Abu Sayyaf (Jordan)

Mohammad al-Shalabi (in Arabic محمد الشلبي , born in Ma'an, Jordan) better known as Abu Sayyaf (in Arabic أبو سياف) is a Salafi cleric and the head of the Jordanian Jihadi Salafist Movement (in Arabic التيار السلفي الجهادي في الأردن). He was sentenced to death in 2006 because of Ma'an riots he was accused of instigating and leading in January 2002 against Jordanian authorities. He was also thought to have links to the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan and to Al Qaeda and at least some level of involvement in the assassination of USAID official Laurence Foley outside his home in Amman, Jordan on October 28, 2002. Abu Sayyaf denied any connection to the murder, though he did reportedly condone the action.

After being pursued by security forces for months, he was ultimately arrested in 2004, charged and sentenced to a death in 2006. In 2007 a special pardon commuted his sentence to serve 15-year imprisonment with hard labor. In June 2011, a new special pardon permitted his release just four years into his new sentence. He remains influential in the Jordanian Salafi movement particularly in Ma'an.

Abu Sayyaf (ISIL)

Fathi ben Awn ben Jildi Murad al-Tunisi (Arabic: فتحي بن عون بن الجليدي مراد التونسي‎), better known by the nom de guerre Abu Sayyaf (Arabic: أبو سيّاف‎), was reportedly a high level commander of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, Islamic State, ISIS) who had a senior role in overseeing the gas and oil operations that have been a key source of the group's revenue.

American sources say Abu Sayyaf, reportedly a Tunisian, was killed on the night of May 15–16, 2015 while resisting capture during a United States Army Delta Force operation in eastern Syria. The operation was conducted to try to capture him and his wife on suspicion of their involvement in, or "deep knowledge" of, Islamic State hostage operations. Kayla Mueller is reported to have been a "personal captive" of Abu Sayyaf. U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said no U.S. soldiers were killed or injured during the operation.

It was the first direct action ground raid targeting the terrorist group by U.S. soldiers inside Syria. (a previous U.S. ground operation in Syria was a rescue mission). Items, including several terabytes of data from laptops, cellphones and other material, were recovered from the scene and exploited for intelligence purposes. More information was collected in the raid than any other in United States special operations forces history. Among the objects found there are archaeological finds, which prove the involvement of IS in illicit antiquities trade. The operation was launched from Iraq, with the "full consent of Iraqi authorities."

SEP

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September 8 is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 114 days remaining until the end of the year.

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Socialist Equality Party (United States)

The Socialist Equality Party (SEP) is a Trotskyist political party in the United States, one of several Socialist Equality Parties around the world affiliated with the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI). The ICFI publishes daily news articles, perspectives and commentaries on the World Socialist Web Site.

According to the party's website, the SEP "seeks not to reform capitalism, but to create a socialist, democratic and egalitarian society through the establishment of a workers’ government and the revolutionary transformation of the world economy. We seek to unify workers in the United States and internationally in the common struggle for socialism—that is, for equality and the rational and democratic utilization of the wealth of the planet."

In 2008, the SEP held its official founding congress, where it adopted a statement of principles and a historical document. It has participated in elections in the US, running Jerry White for president and Phyllis Scherrer for vice president in the 2012 presidential elections. The most recent candidacy is for Mayor of Detroit, with the SEP running D'Artagnan Collier.

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Mica, Mureș

Mica (Hungarian: Mikefalva, Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈmikɛfɒlvɒ]; German: Nickelsdorf) is a commune in Mureş County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of seven villages: Abuş (Abosfalva; Abtsdorf), Căpâlna de Sus (Felsőkápolna), Ceuaş (Szászcsávás), Deaj (Désfalva), Hărănglab (Harangláb), Mica and Şomoştelnic (Somostelke).

History

It formed part of the Székely Land region of the historical Transylvania province. Until 1918, the village belonged to the Maros-Torda County of the Kingdom of Hungary. After the Treaty of Trianon of 1920, it became part of Romania.

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Abuş

Abuş is situated 9 kilometers away from Târnăveni, on the county road DJ 142, and on the railway from Blaj-Târnăveni-Praid. It was first attested in a document in 1361 with the name Obusfaolua (Abosfalva). In 1910 it had 460 people, and according to the 1992 census it had 358 inhabitants.

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Coordinates: 46°21′N 24°23′E / 46.350°N 24.383°E / 46.350; 24.383