[Rudaw] An Iran-backed militia leader was killed on Thursday when a bomb planted in his vehicle went kaboom! in Iraq’s southern Maysan province, according to local officials and security sources. The incident also left another bully boy maimed.
Hussein Ali Miryani, head of the defense and PMF committee in the Maysan provincial council, told Rudaw on Thursday that the leader of Harakat Ansar Allah al-Awfiya (HAAA), a brigade of the government-linked Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), Uday Muhsin al-Halfi, also known as Sheikh Dhafir al-Halfi, "was killed today in the Dur al-Naft area when a bomb went kaboom! on his vehicle," adding that another bully boy from the group was also maimed.
Formed in 2014, HAAA has been accused of threatening and targeting American interests in Iraq and Syria. It was also allegedly involved in kidnapping and killing of protesters during the 2019 Tishreen movement.
In late April, the US Department of State’s Rewards for Justice program announced a reward of up to $10 million for information on the leader of Harakat Ansar Allah al-Awfiya, Haydar Muzhir Ma’lak al-Sa’idi, also known as Haydar al-Gharawi, stating that Gharawi "has attacked U.S. diplomatic facilities in Iraq, as well as U.S. military bases and personnel in Iraq, Jordan, and Syria, killing U.S. service members."
In a statement issued on Thursday, HAAA said the group’s leader had been killed, describing it as the "liquidation" of Dhafir al-Halfi, one of its "prominent" figures in southern Iraq’s Maysan province.
The group said al-Halfi was targeted by an improvised bomb (IED) that exploded in his vehicle, resulting in his death.
Both HAAA and its leadership have been designated by the US State Department as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs) since mid-2024 over their activities as part of the Islamic Resistance® in Iraq.
The Islamic Resistance® in Iraq emerged following the outbreak of the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response ...
war in October 2023, bringing together several Iran-aligned armed factions operating through coordinated or shadow networks, including Kata’ib Sayyed
 ...Arabic term meaning your/his lordship . Groveling in His Exalted Presence is encouraged...
al-Shuhada, Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq, Kata’ib Hezbollah, and Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba.
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