Adnan Ismail Najm Abdullah al-Dulaimi | |
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Born | 1971 Al-Khalidiya, Iraq |
Died | 4 June 2014 Near Mosul, Iraq |
(aged 43)
Allegiance |
Baathist Iraq (1993–2003)
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Service/branch |
Iraqi Army (1993–2003) Military of ISIL (8 April 2013–4 June 2014) |
Rank |
Captain (1993-2003) ISIL Military Chief (January 2014–4 June 2014) |
Battles/wars |
Baathist Iraq (1993–2003)
Al-Qaeda (2004–2013)
Adnan Ismail Najm al-Bilawi Al-Dulaimi (Arabic: عدنان إسماعيل نجم البيلاوي الدليمي), better known by the nom de guerre Abu Abdulrahman al-Bilawi (Arabic: أبو عبد الرحمن البيلاوي), was a top commander in the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and the head of its Military Council, prior to his killing by Iraqi security forces on 4 June 2014.
Al-Bilawi belonged to the Al-bu Bali clan of the Dulaim, the largest tribe in the Iraqi Anbar Province. His tribe formed the nucleus of the resistance/insurgency against U.S. forces in Iraq. The Dulaimis returned to the armed insurgency in 2014. After that the Iraqi army kidnapped Sunni Member of Parliament Ahmed al-Alwani from Dulaim (Albo-alon clan).