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| Iraq |
| Flashback - Guardian journalist interviewed Abu Hanin in April 2006 |
| 2006-05-27 |
| In a Palestinian refugee camp on the outskirts of Amman, I sat with another jihadi who had just returned from Iraq. Abu Hanin described how he once went with Zarqawi to see insurgents in Anbar province in the insurgent west of Iraq. "He left a big impact on them. His words would stay hanging in the air even after he left. He was like the prophet when he went to people and talked to them. He doesn't chat and say how are you and all that nonsense. He speaks with authority and wisdom." He added: "When I first met him, I didn't think that this would be a man who would change history. He says things you and I can say, but he moves people. He captures their hearts." |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |