Ibrahim al-Afghani
Personal details
Died20 June 2013
Barawa, Somalia
Political partyAl-Shabaab

Ibrahim al-Afghani (died 20 June 2013), also known as Ibrahim Haji Jama Mee'aad, was a prominent member of Somalia's Al-Shabaab, an insurgent group fighting Somalia's Transitional Federal Government.

Afghani formerly held positions as the first deputy leader of Al-Shabaab and in charge of finance,[1] and head of al-Shabaab's Kisimayo administration.[2]

He was rumored to have been killed in a Predator drone attack on an al-Shabaab training camp south of Kismayo, Somalia on 25 June 2011,[3] but he survived and was reported to have resigned from Al-Shabaab in December 2011.[4]

In April 2013, a letter was circulated on extremist websites reportedly penned by Afghani to Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, criticising Godane's leadership. On 29 June 2013, al-Shabaab announced that they had killed Afghani during a gun battle on 20 June 2013 when he resisted arrest, but family members, including Afghani's sister, said that he had been arrested and then executed.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Alasow, Dahir Abdulle (5 May 2011). "Al-Qaeda foreign operatives dominate Al-Shabaab executive council". Suna Times. Archived from the original on 11 January 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  2. ↑ Ahmad, Liban (26 March 2010). "Flaws in the Monitoring Group Report on Somalia". Wardheer News. Archived from the original on 12 February 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
  3. ↑ "Senior Shabaab commander rumored to have been killed in Somalia". Long War Journal. 9 July 2011. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2011 – via Shabelle Media Network.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ↑ "SomaliaReport: Interview with al Shabaab Intel Officer". Somalia Report. 12 November 2011. Archived from the original on 29 March 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
  5. ↑ "Somali Shebab extremists kill two of their own chiefs: spokesman". Bangkok Post. Agence France-Presse. 29 June 2013. Retrieved 29 June 2013.


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