Abu Suleiman al-Naser
| Abu Suleiman al-Naser | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Native name | أبو سليمان الناصر |
| Born |
Neaman Salman Mansour al Zaidi Morocco |
| Died | 2011 |
| Cause of death | Airstrike |
| Other names |
Al-Nasser Lideen Allah Abu Suleiman Abu Ibrahim al-Ansari Abu Ibrahim al-Zaidi Abu Ibrahim Nu'man |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance |
|
| Years of service | Unknown–2011 |
| Rank |
ISI War Minister[1][2] (April 2010–February 2011) |
| Battles/wars | Iraq War |
Abu Suleiman al-Naser[3] (Arabic: أبو سليمان الناصر, Neaman Salman Mansour al Zaidi) was the military commander or "War Minister" of the militant group Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) during the Iraq War.[1]
Little is known about Abu Suleiman. He reportedly to have trained at a foreign fighter camp in Rawa, Iraq, which was raided by US forces in 2003 and imprisoned at Camp Bucca.[4] He succeeded Abu Ayyub al-Masri as Minister of War for the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) in April 2010, after al-Masri and ISI leader Abu Omar al-Baghdadi were killed in an operation by US and Iraqi forces in Tikrit. Suleiman's appointment was announced in a statement in which he used the nom de guerre Al-Nasser Lideen Allah Abu Suleiman, meaning "Defender of God’s Religion, Father of Suleiman".[5] He is reported to have been a detainee at Camp Bucca prison,[6] and served as the ISI's leader in Anbar Province under the nom de guerre Abu Ibrahim al-Ansari.[7]
Iraqi security forces claimed to have killed Suleiman in February 2011, in the city of Hīt, west of Baghdad.[1] However, ISI denied his death a month later.[8] Despite this, ISI leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and ISI spokesman Abu Mohammed al-Adnani confirmed his death in August 2011.[9][10]
A report by Al Jazeera's Center for Studies, and an analysis of ISIL's leadership structure by a purported insider, also confirmed that Suleiman had in fact been killed in 2011, and that following his death, the position of "War Minister" was replaced by a military council composed of former regime military officers under the leadership of Haji Bakr.[11][12]
References
- 1 2 3 "Iraqi forces kill al-Qaida 'war minister' in raid". Retrieved 28 September 2014.
- ↑ "Islamic State Senior Leadership: Who's Who" (PDF). Brookings. 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
- ↑ A picture of Abu Suleiman al-Nasser, dated 1 February 2011, at the site of Bill Warner, PI.
- ↑ "Top 5 Islamic State leaders we must kill REVEALED". Daily Star. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
- ↑ "Al Qaeda in Iraq's security minister captured in Anbar". Retrieved 28 September 2014.
- ↑ "Photos of AQI's top 2 leaders". Long War Journal. 3 December 2010. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
- ↑ "اخبار العراق الان من السومرية نيوز". www.alsumaria.tv. Retrieved 2016-07-12.
- ↑ "ISI Denies Death Of Its Minister Of War". Retrieved 28 September 2014.
- ↑ http://triceratops.brynmawr.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/10066/15267/ADN20110807.pdf?sequence=1
- ↑ "Al Qaeda suicide bomber kills 28 Iraqis in attack in Baghdad mosque". The Long War Journal.
- ↑ Hassan Abu Haniyeh. "Daesh’s Organisational Structure".
- ↑ Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi. "An Account of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi & Islamic State Succession Lines".
