Wow, did you recognize that right away?
Yeah, but only because I just read what al-Masri’s real name was in another article celebrating his death.
A day or two ago it would have slipped right by.
Also, other sources (like Wikipedia) suggested that al-Masri left Afghanistan and appeared in Iraq in early 2003 - which left it open to debate whether it was pre or post invasion.
Tenet has him there in 2002, so that’s a ‘slam dunk’ that he was in Iraq pre-invasion.