Over the weekend, Shihada Jawhar was killed in the Ayn Hilwa refugee camp in Lebanon, along with two others, in fighting between Jund al-Sham, a Sunni militant group, and Fatah.
Jawhar, who fought for al-Qaeda in Iraq, is best known for a revealing interview with al-`Arabiyya’s program “Death Industry” upon his return to Ayn Hilwa. As you can see from his exchange with the host, Shihada typifies the Jihadi action hero I wrote about a few days ago. He’s a little less cocky in later a New York Times interview, probably because he had just burned himself making a bomb.
Reaction on the forums is mixed. Some feel that Shihada was just a loudmouth who got what was coming to him, while others view him as a hero.
