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Revealed: Brutal leader of ISIS was once a bespectacled SECRETARY working in an office...
Daily Mail ^ | February 19, 2015 | LAURIE HANNA

Posted on 02/19/2015 6:48:18 AM PST by maggief

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was captured by American soldiers in 2004 in Iraq

Official documents reveal his job was 'Administrative Work (Secretary)'

Held for 10 months...but then released as he was not considered a threat

He has now gone on to become one of world's most wanted men

The bloodthirsty leader of the Islamic State was once a secretary working in office admin, newly released documents have revealed. Brutal Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was captured by American soldiers in 2004 in Iraq, and records from the time have revealed his life before he turned to terror.

The declassified documents show that al-Baghdadi - registered under his real name of Ibrahim Awad Ibrahim Al Badr - was held for 10 months in a military prison in the south of the country.

The terrorist's status was listed as 'civilian detainee', which reveal he was not then officially thought to be an insurgent. His occupation was written as 'Administrative Work (Secretary)'.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: albaghdadi; isis
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Revealed: Brutal leader of ISIS was once a bespectacled SECRETARY working in an office admin department

1 posted on 02/19/2015 6:48:18 AM PST by maggief
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To: maggief

http://www.businessinsider.com/abu-bakr-al-baghdadi-declassified-iraq-prison-file-2015-2

Here is the Army’s declassified Iraq prison file on the leader of ISIS


2 posted on 02/19/2015 6:49:04 AM PST by maggief
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They shouldn’t redact the bastard’s relatives’ names, they should publish them on the front page.


3 posted on 02/19/2015 6:49:57 AM PST by dinodino
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To: maggief

Al Capone’s business cards stated he was a ‘Furniture Salesman’............


4 posted on 02/19/2015 6:53:45 AM PST by Red Badger (If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
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To: maggief

Looks like he had a job....take that! Marie Harf!! lol


5 posted on 02/19/2015 6:53:49 AM PST by sheana
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To: maggief

This is the reason no muzzie prisoner should be allowed to walk away. They need to “disappear”.


6 posted on 02/19/2015 6:54:41 AM PST by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like it)
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To: dinodino

....that section is reserved for 2nd amendment concealed carry types


7 posted on 02/19/2015 6:55:00 AM PST by Revelation 911
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To: sheana

Hah! He probably has a lot of latent hostility from being abused by a boss.


8 posted on 02/19/2015 6:55:25 AM PST by miss marmelstein
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To: maggief

Just confirms “the banality of evil”, doesn’t it?


9 posted on 02/19/2015 6:56:20 AM PST by coydog (Time to feed the pigs!)
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To: maggief
It would be like capturing then releasing Nazis while still fighting WWII.

In this war however, there should be zero tolerance for Jihadist. They must either be imprisoned for life, or be executed.

10 posted on 02/19/2015 6:56:22 AM PST by lormand (Inside every liberal is a dung slinging monkey)
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To: sheana

Touché.


11 posted on 02/19/2015 6:56:43 AM PST by Yogafist
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To: sheana
one more job than the Great Leaders held!....




12 posted on 02/19/2015 6:57:31 AM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: maggief

American’s are hindered by self imposed excessive irrelevant legalisms when waging war against a brutal, amoral enemy who readily take advantage of the diffident behavior. They suffer unnecessary casualties and prolong conflicts without definitive resolutions.


13 posted on 02/19/2015 6:57:46 AM PST by allendale
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To: maggief

And Himmler was a chicken farmer.


14 posted on 02/19/2015 6:58:04 AM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: lormand

Just goes to show, “you don’t need a college education to get ahead”, as just quoted by my wife of 55 years. She’s pretty sharp for an old gal but I still love her.


15 posted on 02/19/2015 6:59:06 AM PST by DaveA37
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To: maggief

so unemployment lead him to terrorism?


16 posted on 02/19/2015 6:59:23 AM PST by 4rcane
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To: maggief

Looks like life is good for Abu Bakr as ISIS leader - he’s put on some poundage since his secretary days.


17 posted on 02/19/2015 7:01:39 AM PST by shove_it (The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen -- Dennis Prager)
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To: Red Badger

Would coffins be considered ‘furniture’ or ‘housing’?


18 posted on 02/19/2015 7:25:19 AM PST by tbpiper
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To: maggief

Hitler was a wallpaper hanger and a failed artist...a rotten, evil mind exists anywhere.


19 posted on 02/19/2015 7:28:02 AM PST by twister881
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Would coffins be considered ‘furniture’ or ‘housing’?

I think it depends if you're sleeping in one, or if you're interred in one…

20 posted on 02/19/2015 7:32:50 AM PST by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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