minister, Rafik Hariri.

All accusations were denied by Fatah al Islam leader and his group, they have claimed that they were deliberately accused by Lebanese government to justify their elimination.

On September 2, 2007, al-Absi was allegedly killed in the north of Tripoli. A body believed to be al-Absi's has undergone DNA and blood tests, and the Lebanese army confirmed it to be his. A total of 39 Islamist militants were killed by Lebanese troops in a pre-dawn attempt to escape from the Palestinian refugee camp in which they had been besieged for three months by the Lebanese army.[6][7]

However, a DNA test carried out on the body did not confirm his death. The body discovered belonged to a man in his thirties, while Absi was fifty-six at the time. The DNA was also compared to samples from his brother and daughter and found not to match. [8]

In October 2008, al-Absi was reportedly captured in Syria.[9] However, other reports had him still on the run. In November 2008, after a car bombing in Damascus, al-Absi's daughter Wafa was shown on Syrian TV along with other purported Fatah al-Islam members.[10] On December 10, 2008, the group said Shaker al-Absi and two other members had been ambushed by the Syrian security forces in the small town of Jermana, south of Damascus, and that he had been killed or arrested.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Fatah al-Islam says leader 'dead'". BBC News. December 10, 2008. Retrieved May 23, 2010.
  2. ^ "Fatah al-Islam leader believed dead". Al Jazeera English. Retrieved December 10, 2008.
  3. ^ "The inside story of Fatah al Islam's leader Shaker al-Absi". Ya Libnan. Archived from the original on June 19, 2007.
  4. ^ شاكر العبسي .. مؤسس 'فتح الإسلام'. بوابة الحركات الاسلامية. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
  5. ^ "16 Reputed Fatah al-Islam Members Face Criminal Charges". Fatah al-Islam. June 21, 2007. Archived from the original on June 26, 2007. Retrieved July 7, 2007.
  6. ^ "Fatah al-Islam chief among siege dead". Herald Sun. September 2, 2007.
  7. ^ "Lebanese troops crush Islamists in siege camp". September 2, 2007. Archived from the original on January 3, 2011. Retrieved September 2, 2007.
  8. ^ "DNA proves Fatah Islam leader not killed in northern Lebanon fighting". ynet. September 10, 2007. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
  9. ^ "SYRIA: Al Qaeda mastermind said to be captured". October 5, 2008. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
  10. ^ "Babylon & Beyond". Los Angeles Times. November 7, 2008. Retrieved May 23, 2010.
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