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'''Mohamed Moumou''' ({{lang-ar|محمد مومو}}) (also known as '''Abu Qaswarah''' or '''Abu Sara'''<ref name="cbs">{{cite news |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/16/world/main4527225.shtml |title=Iraq's Second-Ranked Terrorist Was A Swede |date=2008-10-20 |publisher=CBS |access-date=2008-10-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081020065033/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/16/world/main4527225.shtml |archive-date=October 20, 2008 }}</ref>) (July 30, 1965<ref name="usdt" /> – October 5, 2008) was a [[Morocco|Moroccan]]-born [[Sweden|Swedish]] national who was reportedly the No. 2 leader of [[al-Qaida in Iraq]] and the senior leader in Northern Iraq.<ref name="SwedishAQ"/><ref name="yahoo1">{{cite news|url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081015/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq |title=US military: No. 2 al-Qaida in Iraq leader killed |last=Reid |first=Robert H. |date=2008-10-15 |publisher=Yahoo! |access-date=2008-10-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081018182507/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081015/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq |archive-date=October 18, 2008 }}</ref> He died in a building in [[Mosul]] during a shootout with American troops.<ref name="SwedishAQ"/><ref name="cnn1" /> |
'''Mohamed Moumou''' ({{lang-ar|محمد مومو}}) (also known as '''Abu Qaswarah''' or '''Abu Sara'''<ref name="cbs">{{cite news |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/16/world/main4527225.shtml |title=Iraq's Second-Ranked Terrorist Was A Swede |date=2008-10-20 |publisher=CBS |access-date=2008-10-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081020065033/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/16/world/main4527225.shtml |archive-date=October 20, 2008 }}</ref>) (July 30, 1965<ref name="usdt" /> – October 5, 2008) was a [[Morocco|Moroccan]]-born [[Sweden|Swedish]] national who was reportedly the No. 2 leader of [[al-Qaida in Iraq]] and the senior leader in Northern Iraq.<ref name="SwedishAQ"/><ref name="yahoo1">{{cite news|url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081015/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq |title=US military: No. 2 al-Qaida in Iraq leader killed |last=Reid |first=Robert H. |date=2008-10-15 |publisher=Yahoo! |access-date=2008-10-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081018182507/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081015/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq |archive-date=October 18, 2008 }}</ref> He died in a building in [[Mosul]] during a shootout with American troops.<ref name="SwedishAQ"/><ref name="cnn1" /> |
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Born in [[Fes, Morocco|Fez]], Morocco,<ref name="usdt" /> he was one of the founders of the militant [[Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group]] (''Groupe Islamique Combattant Marocain'', or GICM).<ref name=telquel>{{cite news |url=http://www.telquel-online.com/251/semaine_maroc_251.shtml |title=Terrorisme. Un Marocain financier d'Al Qaïda |language=French |publisher=[[TelQuel]] |access-date=2006-12-15 |archive-date=2006-12-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061216195057/http://www.telquel-online.com/251/semaine_maroc_251.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref> Moumou immigrated to Sweden in the mid-1980s and gained Swedish citizenship in the mid-1990s.<ref name="SwedishAQ"/> |
Born in [[Fes, Morocco|Fez]], Morocco,<ref name="usdt" /> he was one of the founders of the militant [[Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group]] (''Groupe Islamique Combattant Marocain'', or GICM).<ref name=telquel>{{cite news |url=http://www.telquel-online.com/251/semaine_maroc_251.shtml |title=Terrorisme. Un Marocain financier d'Al Qaïda |language=French |publisher=[[TelQuel]] |access-date=2006-12-15 |archive-date=2006-12-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061216195057/http://www.telquel-online.com/251/semaine_maroc_251.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref> Moumou immigrated to Sweden in the mid-1980s and gained Swedish citizenship in the mid-1990s.<ref name="SwedishAQ"/> |
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In March 2004, Moumou was arrested in [[Copenhagen]], Denmark, at the request of Moroccan authorities for his alleged role in the [[2003 Casablanca bombings]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=148&a=250247 |title=Terrormisstänkt häktad i Danmark |publisher=[[Dagens Nyheter]] |date=2004-03-31 |language=Swedish |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930235957/http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=148&a=250247 |archive-date=September 30, 2007 }}</ref> He was released by the Danish authorities after a month and sent back to Sweden.<ref>{{cite news|first=Ewa |last=Svensson |url=http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=147&a=259419 |title=Terrormisstänkt svensk-marockan släppt |publisher=[[Dagens Nyheter]] |date=2004-04-27 |language=Swedish |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070426144838/http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=147&a=259419 |archive-date=April 26, 2007 }}</ref> |
In March 2004, Moumou was arrested in [[Copenhagen]], Denmark, at the request of Moroccan authorities for his alleged role in the [[2003 Casablanca bombings]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=148&a=250247 |title=Terrormisstänkt häktad i Danmark |publisher=[[Dagens Nyheter]] |date=2004-03-31 |language=Swedish |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930235957/http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=148&a=250247 |archive-date=September 30, 2007 }}</ref> He was released by the Danish authorities after a month and sent back to Sweden.<ref>{{cite news|first=Ewa |last=Svensson |url=http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=147&a=259419 |title=Terrormisstänkt svensk-marockan släppt |publisher=[[Dagens Nyheter]] |date=2004-04-27 |language=Swedish |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070426144838/http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=147&a=259419 |archive-date=April 26, 2007 }}</ref> |
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While in Sweden, he was the "uncontested leader of an extremist group centered around the [[Brandbergen Mosque]]" in the Stockholm suburb of Haninge, according to the U.S. Treasury Department.<ref name=usdt/><ref name="SwedishAQ2">{{cite news|title=Terrorist linked to Stockholm mosque |url=http://www.thelocal.se/14998/20081016/ |publisher=The Local |date=16 October 2008 |access-date=2008-10-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081017090412/http://www.thelocal.se/14998/20081016/ |archive-date=October 17, 2008 }}</ref> [[Säpo]], the Swedish Security Service, had been keeping an eye on him since the mid-1990s, suspecting him of leading an Islamist network that supported terrorism abroad.<ref name="SwedishAQ"/> He was believed to be recruiting Jihadists to fight in Iraq from his base in Sweden.<ref name="SwedishAQ"/> The Swedes also suspected that he had taken part in terrorist attacks and fought in Afghanistan in the 1990s.<ref name="SwedishAQ"/> In May 2006, he left for Iraq and never returned.<ref name="SwedishAQ"/> In December 2006, he was placed on the EU and [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267|UN terrorist lists]].<ref name="SwedishAQ"/><ref name="usdt" /> |
While in Sweden, he was the "uncontested leader of an extremist group centered around the [[Brandbergen Mosque]]" in the Stockholm suburb of Haninge, according to the U.S. Treasury Department.<ref name=usdt/><ref name="SwedishAQ2">{{cite news|title=Terrorist linked to Stockholm mosque |url=http://www.thelocal.se/14998/20081016/ |publisher=The Local |date=16 October 2008 |access-date=2008-10-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081017090412/http://www.thelocal.se/14998/20081016/ |archive-date=October 17, 2008 }}</ref> [[Säpo]], the Swedish Security Service, had been keeping an eye on him since the mid-1990s, suspecting him of leading an Islamist network that supported terrorism abroad.<ref name="SwedishAQ"/> He was believed to be recruiting Jihadists to fight in Iraq from his base in Sweden.<ref name="SwedishAQ"/> The Swedes also suspected that he had taken part in terrorist attacks and fought in Afghanistan in the 1990s.<ref name="SwedishAQ"/> In May 2006, he left for Iraq and never returned.<ref name="SwedishAQ"/> In December 2006, he was placed on the EU and [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267|UN terrorist lists]].<ref name="SwedishAQ"/><ref name="usdt" /> |
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According to the U.S. military, Abu Qaswarah was a charismatic figure who became the senior commander in northern Iraq in June 2007 and was second in command of Al-Qaida in Iraq behind [[Abu Ayyub al-Masri]].<ref name="yahoo1" /> Allegedly, he was in charge of smuggling foreign fighters into northern Iraq and killed the fighters who did not want to attack Iraqis or carry out suicide missions.<ref name="yahoo1" /> Prior to his death, a large number of Iraqi Christians were killed, and their murders were widely blamed on al-Qaida.<ref name="yahoo1" /> He is also accused of orchestrating the failed attack on the Mosul Civic Center, which if successful would have killed hundreds of Iraqi civilians.<ref name="cnn1" /> |
According to the U.S. military, Abu Qaswarah was a charismatic figure who became the senior commander in northern Iraq in June 2007 and was second in command of Al-Qaida in Iraq behind [[Abu Ayyub al-Masri]].<ref name="yahoo1" /> Allegedly, he was in charge of smuggling foreign fighters into northern Iraq and killed the fighters who did not want to attack Iraqis or carry out suicide missions.<ref name="yahoo1" /> Prior to his death, a large number of Iraqi Christians were killed, and their murders were widely blamed on al-Qaida.<ref name="yahoo1" /> He is also accused of orchestrating the failed attack on the Mosul Civic Center, which if successful would have killed hundreds of Iraqi civilians.<ref name="cnn1" /> |
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According to the [[United States Department of the Treasury]], Moumou traveled to [[Afghanistan]] in the mid-1990s to participate in the [[al-Qaeda]]-run [[Khalden training camp]].<ref name=usdt>{{cite press release|url=http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/hp191.htm |title=Treasury Designations Target Terrorist Facilitators |publisher=[[United States Department of the Treasury]] |date=2006-12-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070526183603/http://www.treasury.gov/press/releases/hp191.htm |archive-date=May 26, 2007 }}</ref> According to ''TelQuel'', Moumou was recruited in 1996 by [[Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi]] to serve as a "sleeper agent" in [[Stockholm]].<ref name=telquel/> Moumou reportedly served, at some time in the past, as "[[Abu Musab al-Zarqawi]]'s representative in |
According to the [[United States Department of the Treasury]], Moumou traveled to [[Afghanistan]] in the mid-1990s to participate in the [[al-Qaeda]]-run [[Khalden training camp]].<ref name=usdt>{{cite press release|url=http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/hp191.htm |title=Treasury Designations Target Terrorist Facilitators |publisher=[[United States Department of the Treasury]] |date=2006-12-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070526183603/http://www.treasury.gov/press/releases/hp191.htm |archive-date=May 26, 2007 }}</ref> According to ''TelQuel'', Moumou was recruited in 1996 by [[Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi]] to serve as a "sleeper agent" in [[Stockholm]].<ref name=telquel/> Moumou reportedly served, at some time in the past, as "[[Abu Musab al-Zarqawi]]'s representative in Europe for issues related to [[Chemical warfare|chemical]] and [[Biological warfare|biological weapons]]".<ref name=usdt/> He reportedly maintained ties to "al-Zarqawi's inner circle" in Iraq.<ref name=usdt/> |
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He was also the editor of the ''Al Ansar'' newsletter connected to the [[Algeria]]n [[Armed Islamic Group]] (''Groupe Islamique Armé'', or GIA).<ref name=telquel/> |
He was also the editor of the ''Al Ansar'' newsletter connected to the [[Algeria]]n [[Armed Islamic Group]] (''Groupe Islamique Armé'', or GIA).<ref name=telquel/> |
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The U.S. military said that it tracked Abu Qaswarah to a building in Mosul, which served as a "key command and control location" for Al-Qaida in Iraq.<ref name="cnn1">{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/15/iraq.alqaeda.leader/index.html|title=U.S. military: Senior al Qaeda chief killed in Iraq|date=2008-10-15|publisher=CNN|access-date=2008-10-16}}</ref> On 5 October 2008, they entered the building, were fired upon, and during the shootout they killed five people, one of which was Abu Qaswarah.<ref name="cnn1" /> His death was announced ten days later, when positive identification was made on his body.<ref name="yahoo1" /> |
The U.S. military said that it tracked Abu Qaswarah to a building in Mosul, which served as a "key command and control location" for Al-Qaida in Iraq.<ref name="cnn1">{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/15/iraq.alqaeda.leader/index.html|title=U.S. military: Senior al Qaeda chief killed in Iraq|date=2008-10-15|publisher=CNN|access-date=2008-10-16}}</ref> On 5 October 2008, they entered the building, were fired upon, and during the shootout they killed five people, one of which was Abu Qaswarah.<ref name="cnn1" /> His death was announced ten days later, when positive identification was made on his body.<ref name="yahoo1" /> |
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The U.S. military said his death would make it more difficult for Al-Qaida to network and operate in the region.<ref name="yahoo1"/> |
The U.S. military said his death would make it more difficult for Al-Qaida to network and operate in the region.<ref name="yahoo1"/> |
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Revision as of 03:19, 29 July 2021
Mohamed Moumou | |
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| Other name(s) | Abu Qaswarah, Abu Sara |
| Born | July 30, 1965 Fez, Morocco[1] |
| Died | October 5, 2008 (aged 43) Mosul, Iraq |
| Allegiance | al-Qaeda |
| Years of service | ?–2006 |
| Unit | Al-Qaeda in Iraq |
| Battles / wars | Iraqi insurgency |
Mohamed Moumou (Arabic: محمد مومو) (also known as Abu Qaswarah or Abu Sara[2]) (July 30, 1965[3] – October 5, 2008) was a Moroccan-born Swedish national who was reportedly the No. 2 leader of al-Qaida in Iraq and the senior leader in Northern Iraq.[1][4] He died in a building in Mosul during a shootout with American troops.[1][5]
Born in Fez, Morocco,[3] he was one of the founders of the militant Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group (Groupe Islamique Combattant Marocain, or GICM).[6] Moumou immigrated to Sweden in the mid-1980s and gained Swedish citizenship in the mid-1990s.[1]
In March 2004, Moumou was arrested in Copenhagen, Denmark, at the request of Moroccan authorities for his alleged role in the 2003 Casablanca bombings.[7] He was released by the Danish authorities after a month and sent back to Sweden.[8]
While in Sweden, he was the "uncontested leader of an extremist group centered around the Brandbergen Mosque" in the Stockholm suburb of Haninge, according to the U.S. Treasury Department.[3][9] Säpo, the Swedish Security Service, had been keeping an eye on him since the mid-1990s, suspecting him of leading an Islamist network that supported terrorism abroad.[1] He was believed to be recruiting Jihadists to fight in Iraq from his base in Sweden.[1] The Swedes also suspected that he had taken part in terrorist attacks and fought in Afghanistan in the 1990s.[1] In May 2006, he left for Iraq and never returned.[1] In December 2006, he was placed on the EU and UN terrorist lists.[1][3]
According to the U.S. military, Abu Qaswarah was a charismatic figure who became the senior commander in northern Iraq in June 2007 and was second in command of Al-Qaida in Iraq behind Abu Ayyub al-Masri.[4] Allegedly, he was in charge of smuggling foreign fighters into northern Iraq and killed the fighters who did not want to attack Iraqis or carry out suicide missions.[4] Prior to his death, a large number of Iraqi Christians were killed, and their murders were widely blamed on al-Qaida.[4] He is also accused of orchestrating the failed attack on the Mosul Civic Center, which if successful would have killed hundreds of Iraqi civilians.[5]
According to the United States Department of the Treasury, Moumou traveled to Afghanistan in the mid-1990s to participate in the al-Qaeda-run Khalden training camp.[3] According to TelQuel, Moumou was recruited in 1996 by Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi to serve as a "sleeper agent" in Stockholm.[6] Moumou reportedly served, at some time in the past, as "Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's representative in Europe for issues related to chemical and biological weapons".[3] He reportedly maintained ties to "al-Zarqawi's inner circle" in Iraq.[3]
He was also the editor of the Al Ansar newsletter connected to the Algerian Armed Islamic Group (Groupe Islamique Armé, or GIA).[6]
The U.S. military said that it tracked Abu Qaswarah to a building in Mosul, which served as a "key command and control location" for Al-Qaida in Iraq.[5] On 5 October 2008, they entered the building, were fired upon, and during the shootout they killed five people, one of which was Abu Qaswarah.[5] His death was announced ten days later, when positive identification was made on his body.[4]
The U.S. military said his death would make it more difficult for Al-Qaida to network and operate in the region.[4]
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- ^ "Iraq's Second-Ranked Terrorist Was A Swede". CBS. 2008-10-20. Archived from the original on October 20, 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Treasury Designations Target Terrorist Facilitators" (Press release). United States Department of the Treasury. 2006-12-07. Archived from the original on May 26, 2007.
- ^ a b c d e f Reid, Robert H. (2008-10-15). "US military: No. 2 al-Qaida in Iraq leader killed". Yahoo!. Archived from the original on October 18, 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-15.
- ^ a b c d "U.S. military: Senior al Qaeda chief killed in Iraq". CNN. 2008-10-15. Retrieved 2008-10-16.
- ^ a b c "Terrorisme. Un Marocain financier d'Al Qaïda" (in French). TelQuel. Archived from the original on 2006-12-16. Retrieved 2006-12-15.
- ^ "Terrormisstänkt häktad i Danmark" (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter. 2004-03-31. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007.
- ^ Svensson, Ewa (2004-04-27). "Terrormisstänkt svensk-marockan släppt" (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter. Archived from the original on April 26, 2007.
- ^ "Terrorist linked to Stockholm mosque". The Local. 16 October 2008. Archived from the original on October 17, 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-16.