Abu Suleiman al-Naser

Nu'man Salman Mansour (Arabic: نعمان سلمان منصو الزيدي‎), also known as Al-Nasser Lideen Allah Abu Suleiman[1] (Arabic: أبو سليمان الناصر‎), was the military commander or "War Minister" of the militant group Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) during the Iraq War.[1]

Al-Nasser Lideen Allah Abu Suleiman
أبو سليمان الناصر
Born
Neaman Salman Mansour
DiedFebruary 24, 2011
Hīt, Iraq
Other namesAl-Nasser Lideen Allah Abu Suleiman
Abu Ibrahim al-Ansari
Abu Ibrahim
Abu Ibrahim Nu'man
Military career
Allegiance Al-Qaeda (unknown–2011)
Years of serviceUnknown–2011
RankISI War Minister[1][2]
(April 2010 – February 2011)
Battles/warsIraq War

Little is known about 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".[3] He is reported to have been a detainee at Camp Bucca prison,[4] and served as the ISI's leader in Anbar Province under the nom de guerre Abu Ibrahim al-Ansari.[5]

Iraqi security forces killed Suleiman on February 24, 2011, in the city of Hīt, west of Baghdad.[1] However, ISI denied his death four days later.[6] Despite this, ISI leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and ISI spokesman Abu Mohammed al-Adnani confirmed his death in August 2011.[7][8]

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.[9][10]

References
  1. "Iraqi forces kill al-Qaida 'war minister' in raid". The Washington Post. 25 February 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  2. "Islamic State Senior Leadership: Who's Who" (PDF). Brookings Institution. 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  3. Bill Roggio (1 December 2010). "Al Qaeda in Iraq's security minister captured in Anbar". Long War Journal. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  4. "Photos of AQI's top 2 leaders". Long War Journal. 3 December 2010. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  5. "اخبار العراق الان من السومرية نيوز". www.alsumaria.tv. Retrieved 2016-07-12.
  6. https://www.memri.org/jttm/isi-denies-death-its-minister-war
  7. http://triceratops.brynmawr.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/10066/15267/ADN20110807.pdf?sequence=1
  8. Bill Roggio (28 August 2011). "Al Qaeda suicide bomber kills 28 Iraqis in attack in Baghdad mosque". The Long War Journal.
  9. Hassan Abu Haniyeh. "Daesh's Organisational Structure". Al Jazeera.
  10. Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi. "An Account of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi & Islamic State Succession Lines".
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