Abu Abdul Rahman Mansour (Arabic: أبو عبدالرحمن العراقي) was an Iraqi Canadian alleged to have led insurgent forces in "the most disciplined, intense attacks from insurgency forces" in the November 2006 Battle of Turki.
Abdul-Rahman moved to Turki in 1995, after marrying a woman from the city.Wong, Edward. New York Times, "Some Fighters in Iraq Adopt New Tactics to Battle U.S.", 24 November 2006 He began calling himself al-Iraqi and a "deputy emir" of the insurgency when he posted online stating that the Iraqi mujahideen were entering the "threshold of a new stage in this war." On May 11, 2005 he stated;
Some sources have suggested he led a "Martyrs Brigade" in Iraq, at the request of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. References