Abu Waheeb | |
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![]() Abu Waheeb | |
Native name | شاكر وهيب |
Birth name | Shaker Wahib al-Fahdawi شاكر وهيب الفهداوي |
Nickname(s) | Abu Waheeb (kunya) Lion of Anbar Zarqawi's student[1] Desert Lion[2] |
Born | 1986[3] |
Died | May 6, 2016[4][5][6] Rutba, Anbar, Iraq | (aged 29–30)
Allegiance | ![]() |
Years of service | 2013–2016 |
Rank | Field Commander |
Commands | ISIL Forces in Anbar |
Battles/wars |
Shaker Wahib al-Fahdawi al-Dulaimi (1986 – May 6, 2016), better known as Abu Waheeb ("Father of Waheeb"; Arabic: أبو وهيب), was an Iraqi militant jihadist who was the leader of the Islamic State in Anbar, Iraq.[7] He killed three Syrian truck drivers in Iraq in the summer of 2013,[3] and was himself killed, with three others, in a United States-led coalition airstrike in May 2016, according to the US Department of Defense.[8]
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