Abu Ali Iyad

Walid Ahmad Nimer al-Naser ( ) (1934 – July 23, 1971) better known by his nom de guerre Abu Ali Iyad ( ) was a senior Palestinian field commander based in Syria and Jordan during the 1960s and early 1970s. After a career of teaching in the West Bank , Iraq , Saudi Arabia and Algeria , he was recruited into the paramilitary group, Fatah , by Khalil al-Wazir in 1964 after graduating from an Algerian military training course. A year later, he became one of Fatah's first leaders in Syria along with al-Wazir and Yasser Arafat . During his time there, he gained a position on the organization's top political body , supervised a major Fatah guerrilla training camp and set up a military intelligence headquarters. As Fatah field commander, he took part in the Battle of Karameh with Israel , gaining a reputation as an unyielding commander. Abu Ali Iyad was also a leading organizer and participant in guerrilla raids into Israeli localities. He was one of the last remaining Palestinian commanders fighting the Jordanian Army in the follow-up battles after the Black September conflict in Jordan. He was killed in the countryside around Ajlun and Jerash by Jordanian forces in July 1971. His partisans claimed he was executed and as retaliation, they assassinated Jordanian prime minister Wasfi al-Tal four months after Abu Ali Iyad's death.

Walid Ahmad Nimr ( ; 1934 – July 23, 1971), better known by his nom de guerre Abu Ali Iyad ( ), was a senior Palestinian field commander based in Syria and Jordan during the 1960s and early 1970s. After a career of teaching in the West Bank , Iraq , Saudi Arabia and Algeria , Abu Ali Iyad was recruited into the paramilitary group, Fatah , by Khalil al-Wazir in 1964 after graduating from an Algerian military training course. A year later, he became one of Fatah's first leaders in Syria along with al-Wazir and Yasser Arafat . During his time there, Abu Ali Iyad gained a position on the group's top political body , supervised its main guerrilla training camp in Daraa and set up a military intelligence headquarters. As a Fatah field commander, he fought Israeli forces at the Battle of Karameh , gaining a reputation as an unyielding commander. Abu Ali Iyad was also a leading organizer and participant in guerrilla raids against Israeli localities. He was one of the last Palestinian commanders to fight the Jordanian Army in the aftermath of the Black September conflict . He was killed in the countryside around Ajlun and Jerash by Jordanian forces in July 1971. His partisans claimed that he was executed, and as retaliation, they assassinated Jordanian prime minister Wasfi al-Tal four months after Abu Ali Iyad's death.

Palestinian military commander This article is about Palestinian field commander. Walid Ahmad Nimr ( ; 1934 – July 23, 1971), better known by his nom de guerre Abu Ali Iyad ( ), was a senior Palestinian field commander based in Syria and Jordan during the 1960s and early 1970s. After a career of teaching in the West Bank , Iraq , Saudi Arabia and Algeria , Abu Ali Iyad was recruited into the paramilitary group, Fatah , by Khalil al-Wazir in 1964 after graduating from an Algerian military training course. A year later, he became one of Fatah's first leaders in Syria along with al-Wazir and Yasser Arafat . During his time there, Abu Ali Iyad gained a position on the group's top political body , supervised its main guerrilla training camp in Daraa and set up a military intelligence headquarters. As a Fatah field commander, he fought Israeli forces at the Battle of Karameh , gaining a reputation as an unyielding commander. Abu Ali Iyad was also a leading organizer and participant in guerrilla raids against Israeli localities. He was one of the last Palestinian commanders to fight the Jordanian Army in the aftermath of the Black September conflict . He was killed in the countryside around Ajlun and Jerash by Jordanian forces in July 1971. His partisans claimed that he was executed, and as retaliation, they assassinated Jordanian prime minister Wasfi al-Tal four months after Abu Ali Iyad's death.