Abu Ahmad al-Alwani explained

Abu Ahmad al-Alwani
Birth Name:Waleed Jassem al-Alwani
Birth Date:1972
Death Date:27 December
Birth Place:Ramadi, Iraq[1]
Death Place:Ramadi, Iraq
Allegiance: Baathist Iraq
Al-Qaeda

Islamic State of Iraq
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Islamic State

Branch:Iraqi Army (until 2003)
IS military
Rank:Commander
Battles:Iraq War
Syrian Civil War

Waleed Jassem al-Alwani (1972 – 27 December 2015), also known by the nom de guerre Abu Ahmad al-Alwani, was a senior commander in the Islamic State (IS) and a prominent member of its military council.[2] [3] He was a former member of the Iraqi Army under Saddam Hussein.

Reports circulated in February 2015 in British tabloids that Al-Alwani was killed in an air strike. However, his death was never confirmed by the U.S. or the Islamic State and later reports named Alwani as a "very senior officer" in IS.[4] [5]

On 27 December 2015, after clearing IS from large parts of the city, the Iraqi Interior Ministry claimed that it had killed al-Alwani. A well-placed observer, claimed in early 2016 that al-Alwani was indeed dead, and had been replaced by Abu Umar al-Hadithi, about whom nothing is known.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Top ISIS commanders killed in Ramadi: who were they? . 29 December 2015 .
  2. Web site: Exclusive: Top ISIS leaders revealed. Al Arabiya. 13 February 2014 . 23 October 2014.
  3. Web site: The Islamic State. Soufan Group. November 2014. 23 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150713102203/http://soufangroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/TSG-The-Islamic-State-Nov14.pdf. 13 July 2015. dead.
  4. News: Most of Islamic State's leaders were officers in Saddam Hussein's Iraq. Washington Post.
  5. Web site: The six individuals who have been at the helm of the terror group are from Iraq, the Iraqi interior ministry told Al Arabiya News Channel. (Al Arabiya) Exclusive: Top ISIS leaders revealed . 13 February 2014 .
  6. Web site: Orton . Kyle . Profles of Islamic State Leaders .