Amriki has not been heard from since he posted an autobiography online in May, titled “The Story of An American Jihadi”.
“I guess I hope that Muslims around the world also take my life as an example,” he wrote in the book, detailing his time alongside Somali fighters as well as insurgents from the US, Britain, Yemen, Syria, Tunisia and Jordan.
Amriki describes his arrival in Mogadishu airport and struggle to integrate with the fighters, and his joy at being given an automatic rifle – which he admits he had at first “had no idea how to use”.
Later he receives hand grenades, his experience of which he admits was limited to that of “anyone who had previously watched a Rambo flick (film)”.
But he also details hardships including poor food, as well as a constant fear of attacks by unmanned drone aircraft which he claimed “just want to kill off every white” fighter with the Shabaab.
Amriki, whose closing remarks in the book are “viva la revolucion”, adds that he can now “only pray that Allah grants me a righteous ending”.
“I knew that I was going to become a fugitive for the rest of my life when I made that decision (to fight in Somalia), I was well into the post 9/11 era,” he wrote.
“Someone seeking a thrill or a hippy’s midsummer’s night dream doesn’t normally consciously burn his bridges like that.”
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