Posts Tagged ‘martyrdom’

The Adventures of Sinam

Posted: 15th August 2008 by Will McCants in AQ in Iraq, Iraq, Islamic State of Iraq, Travel Routes
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On August 9, a member of the Islamic State of Iraq announced–via an intermediary on the Ekhlaas forum–the death of Sinam al-Ramadi. Sinam was an al-Qaeda member who operated in Ramadi and who participated on a number of forums, including Faloja. On the day of the announcement, an Ekhlaas member named Halima posted an eyewitness [...]

Walking the Talk: Forum Members Travel to Afghanistan and Iraq (Pt. 4)

Posted: 8th July 2008 by Will McCants in Afghanistan, AQ in Iraq, Islamic State of Iraq, Kuwait, Travel Routes
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When we left Harbi, he had met a Algerian Jihadi who told him how to get to Iraq. According to Furqan al-Junubi’s account, Harbi and two other Kuwaitis–Abu Salih (`Abd Allah Salih al-`Ajami), and Abu Talha (Nasir) al-Dawsari–pledged to go to Iraq and die there. They called this “The Pledge of the Houris” (the virgins [...]

Walking the Talk: Forum Members Travel to Afghanistan and Iraq (Pt. 3)

Posted: 6th July 2008 by Will McCants in Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Recruitment, Travel Routes
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Today we continue our look at a Kuwaiti cell and how its members transitioned from forum fighters to foreign fighters. When we left off, Badr al-Harbi and Bawasil had returned to Kuwait from the front in Afghanistan via Iran, entrusted with a special mission by Abu al-Layth al-Libi, a senior al-Qaeda leader. They were delayed [...]