Sheik Abu Abdul Rahman (

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: أبو عبدالرحمن العراقي) (died June 7, 2006), also Sheik Abd-Al-Rahman, was an Iraqi Canadian alleged to have led insurgent forces in "the most disciplined, intense attacks from insurgency forces" in the November 2006 Battle of Turki. Rahman moved to Turki in 1995, after marrying a woman from the city.Wong, Edward. New York Times,
Some Fighters in Iraq Adopt New Tactics to Battle U.S.
, 24 November 2006 He began calling himself ''al-Iraqi'' and a "deputy emir" of the insurgency when he posted online stating that the Iraqi mujahideen were entering the "threshold of a new stage in this war." On May 11, 2005 he stated; Some sources have suggested he led a "Martyrs Brigade" in Iraq, at the request of

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 ...

. Abu Abdur Rahman unwittingly led U.S. intelligence to al-Zarqawi and was killed along with him, on June 7, 2006.

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2006 deaths Canadian people of Iraqi descent Year of birth missing Iraqi al-Qaeda members Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011) Assassinated al-Qaeda members Members of al-Qaeda in Iraq Canadian Islamists Iraqi Islamists Deaths by American airstrikes {{Iraq-bio-stub