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Terror Networks
ISIS leader is a former US intelligence supergrass who ratted out 88 fellow jihadists when he was arrested in 2008, declassified files reveal
2020-09-18
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Amir Muhammad Sa'id Abdal-Rahman al-Mawla, also known as Hajj Abdullah, was captured in Iraq in 2008

  • He provided the names of terrorists involved in kidnappings and assassinations

  • Some of the figures he named were later killed or captured by US-led forces

  • He was identified in March as the new leader of the terrorist group after the death of previous 'caliph' Abu-Bakr al Baghdadi last October
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Posted by:Skidmark

#3  Need to declassify (create) similar files on other ISIS guys we'd like to get rid of.
Posted by: Glenmore   2020-09-18 11:38  

#2  British term: a person, especially a criminal, who gives the police a lot of information about the activities of criminals, especially serious ones
Posted by: Frank G   2020-09-18 11:08  

#1  2008 was when Hussein became Potus. Was the use of a supergrass a plan put into play by "W?" Hadn't heard the term supergrass before.
Posted by: JohnQC   2020-09-18 10:40  

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