Mohamed Moumou (also known as Abu Qaswarah or Abu Sara) was a Moroccan-born Swedish national who was the No. 2 leader of al-Qaida in Iraq and the senior leader in Northern Iraq. He died in a building in Mosul during a shootout with American troops. Born in Fez, Morocco, he was one of the founders of the militant Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group (Groupe Islamique Combattant Marocain, or GICM). Moumou immigrated to Sweden in the mid-1980s and gained Swedish citizenship in the mid-1990s.

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  • Abu Qaswara o Abu Sara fue un terrorista de origen marroquí y con ciudadanía sueca que llegó a ser el número dos de Al Qaeda en Irak. El Servicio de Seguridad Sueco (SÄPO) afirma que tuvo una activa participación en grupos integristas islámicos de ese país. Realizó entrenamiento con Al Qaeda en Afganistán. En junio de 2007, Qaswara fue nombrado emir de Al Qaeda en Iraq para el norte del país. Habría tenido vínculos con los principales dirigentes de Al Qaeda, entre ellos, Abu Musab al Zarqaui. Su superior era Abu Ayyub al Masri. Su misión era dirigir el ingreso de terroristas extranjeros a través del norte de Iraq, y se cree que mataba a aquellos que querían volver a sus países de origen. Fue muerto junto con otros cinco u once insurgentes por tropas estadounidenses e iraquíes en un edificio que servía como centro de comando y puesto de control de la organización en Mosul.
  • Mohamed Moumou (also known as Abu Qaswarah or Abu Sara) was a Moroccan-born Swedish national who was the No. 2 leader of al-Qaida in Iraq and the senior leader in Northern Iraq. He died in a building in Mosul during a shootout with American troops. Born in Fez, Morocco, he was one of the founders of the militant Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group (Groupe Islamique Combattant Marocain, or GICM). Moumou immigrated to Sweden in the mid-1980s and gained Swedish citizenship in the mid-1990s. In March 2004, Moumou was arrested in Copenhagen, Denmark, at the Morrocan authorities request for his alleged role in the 2003 Casablanca bombings. He was released by the Danish authorities after a month and sent back to Sweden. While in Sweden, he was the "uncontested leader of an extremist group centered around the Brandbergen Mosque" in the Stockholm suburb of Haninge, according to the U.S. Treasury Department. Säpo, the Swedish intelligence agency, had been keeping an eye on him since the mid-1990s, suspecting him of leading an Islamist network that supported terrorism abroad. He was believed to be recruiting Jihadists to fight in Iraq from his base in Sweden. The Swedes also suspected that he had taken part in terrorist attacks and fought in Afghanistan in the 1990s. In May 2006, he left for Iraq and never returned. In December 2006, he was placed on the EU and UN terrorist lists. According to the U.S. military, Abu Qaswarah was a charismatic figure who became the senior commander in northern Iraq in June 2007 and was second in command of Al-Qaida in Iraq behind Abu Ayyub al-Masri. Allegedly, he was in charge of smuggling foreign fighters into northern Iraq and killed the fighters who did not want to attack Iraqis or carry out suicide missions. Prior to his death, a large number of Iraqi Christians were killed, and their murders were widely blamed on al-Qaida. He is also accused of orchestrating the failed attack on the Mosul Civic Center, which if successful would have killed hundreds on Iraqi civilians. According to the United States Department of the Treasury, Moumou traveled to Afghanistan in the mid 1990s to participate in the al-Qaeda-run Khalden training camp. According to TelQuel, Moumou was recruited in 1996 by Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi to serve as a "sleeping agent" in Stockholm. Moumou reportedly served, at some time in the past, as "Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's representative in Europe for issues related to chemical and biological weapons". He still reportedly maintains ties to "al-Zarqawi's inner circle" in Iraq. He is also the editor of the Al Ansar newsletter connected to the Algerian Armed Islamic Group (Groupe Islamique Armé, or GIA). The U.S. military said that it tracked Abu Qaswarah to a building in Mosul, which served as a "key command and control location" for Al-Qaida in Iraq. On 5 October 2008, they entered the building, were fired upon, and during the shootout they killed five people, one of which was Abu Qaswarah. His death was announced ten days later, when positive identification was made on his body. His death will make it more difficult for Al-Qaida to network and operate in the region, according to the U.S. military. However, Al-Qaida has been more successful than other groups in its ability to replace captured and killed leaders.
  • Abu Qaswarah eller Abu Sara, född 1965 i Marocko, död 5 oktober 2008 i Mosul, var en marockansk-svensk islamist. Han beskrevs av USA som andreman i al-Qaida i Irak och dödades i eldstrid med amerikanska styrkor i Mosul i norra Irak den 5 oktober 2008.
  • Abou Qaswarah, aussi connu sous les noms d'Abu Sara, d'Abou Abderrahmane et de Mohamed Moumou, était un islamiste d'origine marocaine et de nationalité suédoise. Il était l'un des plus éminents responsables de la nébuleuse terroriste d'Al-Qaida en Irak. Il était considéré comme le Modèle:Numéro2 du mouvement dans ce pays, et a été tué deux jours après Abou Rami.
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  • Abu Qaswarah eller Abu Sara, född 1965 i Marocko, död 5 oktober 2008 i Mosul, var en marockansk-svensk islamist. Han beskrevs av USA som andreman i al-Qaida i Irak och dödades i eldstrid med amerikanska styrkor i Mosul i norra Irak den 5 oktober 2008.
  • Abu Qaswara o Abu Sara fue un terrorista de origen marroquí y con ciudadanía sueca que llegó a ser el número dos de Al Qaeda en Irak. El Servicio de Seguridad Sueco (SÄPO) afirma que tuvo una activa participación en grupos integristas islámicos de ese país. Realizó entrenamiento con Al Qaeda en Afganistán. En junio de 2007, Qaswara fue nombrado emir de Al Qaeda en Iraq para el norte del país. Habría tenido vínculos con los principales dirigentes de Al Qaeda, entre ellos, Abu Musab al Zarqaui.
  • Mohamed Moumou (also known as Abu Qaswarah or Abu Sara) was a Moroccan-born Swedish national who was the No. 2 leader of al-Qaida in Iraq and the senior leader in Northern Iraq. He died in a building in Mosul during a shootout with American troops. Born in Fez, Morocco, he was one of the founders of the militant Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group (Groupe Islamique Combattant Marocain, or GICM). Moumou immigrated to Sweden in the mid-1980s and gained Swedish citizenship in the mid-1990s.
  • Abou Qaswarah, aussi connu sous les noms d'Abu Sara, d'Abou Abderrahmane et de Mohamed Moumou, était un islamiste d'origine marocaine et de nationalité suédoise. Il était l'un des plus éminents responsables de la nébuleuse terroriste d'Al-Qaida en Irak. Il était considéré comme le Modèle:Numéro2 du mouvement dans ce pays, et a été tué deux jours après Abou Rami.
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