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Pesqueeb

bicycle in airplane hangar
Feb 2, 2007
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Riding the baggage carousel.


http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/28/world/middleeast/army-know-how-seen-as-factor-in-isis-successes.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share&_r=0

ISIS is the current incarnation of Al Qaeda in Iraq, the insurgent group that battled American forces under the leadership of Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi before his death from an American airstrike in 2006.

According to a map of the group developed by Mr. Alhashimi, the Iraqi expert, Mr. Baghdadi has 25 deputies across Iraq and Syria. About one-third were military officers during Mr. Hussein’s rule, and nearly all were imprisoned by American forces.
 

stevew

resident influencer
Sep 21, 2001
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“All of these guys got religious after 2003,” Mr. Dulaimi said. “Surely, ISIS benefits from their experience.”
finding allah is never a good thing in that region.