A relative of Omar Yousef Jumah, known as Abu Annas al-Shami, covers his face as he holds a picture of al-Shami, at his home in Amman September 22, 2004. The spiritual mentor of al Qaeda ally Abu musab al-Zarqawi, a Muslim cleric who justified Zarqawi's beheading of hostages in Iraq, Abu Annas al-Shami, has been killed in a U.S. air strike in Iraq, associates and relatives said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Ali Jarekji
In this picture supplied by the family in Amman, Jordan , Wednesday Sept. 23, 2004, this is Sheik Abu Anas al-Shami, 35, was killed in a U.S. airstrike when a missile hit the car he was traveling in on Friday in the west Baghdad suburb of Abu-Ghraib, claimed the clerics who have close ties to the family. They spoke on condition of anonymity. . Al-Shami was the spiritual leader of the most active insurgency group in Iraq, Tawhid and Jihad, . (AP Photo)
In this picture supplied by the family in Amman, Jordan, Wednesday Sept. 23, 2004, Sheik Abu Anas al-Shami, 35, left, sits next to his son Malek, right. al-Shami was killed Friday, Sept. 17 when a U.S. airstrike hit the car in which he was travelling in the west Baghdad suburb of Abu-Ghraib. al-Shami was an aide to Tawhid and Jihad's leader, the Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. al-Shami, a Jordanian of Palestinian extraction who was also known as Omar Yousef Jumah, was believed to be the voice on several audio tapes that Tawhid and Jihad released via the Internet. (AP Photo)