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Abdullah al-Janabi

b. 1951

Mujahideen Shura Council member

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About Abdullah al-Janabi

Born 1951.

Abdullah al-Janabi (; born ) is the former Sunni chief of the Mujahideen Shura Council in Fallujah, Iraq. He gained power following his involvement in the insurgency at the First Battle of Fallujah in which the insurgents captured Fallujah.

He was present at the eventual loss of the city at the Second Battle of Fallujah, but he managed to evade capture by American forces and fled the city.

On 9 January 2005, the Central Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for him.

After the Fall of Fallujah to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and other anti-government Sunni forces in January 2014, Janabi returned to Fallujah, and began making weekly sermons at the Saad bin Abi Waqas mosque in northern Fallujah. At the mosque Janabi told worshippers that "Blood is on the hands of all policemen. Police buildings were used to torture and to extract confessions ... and must be cleansed." Referring to the Iraqi Army, he also claimed that "We swear by God almighty and the blood of martyrs that the Safavid army will not enter the city of Fallujah except over our dead bodies."

During his sermons, about 200 masked ISIL militants using looted police vehicles guarded the road leading to the mosque, where worshippers were checked for weapons.

As of 2015, he was a preacher and a "Sharia Council" member for the Islamic State.

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Born
1951
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Who is Abdullah al-Janabi?

Mujahideen Shura Council member

When was Abdullah al-Janabi born?

Abdullah al-Janabi was born in 1951.

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Β· Wikipedia: Abdullah al-Janabi

Β· Wikidata: Q4666085

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