looking at us now. this is not a place that you want to hang around. we don t want to stand here that much longer. they will organize around us. 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 bakh 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. back when the u.s. had him under lock and key, he was seen as
detainees went on a rampage, taking over whole sections of the prison camp. american forces massed outside the fences, firing into the crowd. at least four prisoners were killed. now, this is camp bucca. major general doug stone was brought in to fix camp bucca. even he was wary of the inmates. here he is giving cnn s nic robertson a tour in 2008. we have about 2,000 identified al qaeda in the facility. they re very hard to break. you have shields up here to protect us. everyone is crowded around looking at us now. this is not a place that you want to hang around. we don t want to stand here that much longer because they will now organize around us. there were beatings, unexplained prisoner deaths, and several dangerous jihadis escaped.
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.
looking at us now. this is not a place that you want to hang around. we don t want to stand here that much longer because they will now organize around us. 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.