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On April 18, 2010, al-Baghdadi was reported killed over the weekend when a joint operation of U.S. and Iraqi forces rocketed a home where he was hiding. Ayyub al-Masri was also reported as killed in the attack.<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/19/AR2010041900882.html</ref> His son was also killed in the atack and 16 others were arrested. He was killed in a [[safe house]] six miles (10 kilometers) southwest of [[Tikrit]] and was found dead in a hole in the ground inside a house. Iraqi Prime Minister [[Nouri al-Maliki]] announced the killings of al-Baghdadi and [[Abu Ayyub al-Masri]] at a news conference in Baghdad and showed reporters photographs of their bloody corpses. "The attack was carried out by ground forces which surrounded the house, and also through the use of missiles", al-Maliki said. "During the operation computers were seized with e-mails and messages to the two biggest terrorists, [[Osama bin Laden]] and [his deputy] [[Ayman al-Zawahiri]]", al-Maliki added. U.S. forces commander Gen. [[Raymond Odierno]] praised the operation. "The death of these terrorists is potentially the most significant blow to [[al-Qaida in Iraq]] since the beginning of the insurgency", he said. "There is still work to do but this is a significant step forward in ridding Iraq of terrorists". Joe Biden said that the killings of the top two al-Qaida figures in Iraq are "potentially devastating" blows to the terror network there and proof that Iraqi security forces are gaining ground.<ref>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100419/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_biden_iraq_3</ref><ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8630213.stm</ref><ref>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100419/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq</ref> |
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Abu Omar al-Qurashi al-Baghdadi | |
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| Commander of The Islamic State of Iraq | |
| Assumed office 21 Ramadan, 2006 | |
Hamid Dawud Mohamed Jalil al Zawi most commonly known as Abu Abdullah al-Rashid al-Baghdadi (ابو عبدالله الراشد البغدادي) (also known as Abu Hamza al-Baghdadi and Abu Omar al-Qurashi al-Baghdadi)[1][2] (d. April 19 2010 near Tikrit,Iraq) is the nom de guerre of the person purported to be the leader (or emir) of the former Mujahideen Shura Council (also known as the "Council of Freedom Fighters",[3] the "Consultative Council of Mujahedeen",[2] and the "Council of Holy Warriors"[4]), an umbrella organization composed of eight groups that oppose the United States' military presence in Iraq, and purported to be the head of the Islamic State of Iraq.
The Interior Ministry of Iraq claimed that al-Baghdadi was captured in Baghdad on March 9, 2007,[5] but it was later said that the person in question was not al-Baghdadi.[6] On May 3, 2007, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said that al-Baghdadi was killed by American and Iraqi forces north of Baghdad.[7] However, in July 2007, the U.S. military reported that al-Baghdadi never actually existed.[8] The detainee identified as Khaled al-Mashhadani, a self-proclaimed intermediary to Osama bin Laden, claimed that al-Baghdadi was a fictional character created to give an Iraqi face to a foreign-run terror group, and that statements attributed to al-Baghdadi were actually read by an Iraqi actor.[9]
In March 2008 the spokesman for an insurgent organization that is hostile to the Coalition, Hamas-Iraq, claimed that al-Baghdadi is a fabrication made by Al Qaeda to put a false Iraqi face to their organization.[10] However, US military officials later reported that in 2008, the Al Qaeda replaced Baghdadi with an actual Al Qaeda leader.[11]
On May 7, 2008, the Arabic-language satellite channel Al-Arabiya, citing information obtained from an Iraqi police official, identified al-Baghdadi as Hamid Dawoud al-Zawi.[12]
On April 23, 2009, AFP reported that he was arrested by the Iraqi military,[13] and on April 28 the Iraqi government produced photos to prove it to skeptics. The claim was denied by the Islamic State in Iraq[14] which according to SITE Institute released an apparently genuine recording of al-Baghdadi denying the government's recent claims. However, the Iraqi government refuted this claim and insisted that the man captured was indeed Baghdadi.[15] Tapes and messages were released in the name of Baghdadi throughout 2009 and 2010.[16][17]
Death
On April 18, 2010, al-Baghdadi was reported killed over the weekend when a joint operation of U.S. and Iraqi forces rocketed a home where he was hiding. Ayyub al-Masri was also reported as killed in the attack.[18] His son was also killed in the atack and 16 others were arrested. He was killed in a safe house six miles (10 kilometers) southwest of Tikrit and was found dead in a hole in the ground inside a house. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki announced the killings of al-Baghdadi and Abu Ayyub al-Masri at a news conference in Baghdad and showed reporters photographs of their bloody corpses. "The attack was carried out by ground forces which surrounded the house, and also through the use of missiles", al-Maliki said. "During the operation computers were seized with e-mails and messages to the two biggest terrorists, Osama bin Laden and [his deputy] Ayman al-Zawahiri", al-Maliki added. U.S. forces commander Gen. Raymond Odierno praised the operation. "The death of these terrorists is potentially the most significant blow to al-Qaida in Iraq since the beginning of the insurgency", he said. "There is still work to do but this is a significant step forward in ridding Iraq of terrorists". Joe Biden said that the killings of the top two al-Qaida figures in Iraq are "potentially devastating" blows to the terror network there and proof that Iraqi security forces are gaining ground.[19][20][21]
See also
References
- ^ Insurgent leader arrested in Iraq, Wimmera News. March 10, 2007.
- ^ a b Al-Qaeda names mystery man to succeed Zarqawi. Agence France Presse. 13 June 2006.
- ^ Burns, John F. and Dexter Filkins. A Jihadist Web Site Says Zarqawi's Group in Iraq Has a New Leader in Place. New York Times. 13 June 2006.
- ^ Filkins, Dexter and John F. Burns. U.S. Portrayal Helps Flesh Out Zarqawi's Heir. New York Times. 16 June 2006.
- ^ Iraqi ministry: Militant leader arrested in Baghdad, CNN. March 9, 2007.
- ^ "Captured Iraqi not al-Baghdadi", Al Jazeera, March 10, 2007.
- ^ "Iraq says insurgent leader dead", CNN, May 3, 2007.
- ^ Yates, Dean (2007-07-18). "Senior Qaeda figure in Iraq a myth: U.S. military". Reuters. p. 1. Retrieved 2007-07-28.
- ^ http://chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4980195.html
- ^ MEMRI: Latest News
- ^ http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2010/04/al_qaeda_in_iraqs_to.php
- ^ Report: Al-Qaida in Iraq leader identified with photograph - International Herald Tribune
- ^ Head of Al-Qaeda in Iraq arrested in Baghdad: army, Agence France-Presse, April 23, 2009.
- ^ Qaeda-linked Islamic State in Iraq denies head captured, Reuters, 2009-05-12.
- ^ http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1477781.php/Iraqi_security_forces_insist_detainee_is_al-Qaeda_leader_
- ^ Al-Qaida leader in Iraq calls for continued jihad Associated Press Maamoun Youssef – March 23, 2010.
- ^ WorldAnalysis.net archive of text and translations of tapes listed as by al-Baghdadi
- ^ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/19/AR2010041900882.html
- ^ http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100419/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_biden_iraq_3
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8630213.stm
- ^ http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100419/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq
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