1) "Abu Omar", a key "connector" in the Swedish salafi-jihadist milieu, has died of #COVID-19. Abu Omar was part of the infamous "Brandbergen mosque" network and close friend of Swedish terrorist Muhammed Moumou, one of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's operational commander in Mosul.

2) "Abu Omar" is mentioned in our 2018 report mapping out the Swedish Salafi-Jihadist milieu. https://fhs.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1231645/FULLTEXT02.pdf

3) "Abu Omar" was connected to American terrorist David Headley who carried out the reconn before the 2008 Mumbai attack. After the atrocity, Headley turned his sights on Jyllandsposten in Copenhagen and began planning for a multiple attack (like Mumbai). He contacted "Abu Omar".

4) "Abu Omar" was connected (phone calls) to the four Swedes who traveled from Stockholm to Copenhagen to complete a terror attack. They had an automatic weapon, pistol, and 200 cable ties as they planned to storm Jyllandsposten. Plot foiled. Convicted to 12 years in prison.

5) One of the four Swedes had been to AQ training camp in Miramshah, Pakistan. Attack plans were sanctioned by senior AQ officials.

6) "Abu Omar" was connected to Muhammed Belkaid, who worked in his leather shop. Belkaid joined ISIS and traveled to Syria. ISIS returnee contingent who based themselves in Mollenbek (Belgium) & assisted in the Nov 2015 Paris attack. Belkaid was later killed in a shootout.

Read about Abu Omar and other terror connections in our Executive Summary (English) of our 265-page report on Salafi-Jihadism. (p.19-23) http://fhs.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1313715/FULLTEXT01.pdf
Full report (Swedish) https://fhs.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1231645/FULLTEXT02.pdf