Abdullah Muhammad Rashid al-Rashoud

Abdullah Muhammad Rashid al-Rashoud ( _ar. Maqdisi] .

Zarqawi claimed that al-Rashoud died in American aerial bombing in Qa'im, Iraq (near Syria) around 21 June 2005, but it is possible that he was killed a month earlier in the Battle of Al Qaim, or even killed by someone in al-Qaeda. From his videos it is apparent that he was rather unstable.

There is some information in English here:
* [http://www.memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=subjects&Area=jihad&ID=SP93105 MEMRI] on the death of al-Rashoud
* [http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1&section=0&article=65856&d=24&m=6&y=2005 Arab News] report of Zarqawi's statement, with a photo of al-Rashoud