Abu Ahmad al-Alwani
Waleed Jassem al-Alwani (1972 – 27 December 2015), also known by the nom de guerre Abu Ahmad al-Alwani, was a senior commander in the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and a prominent member of its military council. He was a former member of the Iraqi Army under Saddam Hussein.
Abu Ahmad al-Alwani | |
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| Birth name | Waleed Jassem al-Alwani |
| Born | 1972 Ramadi, Iraq |
| Died | 27 December 2015 (aged 42–43) Ramadi, Iraq |
| Allegiance | Baathist Iraq (until 2003) Al-Qaeda (2006–2013)
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| Service/ | Iraqi Army (until 2003) ISIS military (2013–2015) |
| Rank | Commander |
| Battles/wars | Iraq War Syrian Civil War |
Reports circulated in February 2015 in British tabloids that Al-Alwani was killed in an air strike. However, his death was never confirmed by the U.S. or the Islamic State and later reports named Alwani as a "very senior officer" in ISIS.
On 27 December 2015, after clearing IS from large parts of the city, the Iraqi Interior Ministry claimed that it had killed al-Alwani. A well-placed observer, claimed in early 2016 that al-Alwani was indeed dead, and had been replaced by Abu Umar al Hadithi, about whom nothing is known.