Sheik Abu Abdul Rahman (

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: أبو عبدالرحمن العراقي) (died June 7, 2006), also Sheik Abd-Al-Rahman, was an

Iraqi Canadian Iraqi Canadians are Canadians of full or partial Iraqi descent, as well as people from the state of Iraq who are ethno-linguistic and religious minorities. According to the Canada 2011 Census, 2011 Census there were 49,680 Canadians of Iraqi ance ...

alleged to have led insurgent forces in "the most disciplined, intense attacks from insurgency forces" in the November 2006 Battle of Turki. Abu Abdul Rahman moved to Turki in 1995, after marrying a woman from the city.Wong, Edward. New York Times,
Some Fighters in Iraq Adopt New Tactics to Battle U.S.
, November 24, 2006 Abu Abdul Rahman began calling himself ''al-Iraqi'' and a "deputy emir" of the insurgency when he posted online stating that the Iraqi mujahideen were entering the "threshold of a new stage in this war." On May 11, 2005 he stated; Some sources have suggested he led a "Martyrs Brigade" in Iraq, at the request of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Abu Abdur Rahman unwittingly led U.S. intelligence to al-Zarqawi and was killed along with him, on June 7, 2006.

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