 Although Russian intelligence has claimed that he was a native of Jordan who served as a combat pilot (achieving the rank of Lieutenant) in the Jordanian Air Force and who also underwent military training in the United States they are not considered true.He is not Jordanian, it is reported in other sources that he was Saudi.He was killed by Russian security forces outside the village of Serzhen-Yurt, Chechnya on 21 April 2011.