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Abdul Hadi Daghlas
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Abdul Hadi Daghlas, known as Abu Taisir, was a Jordanian man and
a relative of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. He was Zarqawi's top lieutenant in
Iraq.
He travelled to the Khurmal camp in Iraqi Kurdistan from
Tehran, Iran. The Central Intelligence Agency traced his satellite phone
and located him.
On the second day of the 2003 invasion of Iraq,
more than 40 American cruise missiles hit the town of Khurmal in Iraqi
Kurdistan. Abdul Hadi Daghlas was among the dead. (Wikipedia) also known
as Abu 'Ubayda. He had earlier been arrested by the Jordanian security
forces in 1999. Was possibly based at Herat Military Training Camp.
Al-Zarqawi had made of Kurdistan a stepping stone for his operations
in Iraq.
In August 2001, he held a meeting with his close aides,
Khalid al-‘Arouri and Abdal-Hadi Daghlas, to establish training camps
for them in Kurdistan to recruit more Arab-Afghans. A dispute between
Al-Shami and Al-Zarqawi prompted the latter to bring Abd al-Hadi Daghlas
(one of his confidants) from Afghanistan to Kurdistan to directly
oversee the training camps there.
Abu Taisir was featured in a
graphic used by U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell during his
presentation about Iraq's transgressions to the United Nations on Feb.
5, 2003. Powell did not discuss Abu Taisir by name, however. He was
shown as part of the Zarqawi network, but no more details were provided.
On the second day of a
US invasion of Iraq, the US military conducts an airstrike against the
training camp in Northern Iraq controlled by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. The
camp is territory controlled by Kurdish rebels and it is believed that a
chemical weapons lab is there. Prior to the start of the war, the US
drew up three separate plans to attack the camp with air strikes, but
each time the plans were rejected by the White House. [MSNBC, 3/2/2004]
More than 40 cruise missiles hit the camp near the town of Khurmal,
destroying what Gen. Tommy Franks calls a “massive terrorist facility.”
But Saddam Hussein had been given an ultimatum before the start of the
war, which meant the timing of the start of the war had been announced
several days in advance. Not surprisingly, by the time the camp is hit,
al-Zarqawi and many of his followers had already left it. One of
al-Zarqawi’s top lieutenants, Abdul Hadi Daghlas, a.k.a. Abu Taisir, is
killed. Al-Zarqawi will release an audio message (1) several months later
lamenting his death. [WALL STREET JOURNAL, 2/10/2004] Former National
Security Council member Roger Cressey will later claim, “Here’s a case
where they waited, they waited too long and now we’re suffering as a
result inside Iraq.” [MSNBC, 3/2/2004]
Notes:
1.
In the second part of the audio message, 18 minutes long, Al-Zarqawi
mentions his friend Abd Al-Hadi Daghlas, also known as Abu 'Ubayda, who
was killed by U.S. forces in Iraq at the beginning of the war.
Al-Zarqawi says: "I will never forget our brothers, the martyrs, who
were with us through good and bad, and first and foremost the dear and
beloved brother, the living martyr Abu Al-'Ubayda Abd Al-Hadi Daghlas.
By Allah, since I was guided by Allah, I never experienced a catastrophe
like the loss of this brother. He was a brother I felt small next to
because of his courage, devotion, patience, and modesty. Eyes cry for
people like Abd Al-Hadi…"
2. The
link between Daghlas and Douglas is yet to be proven.
3.
Estimated date of birth: 1970
See also:
• The Douglas families of
Palestine
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Sources
Sources for this article include:
•
U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell's presentation to the United
Nations, Feb. 5, 2003.
• 'Elusive Enemy: Long in U.S. Sights, A
Young Terrorist Builds Grim Resume.' David Cloud: Wall Street Journal:
Feb. 10, 2004.
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