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Hizballah Cavalcade: Roundup of Iraqis Killed in Syria, Part 2
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By Phillip Smyth
Roundup of Iraqis Killed in Syria, Part 2
The latest installment of Iraqi Shia killed in Syria demonstrates a more publicly acknowledged level of Iranian involvement. Two bodies of Iraqi Shia fighters killed in Syria were returned to Iraq through the Iran-Iraq border. Family members of one of the dead Iraqis told the Associated Press that he had gone to Iran before heading to Syria.[1]
The make-up of Liwa’a Abu Fadl al-Abbas’s (LAFA) — a Syrian-based Shia militant group—membership was also exposed. Demonstrating a slight departure from earlier martyrdom announcements, Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq (AAH) more broadly acknowledged that their fighters in Syria operate exclusively under LAFA’s moniker. Earlier announcements listed only one of AAH fighters as serving with LAFA.
Three of the Iraqis killed were reportedly not claimed as members by any Iraqi Shia parties (including pro-Iranian Iraq-based groups). This partially fits with LAFA’s narrative that they are staffed by volunteer fighters from throughout the Shia Islamic world. However, with the recent revelations, it becomes clearer that LAFA fighters are most likely vetted and trained by Iran before heading off to fight in Syria.
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Name: Ala’a Muhsen Shahib al-Tamimi
Affiliated With: Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq/Liwa’a Abu Fadl al-Abbas
Death Announced: May 15, 2013. His death was first announced on Facebook.
Name: Ali Abdul al-Wahid ‘Awlan
Affiliated With: Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq/Liwa’a Abu Fadl al-Abbas
Death Announced: May 15, 2013. His death was first announced on Facebook on May 16, 2013.
Notes: Iran’s Supreme Leader Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is pictured on the right and Iraqi cleric Grand Ayatollah Muhammed Sadiq al-Sadr is pictured on the left.
Name: Muhammed Aboud al-Maliki (A.K.A. Mohammed Aboud)
Affiliated With: Liwa’a Abu Fadl al-Abbas
Death Announced: May 17, 2013. Funeral held on May 17, 2013.
Notes: According to Elaph.com, Muhammed Aboud al-Maliki was a 27 year old Iraqi from Basra. Elaph also said he was not claimed by any Iraqi organization as a member. It was also reported by the Associated Press that Aboud went to Iran before heading to fight in Syria. Maliki’s body and that of fellow fighter Hassan Ali Farhud were also transferred back to Iraq via Iran. Since it was announced he was killed fighting around Damascus’s Zaynab Shrine, it is possible he was fighting as a member of Liwa’a Abu Fadl al-Abbas. One released photo of Muhammed Aboud al-Maliki, which was posted on pro-Lebanese Hizballah and pro-Liwa’a Abu Fadl al Abbas Facebook pages, also claimed he belonged to Liwa’a Abu Fadl al-Abbas.
The released photo may also point to al-Maliki’s training influences. Holding the magazine of the rifle is a common fire-control technique used by Hizballah and is featured in a number of their propaganda videos.
Name: Hassan Ali Farhud
Affiliated With: Liwa’a Abu Fadl al-Abbas* (?)
Death Announced: May 17, 2013. Funeral held on May 17, 2013.
Notes: According to Al-Sumaria News, Farhud was a 32 year old from Basra, Iraq. His body, along with Muhammed Aboud al-Maliki (see above) were returned to Iraq via Iran. It is unknown whether he engaged in training in Iran or which group he served with. Since it was reported he was killed fighting around the Zaynab Shrine in Damascus, it can be assumed he was part of Liw’a Abu Fadl al-Abbas. At the time this was written, no photos of Farhud were released.
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Name: Diya Mutasher al-Issawi
Affiliated With: Liwa’a Abu Fadl al-Abbas
Death Announced: May 5, 2013. Funeral held on May 6, 2013.
Notes: The Iraq-based Buratha News Agency reported the 30 year old was originally from Iraq’s Basra province. Issawi was not claimed by any Iraqi party as a member. Also, it is unknown whether Issawi was trained in Iran or elsewhere.
[1] “Bombings at Sunni mosque and funeral kill 47 in Iraq”, Associated Press, May 17, 2013, http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/iraqis-in-southern-city-mourn-2-shiite-fighters-killed-in-syria/2013/05/17/a53d1988-bece-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_story.html.
Articles of the Week – 5/4/-5/17
Saturday May 4:
Major salafi faction criticizes Jabhat al-Nosra – Aaron Lund, Syria Comment: http://bit.ly/16EVNGY
Sunday May 5:
Notes on the Tsarnaevs’ Radicalization – Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, al-Wasat: http://bit.ly/18HPVcH
Monday May 6:
Al Qâ’idah casually mentions the death of its commander in Pâkistân – Mr. Orange’s War Tracker: http://bit.ly/ZKUaDL
Adding the Ballot to the Bullet? Hezb-e Islami in transition – Borhan Osman and Thomas Ruttig, Afghanistan Analysts Network: http://bit.ly/11bUDSm
Majlis Shura al-Mujahidin: Between Israel and Hamas – Aymenn J. al-Tamimi, Jihadology: http://bit.ly/18MWvi6
Tuesday May 7:
Early notes on the first issue of the jihadist magazine, Azan – Charles Cameron, Zen Pundit: http://bit.ly/12dqAVP
What Jihadists Thought About Boston: ‘Allah Akbar. Let’s Move On’ – Shiraz Maher and Samar Batrawi, Foreign Affairs: http://fam.ag/16SF2Z1
Struggling to Adapt- The Muslim Brotherhood in a New Syria -Aron Lund, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: http://bit.ly/16qLpmS
Wednesday May 8:
Networks as strategic repertoires: Functional differentiation among Al-Shabaab terror cells - Christian Leuprecht & Kenneth Hall, Global Crime: http://bit.ly/10b0LHf
Jabhat al-Nusra: A Self-Professed AQ Affiliate – Charles Lister, Jihadica: http://bit.ly/ZPCze3
The Future of Al-Qaeda: Results of a Foresight Project – The Canadian Security Intelligence Service: http://bit.ly/11jP8kF
The Myths of Radicalization – J.M. Berger, Intel Wire: http://bit.ly/11jV2Cl
Friday May 10:
Expanding the Scope of Jihadology: Intro to the Hizballah Cavalcade - Phillip Smyth, Jihadology: http://bit.ly/ZUwP2D
Church–State Regimes and their Impact on the Institutionalization of Islamic Organizations in Western Europe – Patrick Loobuyck, Jonathan Debeer, and Petra Meier, Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs: http://bit.ly/13nbMq0
Islamic Umbrella Organizations and Contemporary Political Discourse on Islam in Germany – Matthias Kortmann and Kerstin Rosenow-Williams, Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs: http://bit.ly/13nbNKC
Citizenship/Religious Expression in West: Comparative Analysis of Experiences of Muslims in France,Germany, and the United States - Jackleen M. Salem, Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs: http://bit.ly/13nbS16
Mosques and Municipalities in Belgium: Negotiating Urban Spaces – Corinne Torrekens, Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs: http://bit.ly/13nbTlC
Saturday May 11:
Hizballah Cavalcade: Roundup of Iraqis Killed in Syria, Part 1 - Phillip Smyth, Jihadology: http://bit.ly/10Nrc1z
Monday May 13:
Salman al-Awdah: In the shadow of revolutions – Madawi Al-Rasheed, London Magazine: http://bit.ly/13dSr7i
Jihadi Twitter Activism part 2: Jabhat al-Nusra on the Twittersphere – Nico Prucha and Ali Fisher, Jihadica: http://bit.ly/13eeZVy
The Riyadh Compound Bombings: Ten Years, and Ten Lessons, Later – Thomas Hegghammer, Asharq al-Awsat: http://bit.ly/17Fvocv
Tuesday May 14:
Jabhat al-Nusra’s Relations w/Other Rebels After the Bay’ah to Zawahiri - Aymenn J. al-Tamimi, Jihadology: http://bit.ly/YTuFBC
Usama bin Ladin’s “Father Sheikh”- Yunus Khalis & the Return of AQ’s Leadership to Afghanistan – Kevin Bell, Combating Terrorism Center: http://bit.ly/17qXZlA
When Jihadists are the only ones left standing (in Syria) – Shami Witness: http://bit.ly/10ojXBl
How Twitter Is Messing With Al-Qaeda’s Careful PR Machine – Tony Busch, The Atlantic: http://bit.ly/10okSSd
Standoff Between the Tunisian Government and Ansar al-Sharia – Aaron Y. Zelin, Washington Institute for Near East Policy: http://bit.ly/14l3rlS
What’s in the names of terrorist groups (1): Jabhah al-Nusrah – Mr. Orange’s War Tracker: http://bit.ly/140f2Hl
Wednesday May 15:
The moral maze: Dutch Salafis and the construction of a moral community of the faithful – Martijn de Koning, Contemporary Islam: http://bit.ly/12aTmpG
Explaining the Western Response to the Arab Spring – Dan Byman, Journal of Strategic Studies: http://bit.ly/12aTPZb
What is the Liwa’ Abu Fadl al-Abbas?: Assessing Syria’s Shia “International Brigade” Through Social Media Presence – Phillip Smyth, Jihadology: http://bit.ly/10pVVpz
The Muslim Brotherhood Prepares for a Comeback in Syria – Raphaël Lefèvre, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace http://bit.ly/10qBOI0
Thursday May 16:
Morocco’s Salafis: In Search of a Comprehensive Solution – Sanaa Karim, Sada Journal: http://bit.ly/16ku675
Confronting Tunisia’s jihadists – Andrew Lebovich, The Middle East Channel: http://atfp.co/10ZY5Iy
The ever-evolving al-Qaeda threat – Mitchell D. Silber, The AfPak Channel: http://atfp.co/184SOpr
Friday May 17:
British Muslim youth: radicalisation, terrorism and the construction of the “other” – Orla Lynch, Critical Studies on Terrorism: http://bit.ly/10W0iux
Jabhat al-Nusra and The Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham – Aymenn J. al-Tamimi, Brown Moses Blog: http://bit.ly/14cXfwB
Hizballah Cavalcade: Roundup of Iraqis Killed in Syria, Part 2 - Phillip Smyth, Jihadology: http://bit.ly/18QCtpE
Roman Catholic Approaches to the Qur’an since Vatican II – David Marshall, Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations: http://bit.ly/12BHjDJ
Options and Strategies for Countering Online Radicalization in the United States – Peter R. Neumann, Studies inConflict and Terrorism: http://bit.ly/12BHpLI
State-Sponsored Social Control of Illegitimate Social Movements: Strategies Used to Financially Damage Radical Islamic, Terrorist-Labeled Organizations – Samuel C. Lindsey and Michael J. Williams, Studies inConflict and Terrorism: http://bit.ly/12BHqPL
The Islamic World Issues Study Center presents a new release: “Answers To The Open Interview With the Mujāhid Shaykh [Omar Hammami] Abū Manṣūr al-Amrīkī”
Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: The Islamic World Issues Study Center — “Answers To The Open Interview With the Mujāhid Shaykh [Omar Hammami] Abū Manṣūr al-Amrīkī”
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Source: http://ansar1.info/showthread.php?t=46017
To inquire about a translation for this release for a fee email: azelin@jihadology.net
Minbar at-Tawḥīd wa-l-Jihād presents a new Fatwā from Shaykh Abū al-Mundhir al-Shinqīṭī: “What Is Your Advice With Regard To the Annual Conference To Be Held By the Brothers in Anṣār al-Sharī’ah in Tunisia?”
Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Shaykh Abū al-Mundhir al-Shinqīṭī — “What Is Your Advice With Regard To the Annual Conference To Be Held By the Brothers in Anṣār al-Sharī’ah in Tunisia?”
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Source: http://www.tawhed.ws/FAQ/pr?qid=7450
To inquire about a translation for this fatwā for a fee email: azelin@jihadology.net
New statement from al-Qā’idah in the Islamic Maghrib: “Some of the Organization’s Operations That Runs Out Against the Enemies of the Ummah, the Millat, and Their Agents”
Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: al-Qā’idah in the Islamic Maghrib — “Some of the Organization’s Operations That Runs Out Against the Enemies of the Ummah, the Millat, and Their Agents”
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Source: http://www.aljahad.com/vb/showthread.php?t=31929
To inquire about a translation for this statement for a fee email: azelin@jihadology.net
Masāma’ al-Khayr l-l-Inshād presents a new Nashīd from Khaṭāb al-Tawḥīdī: “The Arrow of Yesterday Remains”
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Source: http://www.as-ansar.com/vb/showthread.php?t=89361
To inquire about a translation for this nashīd for a fee email: azelin@jihadology.net
‘Umar Studio presents a new statement from the Teḥrīk-ī-Ṭālibān Pākistān’s Isḥān Allah Iḥān: “Claiming Responsibility for the Attack on the Election Campaign of Mounir Orakaza’i”
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan – Statement No. 10
A Statement Claiming Responsibility for the Attack on the Election Campaign of Mounir Orakaza’i
Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Universe, and may prayers and peace be upon the Messenger of Allah, his family, his companions and his allies. Thereafter
The attack against Mounir Orakaza’i did not happen because of his current political affiliations with the Society of the Scholars of Islam, instead it happened because of the crimes he had committed against Islam and the Mujahideen, and he handed over tens of the Arab Mujahideen to America, who remain captured in Guantanamo even now. He worked with dedication to spilling the blood of the tribal people in the last five years with the United Nationalist Movement, the Nationalist ‘Awami Party and the Pakistan People’s Party. Therefore we will not pardon him and leave him alive, Allah willing.
Note: The Shura Council of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan has appointed Hafiz Dawlat Khan, who is called Hafez Ahmad, as Emir of the Kurram Agency area, and the aforementioned operation was his first achievement.
Ihsanullah Ihsan
Spokesman
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan
Allah is the Greatest
{But honour belongs to Allah and His Messenger, and to the Believers; but the Hypocrites know not.}
The Official Foundation for Production and Distribution
Umar Media
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan
Thursday 6 Rajab, 1434 A.H
16/05/2013
Source: (Echo of Jihad Center for Media)
The Global Islamic Media Front
Observing Mujahideen News and Inspiring the Believers
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Source: http://www.as-ansar.com/vb/showthread.php?t=89351
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