The Resume

(October 30, 1966-June 8, 2006)
Birth name is Fadel al-Khalayleh
Chief al-Qaeda operative in Iraq
Affiliate of Ansar al-Islam, a Kurdish extremist group
Banished from Jordan
Has $10 million reward on his head
Ran terrorist training camps in northern Iraq and western Afghanistan

Why he might be annoying:

He was closely associated with al-Qaeda leaders Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri.
He was sentenced to death in absentia in Jordan.
He oversaw the assassination of U.S. diplomat Lawrence Foley (October 2002).
He took credit for a series of bombings in Morocco and Turkey (2003).
Spanish officials suspect he was behind the Madrid railroad bombings that killed 191 people (March 11, 2004).
He was determined to make things difficult for U.S. troops in Iraq.
He decapitated American captive Nicholas Berg in a gruesome video released over the internet (May 11, 2004).
He is a heartless murderer.
He claimed responsibility for the bombing of the U.N. headquarters in Baghdad (2003).
He declared his Jihad movement to be part of al-Qaida (October 2004).

Why he might not be annoying:

He fought the Soviet Union in Afghanistan during the 1980s.
He was killed in an US airstrike (June 8, 2006).

Credit: Ratman

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 2006 - 25 Most Annoying Public Figures (Ranked: 23)
• 2008 Most Annoying 401-500 (Ranked: 462)
• 2011 - 100 Most Annoying (Ranked: 87)
• 2015 - 100 Most Annoying (Ranked: 71)
• 2017 - 100 Most Annoying (Ranked: 28)
• 2022 - 100 Most Annoying (Ranked: 81)
• Amputees
• Criminals
• Exiles
• Hyphenated Names
• I am an Anti-Semite
• I Died for My Sins
• I Died in 2006 (Ranked: 39)
• I Died in My 30s (Ranked: 39)
• Long Names
• Look at My Mug Shot
• Profiles 11251-11500 (Ranked: 11336)
• Ratman's Profiles [Series 1]
• Terrorist/Hate Groups
• Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2004 [April 2004]
• Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2005 [April 2005]
• War on Terrorism Players

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 61 Votes: 29.51% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 673 Votes: 65.08% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 189 Votes: 53.97% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 681 Votes: 65.93% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 1297 Votes: 49.96% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 2192 Votes: 60.95% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 1687 Votes: 60.88% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 719 Votes: 82.89% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 334 Votes: 84.13% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 2599 Votes: 65.22% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 1140 Votes: 46.58% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 1241 Votes: 69.38% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 895 Votes: 81.12% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 590 Votes: 83.05% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 1674 Votes: 75.57% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 1274 Votes: 73.47% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 1106 Votes: 84.45% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 3924 Votes: 77.85% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 7207 Votes: 78.29% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 4050 Votes: 72.54% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 2781 Votes: 70.62% Annoying