Manaf Abd al-Rahim al-Rawi (
Arabic
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: مناف عبد الرحيم الراوي) (died April 1, 2013) was a senior
Iraqi leader of
Al Qaeda in Iraq
Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI; ar, القاعدة في العراق, al-Qā'idah fī al-ʿIrāq) or Al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia ( ar, القاعدة في بلاد الرافدين, al-Qā'idah fī Bilād ar-Rāfidayn), officially known as ''Tanzim Qaidat a ...
(AQI), acting as its "governor" for
Baghdad
Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon and the Sassanid Persian capital of Ctesipho ...
province.
Al-Rawi was arrested on March 11, 2010 by Iraqi security forces. Iraqi government sources claimed al-Rawi was responsible for planning multiple-vehicle bombings in Baghdad. Under interrogation, he reportedly gave authorities information which led to the killing of the group's top two leaders,
Abu Ayyub al-Masri
Abu Ayyub al-Masri ( ; , ', translation: "Father of Ayyub the Egyptian"; 1967 – 18 April 2010), also known as Abu Hamza al-Muhajir and
Abu Omar al-Baghdadi
Hamid Dawud Mohamed Khalil al-Zawi ( ar, حَمِيدُ دَاوُدَ مُحَمَّدُ خَلِيلِ ٱلزَّاوِيِّ, Ḥamīd Dāwud Muḥammad Ḵalīl az-Zāwī; 1959 – 18 April 2010), known as Abu Hamza al-Baghdadi and Abu Omar ...
, in April 2010.
[Steven L. Myers (2010-04-25)]
Iraqi Insurgent Group Acknowledges Killing of Two Leaders
''The New York Times
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'' retrieved 18 October 2011 He was later convicted of terrorism and was executed on April 1, 2013.
References
2013 deaths
Iraqi al-Qaeda members
Year of birth missing
Members of al-Qaeda in Iraq
21st-century executions by Iraq
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