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'''Abdelhamid Abaaoud''' or '''Abdel-Hamid Abu Oud''' is a 27 year old [[Belgium|Belgian]] national of Moroccan origin who French investigators believe masterminded the [[mass murder in Paris]] of 13 November 2015 which killed at least 129 people.<ref>[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/16/abdelhamid-abaaoud-suspected-mastermind-of-paris-terror-attacks "Paris attacks 'mastermind' Abdel-Hamid Abu Oud: what we know"]</ref> Thought to be in [[Syria]] now with the [[Islamic State]] (IS) group, Abdelhamid Abaaoud grew up in Molenbeek, a district of Brussels known for its many Arab immigrants, blighted by high unemployment and overcrowded housing. He is an associate of [[Salah Abdeslam]], who is on the run and whose brother Brahim blew himself up in Paris.<ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/abdelhamid-abaaoud-belgian-man-identified-as-suspected-mastermind-of-paris-attacks-a6735871.html "Abdelhamid Abaaoud: What we know about Belgian man identified as suspected Paris attacks 'mastermind'"]</ref>
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'''Abdelhamid Abaaoud''' or '''Abdel-Hamid Abu Oud''' was a 27 year old [[Belgium|Belgian]] national of [[Moroccan]] origin who was named by French investigators as responsible for the [[mass murder in Paris]] of 13 November 2015 which killed at least 129 people.<ref>[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/16/abdelhamid-abaaoud-suspected-mastermind-of-paris-terror-attacks "Paris attacks 'mastermind' Abdel-Hamid Abu Oud: what we know"]</ref>
  
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Abaaoud and Salah Abdeslam were both jailed in Belgium in 2010 for armed robbery. But Abaaoud - alias Abu Umar al-Baljiki - joined [[IS]] in early 2013. It is not clear when he became radicalised. The Associated Press reports that he attended one of Belgium's top secondary schools - Saint-Pierre d'Uccle. He was in contact with [[Mehdi Nemmouche]], a jihadist of Franco-Algerian origin, who shot and killed four people at the Jewish Museum in Brussels in May 2014.
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Abaaoud was "the public face of the French-speaking jihadi world", but was seemingly able to travel easily in Europe and to [[Syria]], and plan and obtain supplies for a major terrorist attack, indicating strongly close ties between Islamist terrorist circles and [[French intelligence agencies]].<ref name=global/>
  
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Nemmouche had also spent time in Molenbeek - an area where, Belgian officials admit, the radical Salafist ideology has flourished among some young Muslims. In recent years, Molenbeek has had "the highest concentration of foreign terrorist fighters in Europe", said Liesbeth van der Heide, at Leiden University's Centre for Terrorism and Counterterrorism in the Netherlands. More jihadists have gone to fight in [[Iraq]] and [[Syria]] from Belgium than from any other EU country, per head of population.
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On 19 November 2015, Abaaoud's death was announced by the Paris prosecutor following a police shootout during a raid on a flat in the Paris suburb of Saint Denis.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/19/abdelhamid-abaaoud-suspected-paris-attacks-ringleader-was-killed-in-raid</ref>
  
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Belgian authorities suspect that Abaaoud helped organise and finance a terror cell in Verviers, eastern Belgium. It was broken up in a police raid in January. Two jihadists were killed in Verviers - identified by IS later as [[Khalid Ben Larbi]] (alias Abu Zubayr, 23) and [[Soufiane Amghar]] (alias Abu Khalid, 26).
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==Background==
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Abdelhamid Abaaoud grew up in Molenbeek, a district of [[Brussels]] known for its many Arab immigrant. ''[[The Independent]]'' stated that he is an associate of [[Salah Abdeslam]], whose brother Brahim died in the Paris attack.<ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/abdelhamid-abaaoud-belgian-man-identified-as-suspected-mastermind-of-paris-attacks-a6735871.html "Abdelhamid Abaaoud: What we know about Belgian man identified as suspected Paris attacks 'mastermind'"]</ref>
  
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In an interview published by the IS English-language magazine ''Dabiq'' in February, Abaaoud talked about the Verviers incident. He said he had secretly returned to Belgium with the other two, and they had "set up a safe house while we planned to carry out operations against the crusaders":
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Abaaoud and Salah Abdeslam were both jailed in Belgium in 2010 for armed robbery.<ref>[http://www.channel4.com/news/paris-terror-attacks-who-are-the-suspects "Paris terror attacks: who are the suspects?"]</ref>
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:"The intelligence knew me from before as I had been previously imprisoned by them," he said, boasting that he had still managed to slip away after the Verviers raid. "I was even stopped by an officer who contemplated me so as to compare me to the picture, but he let me go, as he did not see the resemblance! This was nothing but a gift from Allah."
 
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An IS propaganda video in 2014 showed Abaaoud in a vehicle that was dragging mutilated bodies behind it. Abaaoud was also linked to a foiled terror attack aboard a Thalys train in August this year. A gunman, [[Ayoub El-Khazzani]], was overpowered by passengers aboard the train in northern France. In that case, and in a foiled attack on a church in Villejuif, France, investigators listed Abaaoud as a suspect.
 
  
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Abaaoud was so devoted to jihad that he persuaded his 13-year-old brother to join him in Syria.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34835046 "Paris attacks: Key suspect Abdelhamid Abaaoud"]</ref>
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==Terror cell==
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Belgian authorities have suggested that Abaaoud may have helped helped organise and finance a terror cell in Verviers, eastern Belgium.<ref>https://www.france24.com/en/20151120-paris-attacks-abdelhamid-abaaoud-france-syria-islamic-state-portrait</ref>
  
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==Foiled attack==
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An IS propaganda video in 2014 showed Abaaoud in a vehicle that was dragging mutilated bodies behind it.<ref name=global>https://www.globalresearch.ca/paris-attack-new-data-on-police-foreknowledge-of-terrorists-raises-questions/5491916</ref> Abaaoud was also linked to a foiled terror attack aboard a Thalys train in August this year. A gunman, [[Ayoub El-Khazzani]], was overpowered by passengers aboard the train in northern France. In that case, and in a foiled attack on a church in Villejuif, France, investigators listed Abaaoud as a suspect.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/19/abdelhamid-abaaoud-dead-paris-terror-leader-leaves-behind-countless-what-ifs</ref>
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The ''[[BBC]]'' stated that Abaaoud persuaded his 13-year-old brother to join him in Syria.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34835046 "Paris attacks: Key suspect Abdelhamid Abaaoud"]</ref>
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==2015-11 Paris attacks==
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When Abaaoud was identified as a possible orchestrator of the [[2015-11 Paris attacks]], [[David Thomson]], a journalist specializing in [[jihad]] in [[France]] and author of ''French Jihadists'', wrote: "if this report is substantiated, what would be involved would be far more than astonishment at a meltdown of the security services." Thomson explained, "One must understand who this man is. He is the public face of the French-speaking jihadi world. His face was displayed for several days last year round-the-clock on all [[France/Media|France's major news channels]]. In [[2013]] and [[2014]], on his own [[Facebook]] page, under his true identity, he posted videos of himself on the Syrian front, grenade launcher in hand, calling for people to join him."<ref name=global/>
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Latest revision as of 08:22, 11 April 2024

Person.png Abdelhamid AbaaoudRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
Abdelhamid Abaaoud.jpg
Born1988
DiedNovember 2015 (Age 26)
NationalityBelgian
Supposed perpetrator of2015-11 Paris attacks
The official "mastermind" behind the mass murder in Paris - died conveniently in police shootout.

Abdelhamid Abaaoud or Abdel-Hamid Abu Oud was a 27 year old Belgian national of Moroccan origin who was named by French investigators as responsible for the mass murder in Paris of 13 November 2015 which killed at least 129 people.[1]

Abaaoud was "the public face of the French-speaking jihadi world", but was seemingly able to travel easily in Europe and to Syria, and plan and obtain supplies for a major terrorist attack, indicating strongly close ties between Islamist terrorist circles and French intelligence agencies.[2]

On 19 November 2015, Abaaoud's death was announced by the Paris prosecutor following a police shootout during a raid on a flat in the Paris suburb of Saint Denis.[3]

Background

Abdelhamid Abaaoud grew up in Molenbeek, a district of Brussels known for its many Arab immigrant. The Independent stated that he is an associate of Salah Abdeslam, whose brother Brahim died in the Paris attack.[4]

Abaaoud and Salah Abdeslam were both jailed in Belgium in 2010 for armed robbery.[5]

Terror cell

Belgian authorities have suggested that Abaaoud may have helped helped organise and finance a terror cell in Verviers, eastern Belgium.[6]

Foiled attack

An IS propaganda video in 2014 showed Abaaoud in a vehicle that was dragging mutilated bodies behind it.[2] Abaaoud was also linked to a foiled terror attack aboard a Thalys train in August this year. A gunman, Ayoub El-Khazzani, was overpowered by passengers aboard the train in northern France. In that case, and in a foiled attack on a church in Villejuif, France, investigators listed Abaaoud as a suspect.[7]

The BBC stated that Abaaoud persuaded his 13-year-old brother to join him in Syria.[8]

2015-11 Paris attacks

When Abaaoud was identified as a possible orchestrator of the 2015-11 Paris attacks, David Thomson, a journalist specializing in jihad in France and author of French Jihadists, wrote: "if this report is substantiated, what would be involved would be far more than astonishment at a meltdown of the security services." Thomson explained, "One must understand who this man is. He is the public face of the French-speaking jihadi world. His face was displayed for several days last year round-the-clock on all France's major news channels. In 2013 and 2014, on his own Facebook page, under his true identity, he posted videos of himself on the Syrian front, grenade launcher in hand, calling for people to join him."[2]


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References

  1. ↑ "Paris attacks 'mastermind' Abdel-Hamid Abu Oud: what we know"
  2. ↑ a b c https://www.globalresearch.ca/paris-attack-new-data-on-police-foreknowledge-of-terrorists-raises-questions/5491916
  3. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/19/abdelhamid-abaaoud-suspected-paris-attacks-ringleader-was-killed-in-raid
  4. ↑ "Abdelhamid Abaaoud: What we know about Belgian man identified as suspected Paris attacks 'mastermind'"
  5. ↑ "Paris terror attacks: who are the suspects?"
  6. ↑ https://www.france24.com/en/20151120-paris-attacks-abdelhamid-abaaoud-france-syria-islamic-state-portrait
  7. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/19/abdelhamid-abaaoud-dead-paris-terror-leader-leaves-behind-countless-what-ifs
  8. ↑ "Paris attacks: Key suspect Abdelhamid Abaaoud"
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