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'''Mohamed Moumou''' ({{lang-ar|محمد مومو}}) (also known as '''Abu Qaswarah or Abu Sara'''<ref name="cbs">{{cite news|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/16/world/main4527225.shtml|title=Iraq's Second-Ranked Terrorist Was A Swede|date=2008-10-20|publisher=CBS|accessdate=2008-10-20}}{{dead link|date=May 2016}}</ref>) (July 30, 1965<ref name="usdt" /> &ndash; October 5, 2008) was a [[Morocco|Moroccan]]-born [[Sweden|Swedish]] national who was reportedly the No. 2 leader of [[al-Qaida in Iraq]] and the senior leader in Northern Iraq.<ref name="SwedishAQ"/><ref name="yahoo1">{{cite news|url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081015/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq |title=US military: No. 2 al-Qaida in Iraq leader killed |last=Reid |first=Robert H. |date=2008-10-15 |publisher=Yahoo! |accessdate=2008-10-15 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/20081018182507/http://news.yahoo.com:80/s/ap/20081015/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq |archivedate=October 18, 2008 }}</ref> He died in a building in [[Mosul]] during a shootout with American troops.<ref name="SwedishAQ"/><ref name="cnn1" />
'''Mohamed Moumou''' ({{lang-ar|محمد مومو}}) (also known as '''Abu Qaswarah or Abu Sara'''<ref name="cbs">{{cite news|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/16/world/main4527225.shtml |title=Iraq's Second-Ranked Terrorist Was A Swede |date=2008-10-20 |publisher=CBS |accessdate=2008-10-20 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20081020065033/http://www.cbsnews.com:80/stories/2008/10/16/world/main4527225.shtml? |archivedate=October 20, 2008 }}</ref>) (July 30, 1965<ref name="usdt" /> &ndash; October 5, 2008) was a [[Morocco|Moroccan]]-born [[Sweden|Swedish]] national who was reportedly the No. 2 leader of [[al-Qaida in Iraq]] and the senior leader in Northern Iraq.<ref name="SwedishAQ"/><ref name="yahoo1">{{cite news|url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081015/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq |title=US military: No. 2 al-Qaida in Iraq leader killed |last=Reid |first=Robert H. |date=2008-10-15 |publisher=Yahoo! |accessdate=2008-10-15 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/20081018182507/http://news.yahoo.com:80/s/ap/20081015/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq |archivedate=October 18, 2008 }}</ref> He died in a building in [[Mosul]] during a shootout with American troops.<ref name="SwedishAQ"/><ref name="cnn1" />


Born in [[Fes, Morocco|Fez]], Morocco,<ref name="usdt" /> he was one of the founders of the militant [[Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group]] (''Groupe Islamique Combattant Marocain'', or GICM).<ref name=telquel>{{cite news |url=http://www.telquel-online.com/251/semaine_maroc_251.shtml |title=Terrorisme. Un Marocain financier d’Al Qaïda |language=French |publisher=[[TelQuel]]}}</ref> Moumou immigrated to Sweden in the mid-1980s and gained Swedish citizenship in the mid-1990s.<ref name="SwedishAQ"/>
Born in [[Fes, Morocco|Fez]], Morocco,<ref name="usdt" /> he was one of the founders of the militant [[Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group]] (''Groupe Islamique Combattant Marocain'', or GICM).<ref name=telquel>{{cite news |url=http://www.telquel-online.com/251/semaine_maroc_251.shtml |title=Terrorisme. Un Marocain financier d’Al Qaïda |language=French |publisher=[[TelQuel]]}}</ref> Moumou immigrated to Sweden in the mid-1980s and gained Swedish citizenship in the mid-1990s.<ref name="SwedishAQ"/>


In March 2004, Moumou was arrested in [[Copenhagen]], [[Denmark]], at the Moroccan authorities request for his alleged role in the [[2003 Casablanca bombings]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=148&a=250247 |title=Terrormisstänkt häktad i Danmark |publisher=[[Dagens Nyheter]] |date=2004-03-31 |language=Swedish}}{{dead link|date=May 2016}}</ref> He was released by the Danish authorities after a month and sent back to Sweden.<ref>{{cite news |first=Ewa |last=Svensson |url=http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=147&a=259419 |title=Terrormisstänkt svensk-marockan släppt |publisher=[[Dagens Nyheter]] |date=2004-04-27 |language=Swedish}}{{dead link|date=May 2016}}</ref>
In March 2004, Moumou was arrested in [[Copenhagen]], [[Denmark]], at the Moroccan authorities request for his alleged role in the [[2003 Casablanca bombings]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=148&a=250247 |title=Terrormisstänkt häktad i Danmark |publisher=[[Dagens Nyheter]] |date=2004-03-31 |language=Swedish |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20070930235957/http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=148&a=250247 |archivedate=September 30, 2007 }}</ref> He was released by the Danish authorities after a month and sent back to Sweden.<ref>{{cite news|first=Ewa |last=Svensson |url=http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=147&a=259419 |title=Terrormisstänkt svensk-marockan släppt |publisher=[[Dagens Nyheter]] |date=2004-04-27 |language=Swedish |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20070426144838/http://www.dn.se:80/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=147&a=259419 |archivedate=April 26, 2007 }}</ref>


While in Sweden, he was the "uncontested leader of an extremist group centered around the [[Brandbergen Mosque]]" in the Stockholm suburb of Haninge, according to the U.S. Treasury Department.<ref name=usdt/><ref name="SwedishAQ2">{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Terrorist linked to Stockholm mosque |url=http://www.thelocal.se/14998/20081016/ |work= |publisher=The Local |date=16 October 2008 |accessdate=2008-10-16 }}{{dead link|date=May 2016}}</ref> [[Säpo]], the Swedish intelligence agency, had been keeping an eye on him since the mid-1990s, suspecting him of leading an Islamist network that supported terrorism abroad.<ref name="SwedishAQ"/> He was believed to be recruiting Jihadists to fight in Iraq from his base in Sweden.<ref name="SwedishAQ"/> The Swedes also suspected that he had taken part in terrorist attacks and fought in Afghanistan in the 1990s.<ref name="SwedishAQ"/> In May 2006, he left for Iraq and never returned.<ref name="SwedishAQ"/> In December 2006, he was placed on the EU and [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267|UN terrorist lists]].<ref name="SwedishAQ"/><ref name="usdt" />
While in Sweden, he was the "uncontested leader of an extremist group centered around the [[Brandbergen Mosque]]" in the Stockholm suburb of Haninge, according to the U.S. Treasury Department.<ref name=usdt/><ref name="SwedishAQ2">{{cite news|first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Terrorist linked to Stockholm mosque |url=http://www.thelocal.se/14998/20081016/ |work= |publisher=The Local |date=16 October 2008 |accessdate=2008-10-16 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20081017090412/http://www.thelocal.se:80/14998/20081016/ |archivedate=October 17, 2008 }}</ref> [[Säpo]], the Swedish intelligence agency, had been keeping an eye on him since the mid-1990s, suspecting him of leading an Islamist network that supported terrorism abroad.<ref name="SwedishAQ"/> He was believed to be recruiting Jihadists to fight in Iraq from his base in Sweden.<ref name="SwedishAQ"/> The Swedes also suspected that he had taken part in terrorist attacks and fought in Afghanistan in the 1990s.<ref name="SwedishAQ"/> In May 2006, he left for Iraq and never returned.<ref name="SwedishAQ"/> In December 2006, he was placed on the EU and [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267|UN terrorist lists]].<ref name="SwedishAQ"/><ref name="usdt" />


According to the U.S. military, Abu Qaswarah was a charismatic figure who became the senior commander in northern Iraq in June 2007 and was second in command of Al-Qaida in Iraq behind [[Abu Ayyub al-Masri]].<ref name="yahoo1" /> Allegedly, he was in charge of smuggling foreign fighters into northern Iraq and killed the fighters who did not want to attack Iraqis or carry out suicide missions.<ref name="yahoo1" /> Prior to his death, a large number of Iraqi Christians were killed, and their murders were widely blamed on al-Qaida.<ref name="yahoo1" /> He is also accused of orchestrating the failed attack on the Mosul Civic Center, which if successful would have killed hundreds on Iraqi civilians.<ref name="cnn1" />
According to the U.S. military, Abu Qaswarah was a charismatic figure who became the senior commander in northern Iraq in June 2007 and was second in command of Al-Qaida in Iraq behind [[Abu Ayyub al-Masri]].<ref name="yahoo1" /> Allegedly, he was in charge of smuggling foreign fighters into northern Iraq and killed the fighters who did not want to attack Iraqis or carry out suicide missions.<ref name="yahoo1" /> Prior to his death, a large number of Iraqi Christians were killed, and their murders were widely blamed on al-Qaida.<ref name="yahoo1" /> He is also accused of orchestrating the failed attack on the Mosul Civic Center, which if successful would have killed hundreds on Iraqi civilians.<ref name="cnn1" />


According to the [[United States Department of the Treasury]], Moumou traveled to [[Afghanistan]] in the mid-1990s to participate in the [[al-Qaeda]]-run [[Khalden training camp]].<ref name=usdt>{{cite press release |url=http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/hp191.htm |title=Treasury Designations Target Terrorist Facilitators |publisher=[[United States Department of the Treasury]] |date=2006-12-07}}{{dead link|date=May 2016}}</ref> According to ''TelQuel'', Moumou was recruited in 1996 by [[Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi]] to serve as a "sleeper agent" in [[Stockholm]].<ref name=telquel/> Moumou reportedly served, at some time in the past, as "[[Abu Musab al-Zarqawi]]'s representative in [[Europe]] for issues related to [[Chemical warfare|chemical]] and [[Biological warfare|biological weapons]]".<ref name=usdt/> He reportedly maintained ties to "al-Zarqawi's inner circle" in Iraq.<ref name=usdt/>
According to the [[United States Department of the Treasury]], Moumou traveled to [[Afghanistan]] in the mid-1990s to participate in the [[al-Qaeda]]-run [[Khalden training camp]].<ref name=usdt>{{cite press release|url=http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/hp191.htm |title=Treasury Designations Target Terrorist Facilitators |publisher=[[United States Department of the Treasury]] |date=2006-12-07 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20070526183603/http://www.treasury.gov/press/releases/hp191.htm |archivedate=May 26, 2007 }}</ref> According to ''TelQuel'', Moumou was recruited in 1996 by [[Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi]] to serve as a "sleeper agent" in [[Stockholm]].<ref name=telquel/> Moumou reportedly served, at some time in the past, as "[[Abu Musab al-Zarqawi]]'s representative in [[Europe]] for issues related to [[Chemical warfare|chemical]] and [[Biological warfare|biological weapons]]".<ref name=usdt/> He reportedly maintained ties to "al-Zarqawi's inner circle" in Iraq.<ref name=usdt/>


He was also the editor of the ''Al Ansar'' newsletter connected to the [[Algeria]]n [[Armed Islamic Group]] (''Groupe Islamique Armé'', or GIA).<ref name=telquel/>
He was also the editor of the ''Al Ansar'' newsletter connected to the [[Algeria]]n [[Armed Islamic Group]] (''Groupe Islamique Armé'', or GIA).<ref name=telquel/>

Revision as of 00:02, 27 May 2016

Mohamed Moumou or Abu Qaswarah or Abu Sara
BornJuly 30, 1965
Fez, Morocco[1]
DiedOctober 5, 2008 (aged 43)
Mosul, Iraq
Allegianceal-Qaeda
UnitAl-Qaeda in Iraq
Battles / warsIraqi insurgency

Mohamed Moumou (Arabic: محمد مومو) (also known as Abu Qaswarah or Abu Sara[2]) (July 30, 1965[3] – October 5, 2008) was a Moroccan-born Swedish national who was reportedly the No. 2 leader of al-Qaida in Iraq and the senior leader in Northern Iraq.[1][4] He died in a building in Mosul during a shootout with American troops.[1][5]

Born in Fez, Morocco,[3] he was one of the founders of the militant Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group (Groupe Islamique Combattant Marocain, or GICM).[6] Moumou immigrated to Sweden in the mid-1980s and gained Swedish citizenship in the mid-1990s.[1]

In March 2004, Moumou was arrested in Copenhagen, Denmark, at the Moroccan authorities request for his alleged role in the 2003 Casablanca bombings.[7] He was released by the Danish authorities after a month and sent back to Sweden.[8]

While in Sweden, he was the "uncontested leader of an extremist group centered around the Brandbergen Mosque" in the Stockholm suburb of Haninge, according to the U.S. Treasury Department.[3][9] Säpo, the Swedish intelligence agency, had been keeping an eye on him since the mid-1990s, suspecting him of leading an Islamist network that supported terrorism abroad.[1] He was believed to be recruiting Jihadists to fight in Iraq from his base in Sweden.[1] The Swedes also suspected that he had taken part in terrorist attacks and fought in Afghanistan in the 1990s.[1] In May 2006, he left for Iraq and never returned.[1] In December 2006, he was placed on the EU and UN terrorist lists.[1][3]

According to the U.S. military, Abu Qaswarah was a charismatic figure who became the senior commander in northern Iraq in June 2007 and was second in command of Al-Qaida in Iraq behind Abu Ayyub al-Masri.[4] Allegedly, he was in charge of smuggling foreign fighters into northern Iraq and killed the fighters who did not want to attack Iraqis or carry out suicide missions.[4] Prior to his death, a large number of Iraqi Christians were killed, and their murders were widely blamed on al-Qaida.[4] He is also accused of orchestrating the failed attack on the Mosul Civic Center, which if successful would have killed hundreds on Iraqi civilians.[5]

According to the United States Department of the Treasury, Moumou traveled to Afghanistan in the mid-1990s to participate in the al-Qaeda-run Khalden training camp.[3] According to TelQuel, Moumou was recruited in 1996 by Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi to serve as a "sleeper agent" in Stockholm.[6] Moumou reportedly served, at some time in the past, as "Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's representative in Europe for issues related to chemical and biological weapons".[3] He reportedly maintained ties to "al-Zarqawi's inner circle" in Iraq.[3]

He was also the editor of the Al Ansar newsletter connected to the Algerian Armed Islamic Group (Groupe Islamique Armé, or GIA).[6]

The U.S. military said that it tracked Abu Qaswarah to a building in Mosul, which served as a "key command and control location" for Al-Qaida in Iraq.[5] On 5 October 2008, they entered the building, were fired upon, and during the shootout they killed five people, one of which was Abu Qaswarah.[5] His death was announced ten days later, when positive identification was made on his body.[4]

The U.S. military said his death would make it more difficult for Al-Qaida to network and operate in the region.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Swedish al-Qaeda leader killed in Iraq". The Local. 15 October 2008. Archived from the original on October 16, 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-16. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "Iraq's Second-Ranked Terrorist Was A Swede". CBS. 2008-10-20. Archived from the original on October 20, 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-20. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Treasury Designations Target Terrorist Facilitators" (Press release). United States Department of the Treasury. 2006-12-07. Archived from the original on May 26, 2007. {{cite press release}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ a b c d e f Reid, Robert H. (2008-10-15). "US military: No. 2 al-Qaida in Iraq leader killed". Yahoo!. Archived from the original on October 18, 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-15. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ a b c d "U.S. military: Senior al Qaeda chief killed in Iraq". CNN. 2008-10-15. Retrieved 2008-10-16.
  6. ^ a b c "Terrorisme. Un Marocain financier d'Al Qaïda" (in French). TelQuel.
  7. ^ "Terrormisstänkt häktad i Danmark" (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter. 2004-03-31. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ Svensson, Ewa (2004-04-27). "Terrormisstänkt svensk-marockan släppt" (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter. Archived from the original on April 26, 2007. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ "Terrorist linked to Stockholm mosque". The Local. 16 October 2008. Archived from the original on October 17, 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-16. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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