Abu Waheeb | |
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 Abu Waheeb | |
| Native name | شاكر وهيب |
| Birth name | Shaker Wahib al-Fahdawi شاكر وهيب الفهداوي |
| Nickname(s) | Abu Waheeb (kunya) Lion of Anbar Zarqawi's student[1] Desert Lion[2] |
| Born | 1986[3] |
| Died | May 6, 2016 (aged 29–30)[4][5][6] Rutba, Anbar, Iraq |
| Allegiance |  Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant |
| Years of service | 2013–2016 |
| Rank | Field Commander |
| Commands | ISIL Forces in Anbar |
| Battles / wars | |
Shaker Wahib al-Fahdawi al-Dulaimi (1986 – May 6, 2016), better known as Abu Waheeb ("Father of Waheeb"; Arabic: أبو وهيب), was an Iraqi militant jihadist who was the leader of the Islamic State in Anbar, Iraq.[7] He killed three Syrian truck drivers in Iraq in the summer of 2013,[3] and was himself killed, with three others, in a United States-led coalition airstrike in May 2016, according to the US Department of Defense.[8]
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