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Martyrdom Of Head of Arab Mujahideen In Ansar Al Islam Confirmed
A touching obit.
The official website of Ansar Al-Islam has confirmed the martyrdom of Sohayl Ben Jassem Al-Sahli who led the Arab Mujahedeen that fought with Ansar Al-Islam. Sohayl was martyred during a battle with the American troops and their Talbani allies in the village of "Delmar" near the Iranian borders. "Abo-yaali Al-Kordi" an eye witness of the battle where Sohayl martyred described the details of the last hour in the life of the Head of Arab Mujahedeen in Kurdistan. On the day of the battle, Sohayl had assigned a group of Mujahedeen that consisted of 5 Arabs and 2 Kurds, headed by "Abu-Bassir" from Tunisia, to ambush a military convoy, which consisted of American and Talbani soldiers, in an operation that claimed the lives of about 60 American soldiers.
Humm, must have missed this one.
This operation enraged the Americans that retaliated with a brutal bombardment of the area especially the center of Arab Mujahedeen. The bombing, which started form 8 PM on Thursday and continued until Friday morning, was accompanied with fierce ground fighting, where Sohayl received a bullet in his forehead and was martyred. Abu-Yaali added that he left him after he realized that he martyred, and he could not bury Sohayl's body because he had to escape with the other Mujahedeen from the area to avoid the American brutal bombing.
Run away!
In 1975, Sohayl was born in Dammam in Saudi Arabia, he dedicated his life to Jihad since he was 16 years, and he moved to Afghanistan in 1991 until the civil war took place between the Afghans Hekmatyar on one side and Masoud and Rabani on the other side. He moved then to Tajikistan where he joined Khattab, the Head of Arab Mujahedeen there and latter in Chechnya before Khattab was martyred last year. Sohayl participated in the battles against the Russians and their Tajikistani communist allies. Unlike his friend Khattab who moved to Chechnya, Sohayl returned back to Saudi Arabia for a while, and he then became nostalgic for jihad again, so he moved to join the Arab Mujahedeen in Bosnia who fought against the Serbs. Sohayl remained in Bosnia until the Dayton agreement that rescued the Serbs from the Mujahedeen attacks. Sohayl moved back to his country before he moved again to Chechnya to join his friend Khattab. Sohayl was arrested in Saudi Arabia in 1997 for a while during which his mother died. Sohayl was arrested again shortly after his release, but that time he was moved to the "Rwaiss" prison in Jeddah where he was sentenced to jail for 5 years, and he was tortured severely. During these five years he memorized the Quran and studied religious books.
He was a very holy man, now sporting a hole in his head.
The five years in jail did not affect the eagerness of Sohayl for Jihad; he was watching the situation of his brothers in Iraq especially Ansar Al-Islam that he knew their right Sunni Islamic approach and how they are prosecuted by the Iraqi government and the secular Talbani militia beside the American intentions to fight them. Sohayl decided to join Ansar Al-Islam; at the beginning, he was moving to Mecca for pilgrimage, but he changed his way to Kurdistan, where he was appointed as the head of Arab Mujahedeen.
His mother will miss him. Fred, you can move him to the "compost" folder.
Posted by: Steve 2003-04-25
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