Toma Tomas

Toma Tomas
ܬܐܘܡܐ ܬܐܘܡܐܣ
توما توماس
Toma Tomas in his seventies
Born1924
Died15 October 1996 (aged 72)
NationalityIraqi
Other namesAbu Joseph
OccupationGuerilla leader
Known forGuerilla leader
Political partyIraqi Communist Party

Toma Tomas (Syriac: ܬܐܘܡܐ ܬܐܘܡܐܣ) (1924-1996), also known by his nom de guerre Abu Joseph, was a Chaldean politician and the leader of al-Ansar, a communist, Marxist–Leninist militia in Iraq which fought on behalf of the Iraqi Communist Party against the Iraqi government from the 1960s until the 1980s.