course as i know you v and it is a fascinating read. one of the things that strikes me is that we are talking about two guys, very young guys, 23 and 30 years of age respectively, and speak to their youth, a, and b, what are they accused of doing? well, in the case of wad ramadan alwan, he is now 30 years old, but he has been at the business of terrorism for more than 10 years. since he was a teenager. and in his case, he was involved directly in the manufacture and the placement of ieds designed specifically to kill u.s. troops on roadsides. he bragged recently that he had in fact handled more than 100 ieds himself during the period 2003 to 2006. and then he was arrested by iraqi authorities. he was finally released and in 2009, he came to the u.s. and has been living in kentucky. it is interesting that you used the word brag, because one thing that stuck out for me is the same alwan, 30 years of age and also talking about the types of ieds that he was using against troo