Wahida Mohamed Al-Jumaily is the leader of tribal militia group in Shirqat and lead the liberation of the city from ISIS in September of 2016.

She describes herself as a housewife.

Wahida is one of the most feared militia leaders in Iraq.

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Backstory and Rise to Prominence

Over the course of 2016, Wahida as lost her father, three brothers, and her second husband to ISIS fighters.

Out of sadness and anger, she took up arms against the jihadists to avenge her loved ones' deaths.

^[1]She has been involved in fighting radical Islamic forces for over the past decade.

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Wahida has been known to be brutal to her enemies; she beheads them, cooks their heads and burns their bodies.

Eighteen terrorists have been killed at her hands.

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Wahida is on of ISIS's most wanted Iraqis, and she says "I received threats from the top leadership of ISIS, including from Abu Bakr (al-Baghdadi) himself."

^[7]She has had several car bombs planted outside her home during the past several years.

She keeps a Baretta m9 pistol under her left arm.

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