- Abu Omar al-Kurdi
Abu Omar al-Kurdi, real name Sami Muhammad Ali Said al-Jaaf, was a top bombmaker for
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi 's organization inIraq ,Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad . He was captured in January 2005.According to US and Iraqi officials, al-Kurdi was a veteran of training camps in
Afghanistan and became a chief bombmaker of Zarqawi's group in 2003. Reportedly, al-Kurdi was able to assemble his bombs using hundreds of rockets and explosives another operative,Ammar al-Zubaydi , had stolen from Iraqi warehouses early in the war.When he was captured in a
January 15 ,2005 , raid inBaghdad (announced ten days later), officials said he was responsible for making 75% of the car bombs in Iraq from August 2003, and he was said to confess to 32 of them. Among these were: theJordan ianembassy bombing, the bombing of U.N. Headquarters, the killing ofAyatollah Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim , the bombing of the Italian base inNasiriyah , and the bombing which killedIzzedin Salim , head of theIraqi Governing Council .Officials said that al-Kurdi was planning attacks against polling centers during the January 30, 2005 elections. He also provided information about Zarqawi's movements, hiding places, and communications methods.
External links
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4202421.stm US captures 'top Zarqawi ally'] –
BBC
* [http://www.windsofchange.net/archives/iraqi_elections_zarqawi_gambled_and_lost-print.php Abu Omar al-Kurdi, aka Sami Mohammed Ali Said al-Jaaf - Iraqi Kurd]
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