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2020-09-18 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
[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
Posted by Skidmark 2020-09-18 09:34|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ]  Top
 File under: Abu Sayyaf (ISIS) 

#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||   2020-09-18 10:40|| Front Page Top

#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||   2020-09-18 11:08|| Front Page Top

#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||   2020-09-18 11:38|| Front Page Top

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