Abu Anas al-Shami

Abu Anas al-Shami was known as Omar Yusef Juma'a prior to joining Abu Musab al-Zarqawi 's Jama'at al-Tawhid wal Jihad group in Iraq . Originally from the Palestinian West Bank town of Tulkarm , Abu Anas moved with his family to Jordan , then Saudi Arabia , and later, Kuwait . He obtained an Islamic studies degree at Medina University in Saudi Arabia. He then returned to Jordan to preach Salafiyah theology at an Amman mosque. In the mid-1990's he went to Bosnia-Herzegovina where he truly embraced radicalism. He then returned to Jordan to found a radical fundamentalist outreach center. In the late 1990s, the Jordanian officials shut down an Islamic center that al-Shami had established in Amman on the grounds that it was promoting a fanatical interpretation of Islam. In 2003 , al-Shami joined Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in Northeastern Iraq. He was appointed to the advisory council of al-Tawheed wal-Jihad and soon became Zarqawi's second in command. Sheik Abu Anas al-Shami was reportedly killed September 23 , 2004 by a U.S. missile strike on the car he was travelling in in the west Baghdad suburb of Abu Ghraib . Other reports indicate al-Shami was captured by U.S. forces and is being held for interrogation. Al- Shami had been sent by Zarqawi to the Shiite Sadr City area of Baghdad to install an Al-Qaeda team to recruit former Mehdi Army militiamen looking for leadership following Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr ’s defeat in Najaf .

Abu Anas al-Shami ( ) was known as Omar Yusef Juma'a ( ) prior to joining Abu Musab al-Zarqawi 's Jama'at al-Tawhid wal Jihad group in Iraq . Abu Anas Al Shami was a Palestinian cleric, teacher, writer, and jihadist born in Kuwait . Originally from the Palestinian West Bank town of Yabroud, Abu Anas obtained an Islamic studies degree at Madinah University in Saudi Arabia . In the mid-1990s he went to Bosnia-Herzegovina to teach Islam in towns and refugee camps. He then returned to Jordan and became a preacher in the neighborhood of Sweileh. In the late 1990s, the Jordanian officials shut down an Islamic center that al-Shami had established in Amman on the grounds that it was promoting a fanatical interpretation of Islam. In 2003, al-Shami joined Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in north-eastern Iraq. He was appointed to the advisory council of al-Tawheed wal-Jihad and soon became Zarqawi's second in command. He was both spiritual advisor to the group and directed many of its attacks and battles against American and Iraqi forces. In a letter he wrote about the first siege of Fallujah , Sheikh Yusef describes how his 300 mujhideen fought-off over 2,000 U.S. Abu Anas al-Shami was killed by an American missile strike against his car in September 2004 (the exact date is disputed) near Abu Ghraib , when he had been sent by Zarqawi to the Sadr City area of Baghdad . A eulogy to him was written by Zarqawi's first spiritual mentor, Abu Muhammad Asem al-Maqdisi , and appeared on the Tawhed website which is run by Maqdisi's organisation on behalf of al-Qaeda.

Omar Yusef Juma'a ( ), known as Abu Anas al-Shami ( ), was a senior leader in the Jama'at al-Tawhid wal Jihad militant group during the Iraq War , He is a Palestinian from Tulkarm city in the West Bank , born in Kuwait in 1969 . According to the late ISIS cleric Turki al-Binali , he mentored Abu Muhammad al-Adnani , the late spokesperson of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant .

Muslim soldier (died 2004) Abu Anas al-Shami ( ), was a senior leader in the Jama'at al-Tawhid wal Jihad militant group during the Iraq War . He was a Palestinian from Tulkarm city in the West Bank , born in Kuwait in 1969. According to the late ISIS cleric Turki al-Binali , he mentored Abu Muhammad al-Adnani , the late spokesperson of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant .

Militant group leader (died 2004) Abu Anas al-Shami ( Arabic : أبو أنس الشامي ; died 16 September 2004) was a senior leader in the Jama'at al-Tawhid wal Jihad militant group during the Iraq War . He was a Palestinian from Tulkarm city in the West Bank , born in Kuwait in 1969. According to the late ISIS cleric Turki al-Binali , he mentored Abu Muhammad al-Adnani , the late spokesperson of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant .