The Life of Abu Omar al-Khalayfawi: Military Amir for Islamic State's Wilayat al-Fallujah

This week’s issue of the Islamic State’s al-Naba’ newsletter features a ‘story of a martyr.’ The subject of this article is a man called Abu Omar al-Khalayfawi, who is said to have been a veteran of the jihadist insurgency in Iraq since the early days of the American invasion and his pledge of allegiance to Abu Mus’ab al-Zarqawi. Abu Omar’s timeline can…