Abu Suleiman al-Naser

Neaman Salman Mansour al-Zaidi (Arabic: نيمان سلمان منصور الزيدي), known as Abu Suleiman al-Naser (Arabic: أبو سليمان الناصر), was the military commander or "War Minister" of the militant group Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) during the Iraq War.[1]

Abu Suleiman al-Naser
أبو سليمان الناصر
War Minister of the Islamic State of Iraq
In office
April 18, 2010 – February 24, 2011
Preceded byAbu Ayyub al-Masri
Succeeded byHaji Bakr
Personal details
Born
Neaman Salman Mansour al-Zaidi
نيمان سلمان منصور الزيدي
Died24 February 2011
Hīt, Iraq
NationalityIraqi
Military service
Allegiance Al-Qaeda (unknown–2011)
Years of serviceUnknown–2011
Battles/warsIraq War

Little is known about Abu Suleiman. He is said to have been born into an ethnic Turkmen family. He reportedly to have trained at a foreign fighter camp in Rawa, Iraq, which was raided by US forces in 2003 and imprisoned at Camp Bucca.[2] He succeeded Abu Ayyub al-Masri as Minister of War for the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) in April 2010, after al-Masri and ISI leader Abu Omar al-Baghdadi were killed in an operation by US and Iraqi forces in Tikrit. Abu Suleiman's appointment was announced in a statement in which he used the nom de guerre Al-Nasser Lideen Allah Abu Suleiman (Arabic: الناصر لدين الله أبو سليمان), meaning "Defender of God’s Religion, Father of Suleiman".[3] He is reported to have been a detainee at Camp Bucca prison,[4] and served as the ISI's leader in Anbar Province under the nom de guerre Abu Ibrahim al-Ansari.[5]

Iraqi security forces claimed to have killed Abu Suleiman in February 2011, in the city of Hīt, west of Baghdad.[1] However, ISI denied that al-Naser was killed a month later.[6] Despite this, ISI spokesman Abu Mohammed al-Adnani confirmed al-Naser's death in August 2011.[7] ISI also released a statement confirming al-Naser's death in August 2011.[8]

A report by Al Jazeera's Center for Studies, and an analysis of ISIL's leadership structure by a purported insider, also confirmed that Abu Suleiman had in fact been killed in 2011, and that following his death, the position of "War Minister" was replaced by a military council composed of former regime military officers under the leadership of Haji Bakr.[9][10]

References
  1. "Iraqi forces kill al-Qaida 'war minister' in raid". The Washington Post. 25 February 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  2. "Top 5 Islamic State leaders we must kill REVEALED". Daily Star. 11 October 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  3. "Al Qaeda in Iraq's security minister captured in Anbar". December 2010. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  4. "Photos of AQI's top 2 leaders". Long War Journal. 3 December 2010. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  5. "اخبار العراق الان من السومرية نيوز". www.alsumaria.tv. Retrieved 2016-07-12.
  6. "ISI Denies Death Of Its Minister Of War". Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  7. The State of Islam Will Remain Safe
  8. "Al Qaeda suicide bomber kills 28 Iraqis in attack in Baghdad mosque". The Long War Journal. 28 August 2011.
  9. Hassan Abu Haniyeh. "Daesh's Organisational Structure".
  10. Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi. "An Account of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi & Islamic State Succession Lines".
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