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2008-10-17 Iraq

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Posted by Free Radical 2008-10-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Aah, the infamous abu Bjorn.

Posted by ed 2008-10-17 00:20|| 2008-10-17 00:20|| Front Page Top

#2 Just shows you the whole sorry mess western national identities have became over the last few decades. He was not a swedish citizen, for crying it out loud, he was a moroccan who lived in Sweden, and was given ID papers by the swedish STATE. He certainly WAS NOT a citizen, and even less a swedish man.

Posted by anonymous5089 2008-10-17 04:04|| 2008-10-17 04:04|| Front Page Top

#3 I wonder if he was still paid welfare benefits whilst in Iraq?

I bet his wife and 10 kids were!!!

Posted by Paul 2008-10-17 05:43|| 2008-10-17 05:43|| Front Page Top

#4 He appears to be the first European citizen to have held a top role within al-Qaeda in Iraq

We've even burdened the poor Iraqi people with American outsourcing.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-10-17 07:08|| 2008-10-17 07:08|| Front Page Top

#5 that would be swedish outsourcing

Posted by chris 2008-10-17 08:16|| 2008-10-17 08:16|| Front Page Top

#6 Exclusive Post mortem photo

Posted by Tyranysaurus Elmererong1948 2008-10-17 09:22|| 2008-10-17 09:22|| Front Page Top

#7 I nearly lost it on that one. Too good!

Posted by Besoeker 2008-10-17 09:32|| 2008-10-17 09:32|| Front Page Top

#8 StrategyPage Oct 9: A man killed during a raid on the 5th was revealed as Abu Qaswarah, the number two al Qaeda leader in Iraq. Qaswarah is a Moroccan who migrated to Sweden in the 1980s and had a Swedish passport. He has a wife and five kids in Sweden, and has long been active in Islamic radical activities. But he never did anything illegal in Sweden, so the police there could only keep an eye on him. But two years ago, the deteriorating (al Qaeda) situation in Iraq prompted Qaswarah to go to the front, where he was useful recruiting and moving terrorist recruits into Iraq. He proved an able terrorist leader, and rose through the ranks, until a U.S. Special Forces operator put a bullet into him. Qaswarah then detonated his suicide vest, killing several nearby women and children.

Posted by ed 2008-10-17 23:29|| 2008-10-17 23:29|| Front Page Top

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