Saleh Al-Qaraawi () is a
Saudi
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* Saudi Arabia
* Saudis, people from Saudi Arabia
* Saudi culture, the culture of Saudi Arabia
* House of Saud, the ruling family of Saudi Arabia
See also
*Saud (disambiguation)
The House of Saud
The H ...
militant
Jihadist
Jihadism is a neologism for modern, armed militant Political aspects of Islam, Islamic movements that seek to Islamic state, establish states based on Islamic principles. In a narrower sense, it refers to the belief that armed confrontation ...
.
Background
Al-Qaraawi fought in the
Iraqi Insurgency Iraqi insurgency may refer to:
* Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011), part of the Iraq War
** Iraqi insurgency (2003–2006), 2003–2006 phase of the Iraqi insurgency
** Iraqi civil war (2006–2008), multi-sided civil war in Iraq
* Iraqi insurgency (20 ...
alongside
Al Qaeda in Iraq
Al-Qaeda in Iraq (; AQI), was a Salafi jihadist organization affiliated with al-Qaeda. It was founded on 17 October 2004, and was led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi until its disbandment on 15 October 2006 after he was killed in a targeted bombing on ...
leader
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (; , "Father of Musab, of Zarqa"; October 30, 1966 – June 7, 2006), born Ahmad Fadeel Nazal al-Khalayleh (), was a Jordanian militant jihadist who ran a training camp in Afghanistan. He became known after going to Iraq a ...
.
He was a founder of the militant
Abdullah Azzam Brigades
The Abdullah Azzam Brigades (), or al-Qaeda in Lebanon, was a Sunni Islamist militant group, and al-Qaeda's branch in Lebanon. The group, which began operating in 2009, was founded by Saudi Saleh Al-Qaraawi and has networks in various countr ...
in 2009, which has carried out a number of attacks in the
Middle East
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The term came into widespread usage by the United Kingdom and western Eur ...
. He was identified as the leader of
Al Qaeda in Saudi Arabia by
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in West Asia. Located in the centre of the Middle East, it covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula and has a land area of about , making it the List of Asian countries ...
n security officials in a 3 February 2009 list of their
85 most wanted.
In December 2011, the US State Department listed him as a
Specially Designated Global Terrorist
A Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) is a person or entity that has been designated as such by the United States Department of State or the U.S. Department of the Treasury. An SDGT designation is made under authority of U.S. Executive ...
Al-Qaraawi was arrested on 9 June 2012 after returning to Saudi Arabia from Pakistan where he had been wounded in a drone strike.
References
Fugitives
Individuals designated as terrorists by the United States government
Leaders of jihadist groups
Living people
Members of al-Qaeda in Iraq
Individuals designated as suspected terrorists by the Saudi Arabian government
Saudi Arabian al-Qaeda members
Year of birth missing (living people)
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