there were beatings, unexplained prisoner deaths, and several dangerous jihadis escaped. into this cauldron, one day in early 2004, a new man arrived. we know him now as abu bakr al baghdadi, the leader of isis. and, yes, he was in american custody during the iraq war. al baghdadi has shown his face publicly only once. last year when he gave a sermon to his followers. but back when the u.s. had him under lock and key, he was seen as, believe it or not, a man who could be trusted. the americans seem to see abu bakr as someone who could keep the prison quiet.
as someone who could keep the prison quiet. there are 24 camps within the sunni side of camp bucca, he was allowed open access to all of them. he wasn t considered from everything we know now, a high level detainee, and he was allowed to lead to prayers, he was allowed to give religious lessons. the future leader of isis was giving other inmates lessons on islam. those inmates were jihadists or former baathists, henchmen of saddam, or simply common criminals. it most assuredly was a jihadist university. unquestionably. put them all together in the baking heat of southern iraq, without baghdadi, a man who dreamed of a new kind of terror, it was a recipe for isis.
the leader of isis and yes, he was in american custody during the iraq war. al baghdadi has shown his face publicly once, last year when he gave a sermon to his followers. but back when the u.s. had him under lock and key, he was seen as, believe it or not, a man who could be trusted. the americans seemed to see him as somebody who could keep the prison quiet. 24 camps within the sunni side of camp bucca, he was allowed open access to all of them. he wasn t considered from everything we know now a high level detain ee. he was allowed to lead prayers and allowed to give religious lessons. the future leader of isis was giving other inmates lessons on
al baghdadi has shown his face publicly only once. last year when he gave a sermon to his followers. but back when the u.s. had him under lock and key, he was seen as, believe it or not, a man who could be trusted. the americans seem to see abu bakr as someone who could keep the prison quiet. there are 24 camps within the sunni side of camp bucca, he was allowed open access to all of them. he wasn t considered from everything that we know now a high-level detainee, and he was allowed to, you know, lead prayers, he was allowed to give religious lessons. the future leader of isis was giving other inmates lessons on islam. those inmates were jihadists or former ba athists, henchmen of saddam, or simply common criminals. it most assuredly was a jihadist university. unquestionably. put them all together in the baking heat of southern iraq, with al baghdadi, a man who dreamed of a new kind of terror, it was a recipe for isis. they were meeting, they were playing soccer together,
could be trusted. the americans seem to see abu bakr as someone who could keep the prison quiet. there are 24 camps within the sunni side of camp bucca, he was allowed open access to all of them. he wasn t considered from everything that we know now a high-level detainee, and he was allowed to, you know, lead prayers, he was allowed to give religious lessons. the future leader of isis was giving other inmates lessons on islam. those inmates were jihadists or former ba athists, henchmen of saddam, or simply common criminals. it most assuredly was a jihadist university. unquestionably. put them all together in the baking heat of southern iraq, with al baghdadi, a man who dreamed of a new kind of terror, it was a recipe for isis.