Abu Suleiman al-Naser
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| Native name | أبو سليمان الناصر |
| Born | Neaman Salman Mansour al Zaidi |
| Died | 25 February, 2011 Iraq |
| Other names | Al-Nasser Lideen Allah Abu Suleiman Abu Ibrahim al-Ansari Abu Ibrahim al-Zaidi Abu Ibrahim Nu'man |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance |  Al-Qaeda (unknown–2011)
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| Years of service | Unknown–2011 |
| Rank | ISI War Minister[1][2] (April 2010–February 2011) |
| Battles/wars | Iraq War |
Abu Suleiman al-Naser[3] (Arabic: أبو سليمان الناصر, Neaman Salman Mansour al Zaidi) was the military commander or "War Minister" of the militant group Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) during the Iraq War.[1]
Little is known about Abu Suleiman. He succeeded Abu Ayyub al-Masri as Minister of War for the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) in April 2010, after al-Masri and ISI leader Abu Omar al-Baghdadi were killed in an operation by US and Iraqi forces in Tikrit. Suleiman's appointment was announced in a statement in which he used the nom de guerre Al-Nasser Lideen Allah Abu Suleiman, meaning "Defender of God’s Religion, Father of Suleiman".[4] He is reported to have been a detainee at Camp Bucca prison,[5] and served as the ISI's leader in Anbar Province under the nom de guerre Abu Ibrahim al-Ansari.[6]
Iraqi security forces claimed to have killed Suleiman in February 2011, in the city of Hīt, west of Baghdad.[1] However, ISI denied his death a month later.[7] Despite this, ISI leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and ISI spokesman Abu Mohammed al-Adnani confirmed his death in August 2011.[8][9]
A report by Al Jazeera's Center for Studies, and an analysis of ISIL's leadership structure by a purported insider, also confirmed that Suleiman had in fact been killed in 2011, and that following his death, the position of "War Minister" was replaced by a military council composed of former regime military officers under the leadership of Haji Bakr.[10][11]
References
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- ↑ [1] A picture of Abu Suleiman al-Nasser, dated 1 February 2011, at the site of Bill Warner, PI.
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