ISIS ‘architect of death’ Moataz al-Jubouri killed in Iraq
In a severe blow to ISIS after the killing and arrest of a
number of influential leaders and important elements affiliated with the
terrorist organization, the Iraq’s Counter Terrorist Service (CTS) announced
the killing of deputy ISIS leader Moataz Numan al-Jubouri.
Killing the ‘Governor of Iraq’
Jubouri, also known as Hajji Tayseer, held the position of
ISIS’s “governor of Iraq” and was the terrorist organization’s deputy leader
for all state affairs. He was also responsible for planning and coordinating
foreign terrorist operations.
“After the information provided by the agency that led to
the killing of the criminal terrorist Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and the success of
our heroes in the arrest of the terrorist criminal Abdul Nasser Qirdash, today
we announce to our great people the killing of the terrorist Moataz Numan Abdul
Nayef Najm al-Jubouri (Hajji Tayseer),” the CTS said in a statement.
The CTS stated that it had killed Jubouri after a short period
of monitoring his movements inside and outside Iraq by using a fake passport
and false identity, adding that the terrorist leader was targeted by airstrike
in the Syrian area of Deir Ezzor.
Jubouri was the third major ISIS leader to be killed in May
in Deir Ezzor. The US-led coalition had announced on Friday, May 22 that two of
the terrorist organization’s leaders were killed in an airstrike, namely Ahmed
Issa Ismail al-Zawy, known as Abu Ali al-Baghdadi, who was the ISIS governor in
northern Baghdad, and Ahmed Abd Muhammad Hassan al-Jughaifi, a senior official for
supplies and logistical services throughout Iraq and Syria.
Scion of a terrorist family
Jubouri was an Iraqi national from the village of Sheikh
Ahmed in the district of Al-Shirqat in Salahuddin Governorate, north of
Baghdad. He was one of the most prominent leaders of the terrorist organization
and had assumed the position of ISIS minister of manufacturing before taking
the post of governor of Iraq. He had previously joined the Tawhid wal-Jihad
terrorist group and then al-Qaeda before joining ISIS.
He is from a family with a proven record in al-Qaeda and
ISIS. His uncle, Ni’ma Abd al-Nayef al-Jubouri, known as Abu Fatima al-Jubouri,
was an ISIS official in Iraq’s Kirkuk governorate before being killed in March
2016 in an airstrike by the international coalition, according to Iraqi
intelligence.
Moataz al-Jubouri was promoted within the organization until
he reached the position of governor of Iraq and governor of Sham in August 2019
with the blessing of late ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who was killed in
October 2019.
Architect of death
Because of his extensive experience in combat, training, and
manufacturing bombs and explosive devices, Jubouri was described as the
"architect of death," and he supervised the manufacture of bombs for
ISIS's terrorist activities.
Jubouri was considered close to new ISIS leader Amir
Muhammad Sa'id Abdal-Rahman al-Mawla, known as Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi
al-Qurashi or Hajji Abdallah, who comes from Tal Afar in Nineveh Governorate in
northern Iraq.
In August 2019, the United States offered a $5 million
reward for anyone who provided information about Jubouri.
