A grey-bearded hulk of a man who drove an offroad motorbike and wore a black-and-white chequered scarf and fingerless mittens, Abu Tahsin was inseparable from his Austrian-manufactured Steyr rifle
Daily Mail: Sheikh of Snipers dies in battle: Veteran Iraqi fighter, 63, killed 320 ISIS jihadis, boasted of at least four hits a day and fought in six wars dating back to 1973
* Abu Tahsin al-Salhi, who took part in conflicts dating back to the 1973 Arab-Israeli war and said he had gunned down at least 320 IS jihadists, died on Friday
* He was killed as he advanced on Hawija in northwest Iraq
* At his funeral on Saturday, close friend Ahmad Ali Hussein said the marksman was widely known by comrades as 'the sheikh of snipers' or 'hawk eye'
A veteran fighter known as 'the sheikh of snipers' has been killed in Iraq's battle to retake the town of Hawija from the Islamic State group, his paramilitary force announced on Saturday.
Abu Tahsin al-Salhi, who took part in conflicts dating back to the 1973 Arab-Israeli war and said he had gunned down at least 320 IS jihadists, died on Friday.
The 63-year-old, who boasted of at least four hits a day, was killed as he advanced on Hawija in northwest Iraq, said Ahmad al-Assadi, spokesman for the Hashed al-Shaabi alliance mostly of Shiite militias fighting alongside government forces against the last jihadist bastions.
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WNU Editor: I do not know about his confirmed kills, but his colleagues certainly admired him.
