Abu
Ayyub al Masri
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Abu Ayyub al-Masari (Father of
Ayyub the Egyptian) |
Abu Ayyub al-Masri Translation:
Father of Ayyub (the eldest) the Egyptian) (born c. 1967) and Abu Hamza
al-Muhajir Translation: Father of Hamza (the eldest) the Muhajir) are
two pseudonyms of the same person according to an FBI wanted poster and
the U.S. State Department. In a Reuters article it was alleged that a
posting on an unnamed Islamist website that Abu Hamza al-Muhajir was
announced to be the new leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq on June 12, 2006.
Al-Masri is also a member of Egyptian Islamic Jihad. He was a senior
aide to former leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who was killed in a U.S.
airstrike on June 7, 2006. On that day, US Pentagon sources identified
him as among the prime candidates to assume direction of the Iraqi
insurgency.
He is described by the United States military as a native Egyptian who
is about 39 years of age. He joined the Muslim Brotherhood , and in 1982
he joined Egyptian Islamic Jihad, which later became part of al-Qaeda.
He went to Afghanistan in 1999, where he became an explosives expert. In
2004 he was put in charge of al-Qaeda's overseas networks, and in 2006
he reportedly succeeded al-Zarqawi as the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq.
Under the name Abu Ayyub al-Masri, he has been wanted by Coallition and
Iraqi authorities since 2005 or possibly earlier. Washington Post wrote,
"Officials in Washington said Masri is also known -- and equally unknown
-- by the name Yusif al-Dardiri Montasser el-Zayat
reportedly agrees that Abu Ayyub's real name is Yusif al-Dardiri.
Al-Masri is thought to have been born around 1967. He had been since
2003 an aide to his predecessor al-Zarqawi. He joined the Muslim
Brotherhood[10], and in 1982 he joined Egyptian Islamic Jihad, which
later became part of al-Qaeda.
The Mujahideen Shura Council, which claims to speak for Tenzheem Qa'adah
al-Jihad and other groups in Iraq, named Abu Hamza al-Muhajir) as its
new emir in June 2006. However, National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley
said, “It’s not clear at this point who is in (control). We’ve seen a
number of different reports… In our view it’s not yet settled.” |
