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(Redirected from Abu Abdullah al-Shaf'i) Iraqi islamist militant

Wirya Rasoul Salih Hawleri (Kurdish: وریا ڕەسووڵ ساڵح هەولێری), known as Abu Abdullah al-Shafi'i (Arabic: ابو عبدالله الشافعي; Father of Abdullah, the Shafi'i), (born in Zakho, Iraqi Kurdistan), is the former leader of Jamaat Ansar al-Sunna and Ansar al-Islam from early 2003 to 2010. He is a Kurdish veteran of jihad in Afghanistan and Chechnya. On 3 May 2010, he was captured by the Iraqi government along with seven others.

References

  1. ^ Martin, Gus. The SAGE Encyclopedia of Terrorism, Second Edition. SAGE. p. 48. ISBN 9781412980166.
  2. "وثيقة تحصل عليها الشرق الأوسط تكشف: بن لادن بارك تأسيس جند الإسلام الكردية وأرسل لها هدية بالدولارات". Elaph. 2001-09-28. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  3. "Ansar al Islam leader Abu Abdullah al Shafi, moments after his capture". Long War Journal. 12 May 2010.


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