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They will organize around us. there were beatings, unexplained prisoner deaths and several dangerous jihadis escaped. into this area, a new man arrived. we know him now as abu baghdadi, the leader of isis. and, yes, he was in american custody during the iraq war. he s 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 believe it or not, a man who could be trusted. the americans seem to see him as someone who could keep the prison quiet. there are 24 camps within the sunni side of camp bucca, he was ....
Believe it or not, a man who could be trusted. the americans seem to see him 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. they were meeting, they were playing soccer together, they were strategizing together. one thing is clear, al baghdadi went through a transformation at camp bucca. ....
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. ....
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. reporter: 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. reporter: 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. they were strategizing together. ....
Stunning new details on the terror leader s early life. baghdadi had relatives who joined saddam hussein s baath party. two of his brothers served in the iraqi party. one was killed in the iran-iraq war. baghdadi was nearsighted so that precluded him from service in the military so he focused his intellectual energy. when u.s. forces detained him in 2004, they barely saw him as a threat and didn t think he was a jihadist. the americans seemed to see him as somebody who could keep the prison quiet. there were 24 in the camp. he was allowed open access to all of them. according to a senior isis commands here spoke to the guardian, baghdadi was known as a fix here could settle disputes between competing factions. but also liked to divide and conquer. baghdadi from his early childhood had a need to control ....