Saleh Al-Qaraawi | |
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Nationality | Saudi Arabian |
Occupation | Terrorist |
Military career | |
Allegiance |
Al-Qaeda
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Years of service | Unknown–present |
Rank | Fighter in Afghanistan (?–?) Commander in Iraq (2009–2012) |
Battles/wars | War in Afghanistan (1978–present) Iraq War |
Saleh Al-Qaraawi ( Arabic: صالح القرعاوي) is a Saudi militant Jihadist. [1]
Al-Qaraawi fought in the Iraqi Insurgency alongside Al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. [2] He was a founder of the militant Abdullah Azzam Brigades in 2009, which has carried out a number of attacks in the Middle East. [3] He was identified as the leader of Al Qaeda in Saudi Arabia by Saudi Arabian security officials in a 3 February 2009 list of their 85 most wanted. [1]
In December 2011, the US State Department listed him as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist [2]
Al-Qaraawi was arrested on 9 June 2012 after returning to Saudi Arabia from Pakistan where he had been wounded in a drone strike. [4] [5]
Al-Arabiya satellite news channel said the statement identified one of the militants, Saleh Al-Qarawi, as the leader of Al-Qaeda in Saudi Arabia.