ABU BAKR NAJI

(Mohammad Hasan Khalil al-Hakim)


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  • Born: October 31, 2008
  • Died: October 31, 2008
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  • Profession: Propaganda Chief

Mohammad Hasan Khalil al-Hakim (Arabic: محمد حسن خليل الحكيم‎) alias Abu Jihad al-Masri ( أبو جهاد المصري ) was purported by US authorities to operate in Iran as the head of media and propaganda for al-Qaeda, and "may also [have been] the Chief of External Operations for al Qaeda". The name Abu Jihad is an informal or assumed name meaning roughly "father of the struggle", and al-Masri simply means the Egyptian. He was killed in a US airstrike in Pakistan on October 31, 2008.