Abu Tahsin al-Salihi
Iraqi sniper
Died when: 64 years 90 days (770 months)Star Sign: Cancer
Abu Tahsin al-Salihi; (Arabic: ??? ????? ???????1 July 1953 – 29 September 2017) was an Iraqi veteran sniper.A volunteer in the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces, he is credited with killing over 384 ISIS members during the War in Iraq (2013–2017), receiving the nicknames “The Sheikh of Snipers” and “Hawk Eye.” Before the War in Iraq (2013–2017), al-Salihi fought in the Yom Kippur War, the Iran–Iraq War, the invasion of Kuwait, the Gulf War, and the 2003 US invasion of Iraq.
According to al-Salihi, in the Yom Kippur War he was part of an Iraqi brigade fighting on Golan Heights.Around May 2015 al-Salihi joined the Popular Mobilization Forces and was stationed in the in northern Iraq, armed with a Steyr rifle.
Al-Salihi began fighting ISIS in Jurf Al Nasr.He was trained in his sniper skills by the Russian military.