IS general looks like shawarma
Islamic State’s Abu Wahib mocked online for his choice of camouflage, unibrow
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Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
One of the Islamic State’s most ruthless commanders is being mocked online for his fashion choices, as anti-IS activists compare him to a shawarma kebab.
Abu Wahib, the 28-year-old commander of the Sunni Al-Anbar Lions militia, was photographed recently standing next to a black IS truck in Iraq’s Anbar province, wearing brown camouflage and a black beret.
A member of the anti-Islamic State group Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently named Abu Mohammed posted a picture of the bearded Wahib next to a photo of shawarma being roasted on a spit with the caption #same, the Daily Mail reported Tuesday.
Abu Wahib, who has a $500,000 bounty on his head, is regularly mocked online for his distinctive long hair and unibrow.
Easily confused: Islamic State commander Abu Wahib's unusually-coloured military fatigues (right) were … http://t.co/KeFrYzmPpC
— Quinton O' Hara (@QuintonOHara) March 17, 2015
The jihadi commander was on death row in an Iraqi prison when he escaped during a 2012 riot led by members of al-Qaeda in Iraq.
He resurfaced the next year when he was filmed executing three Syrian taxi drivers in the desert.
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