Abdullah Abu Azzam al-Iraqi
Sheikh Abdullah Abu Azzam al-Iraqi ( pronunction AH-boo ah-ZAM (died September 2005) was an Iraqi.
Life
Born in Iraq, he originally joined the Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad. He was reported to be the number two leader and "chief financier",[1] and aide to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and was also known as the emir of Anbar.
There was a reward of $50,000 offered for information leading to his death or capture; he was killed by the United States Army in a shootout in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad.
References
- ↑ The Demise of Abu Azzam, The Long War Journal, 2005-09-26, accessed on 2008-10-01