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Khaled Sharrouf
Born23 February 1981
Sydney, Australia
Disappeared2015
StatusPresumed dead by drone strike or by airstrike
DiedPresumed 2015 or 2017
CitizenshipAustralian (revoked in 2017), Syrian
Known forIslamic State of Iraq and the Levant member, 2012 Sydney protests
MovementIslamic State of Iraq and the Levant
SpouseTara Nettleton (deceased)
Children
  • Zaynab (b 2001)
  • Hoda (b 2002)
  • Abdullah (b 2005) (presumed dead)
  • Zarqawi (b 2008) (presumed dead)
  • Humzeh (b 2011)

Khaled Sharrouf (born 23 February 1981) is a foreign fighter who in 2013 travelled to Syrian territory to fight in the Syrian Civil War on the side of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as Islamic State). Born in Sydney, Australia, in 2017 he was the first Australian dual-national to have his Australian citizenship revoked under anti-terror legislation passed in 2015. In 2014, he posted an image to the Internet showing his seven-year-old son holding the severed head of a Syrian soldier, an act that was widely condemned.

He was reportedly killed in June 2015, and again in August 2017, but his death has remained unverified.[1][2]

Early life

Growing up in the 1980s, Sharrouf had a dysfunctional childhood, reportedly living a troubled youth filled with crime and mental illness. He was abandoned by his father for a period. During his teens he both used and dealt drugs. He did not grow up as a practising Muslim. Jamal Rifi, a local GP, said that Sharrouf was initially diagnosed as having depression, but later believed that it was schizophrenia.[3]

Imam Sheikh Taj El-Din Hilaly described Sharrouf "as an empty vase, which could be filled with anything, and it was filled with rubbish ideology."[3]

In 2005, he was arrested at his home in Wiley Park along with eight others during an Australian anti-terror investigation code-named Operation Pendennis. He was imprisoned for four years and released on parole in 2009 after a judge and psychiatrist "cautiously believed" that he would "abandon his radical beliefs."[4][5][6][7]

Sharrouf was involved in planning the 2012 Sydney protests regarding the film Innocence of Muslims.[8]

In Syria

Sharrouf travelled from Sydney Airport to ISIL-controlled territory on 6 December 2013 using his brother's passport.[9] He later joined the group in 2014.[10] His activities received wide coverage in Australia in August 2014 after he posted a photo of his son holding a severed head. The incident was condemned by Australian leaders and by the public.[11][12][13] The incident raised concerns about Australian Muslims being recruited for terrorist activity abroad, and the possibility that the recruits would return to Australia and conduct attacks.[14]

Sharrouf was reported to have been killed on 19 June 2015 by a drone strike.[15] His death was not confirmed, and later reports suggested that he was still alive.[16] The Australian government was unable to confirm his death.[17]

With Mohamed Elomar, Sharrouf posted photographs of severed heads or dead and mutilated bodies.[18]

In February 2017, he was the first person to have his Australian citizenship revoked under new anti-terror laws passed in 2015.[5][19][18]

On 11 August 2017, he was reported to have been killed by an coalition airstrike while driving near Raqqa, Syria, along with two of his sons.[2][20] When questioned, the Department of Immigration and Border Protection Minister Peter Dutton said that Sharrouf’s death would be nothing to mourn.[18]

Personal life

Sharrouf was married to Tara Nettleton, an Australian woman. In 2014 she brought to the Islamic State, their five children: Zaynab, Hoda, Abdullah, Zarqawi and Hamzah.[21][22] A family friend, Robert van Alst, said that Nettleton had died in 2015, while her mother, Karen Nettleton, said she had only learned of her daughter's death around January 2016. Nettleton is believed to have died in Syria following complications from appendix surgery. [23][24]

Sharrouf's eldest daughter Zaynab was married to an ISIL jihadist at 13 years old and became pregnant at 13 years old.[21]

References

  1. ^ Rachel Olding, David Wroe, Michael Koziol (2017-08-16). "Islamic State fighter Khaled Sharrouf and sons believed killed in Syria". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2019-02-22. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |trans_title= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ a b Anna Patty (2016-03-21). "Khaled Sharrouf's daughter, Zaynab Sharrouf, tells of 'normal' life in Syria". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2019-02-22. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |trans_title= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ a b "The life and crimes of Australian jihadist Khaled Sharrouf". Radio National. 2014-08-14. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
  4. ^ Olding, Rachel (24 August 2014). "Terrifying legacy emerges from success of Operation Pendennis". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  5. ^ a b Maley, Paul (11 February 2016). "Khaled Sharrouf stripped of citizenship under anti-terror laws". The Australian. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  6. ^ "Khaled Sharrouf". Counter Extremism Project.
  7. ^ "The Sydney suspects". The Sydney Morning Herald. 12 November 2005.
  8. ^ "How the Hyde Park riot fired up two Australian Muslim terrorists, Khaled Sharrouf and Mohamed Elomar". The Daily Telegraph (Sydney). 1 Oct 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  9. ^ "Islamic State: Khaled Sharrouf passed airport checks, evaded authorities in less than two minutes". ABC News. 16 June 2015.
  10. ^ "Australian National Security – Islamic State". Australian Government. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
  11. ^ "Photo of boy holding decapitated Syrian soldier's head 'barbaric' – Australia PM". RT.com. 11 August 2014.
  12. ^ "Khaled Sharrouf's sister describes his actions fighting with IS as 'abhorrent'". smh.com.au. 2 October 2014.
  13. ^ Maley, Paul (12 August 2014). "Jihad's 'child soldiers' spark calls for action on extremists". The Australian. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  14. ^ Brendan Nicholson (July 17, 2014). "Returned radicalised jihadis 'a significant risk', says ASIO". The Australian. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
  15. ^ Welch, Dylan (24 June 2015). "Khaled Sharrouf may have been targeted in drone strike months before his death, barrister says". ABC. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  16. ^ "Terrorist Khaled Sharrouf still alive after drone attack that killed Mohamed Elomar". news.com.au. News Limited. 28 June 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  17. ^ Ferrier, Tracey (30 April 2017). "Who is Khaled Sharrouf and is he alive?". NewsComAu. Australian Associated Press. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  18. ^ a b c Benson, Simon; Maley, Paul; Bearup, Greg (additional reporting) (17 August 2017). "Aussie intel pinpointed Sharrouf for US strike". The Australian (www.theaustralian.com.au). News Corp. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  19. ^ Williams, Jacqueline (13 February 2017). "ISIS Fighter's Australian Citizenship Is Revoked Under Antiterror Laws". New York Times.
  20. ^ Welch, Dylan; Dredge, Suzanne (16 August 2017). "Australian terrorist Khaled Sharrouf believed to have been killed in air strike". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  21. ^ a b 'Till Martyrdom Do Us Part' Gender and the ISIS Phenomenon (PDF). Institute for Strategic Dialogue. 2015. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-30. Retrieved 2016-02-25. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  22. ^ "Khaled Sharrouf, Australian Isis terrorist, killed in Syria – reports". The Guardian. 16 August 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  23. ^ "Tara Nettleton, widow of Australian Islamic State terrorist, dies in Syria". The Sydney Morning Herald. 11 February 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  24. ^ "Tara Nettleton, widow of Isis fighter Khaled Sharrouf, dies in Syria – reports". The Guardian. 10 February 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
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