Issam Abuanza
Islamic State health minister
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Issam Abuanza (Arabic: عصام أبو عنزة) is the former Islamic State health minister of the Islamic State Health Service.[1] A Palestinian with British citizenship,[2] he is the first practicing National Health Service doctor known to have joined the Islamic State group.[3] Concerning the death of Jordanian pilot Muath Al-Kasasbeh, he stated:[4]
I would've liked for them to burn him extremely slowly and I could treat him so we could torch him once more
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
AllegianceIslamic State
Issam Abuanza | |
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| Islamic State health minister | |
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| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
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| Allegiance | Islamic State |
Abuanza, then living in Sheffield with a wife and two children, travelled to Syria alone in July 2014.[5]
