Abu Ayyub al-Masri

Abu Ayyub al-Masri (, ; translation: "Father of Ayyub the Egyptian") (born ca. 1968 – died April 18, 2010 Abu Hamza al-Muhajir ( ; translation: "Father of Hamza the immigrant") and other aliases (see Real Name), was an active combattant of al-Qaeda and at least a senior aide to former leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. When Zarqawi was killed in a U.S. airstrike on 7 June 2006, U.S. Pentagon sources identified al-Masri as among the prime candidates to assume direction of the Iraqi insurgency.

Entry in militant groups

Born in Egypt, he joined the Muslim Brotherhood The Times, 15 June 2006 joined Ayman al-Zawahiri’s Egyptian Islamic Jihad in 1982, where he "worked with Zawahiri." Al-Masri went to bin Laden’s al-Farouk camp in Afghanistan in 1999, where he became an expert with explosives, especially truck bombs and roadside bombs like those currently used in Iraq.

Marriage

Al-Masri entered Yemen using a fake passport under the name "Yussef Haddad Labib" and taught in village schools. He got married to Hasna,...
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