Obsidian Wings (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
by hilzoy Bill Roggio has a story today called "Released Guantanamo detainee behind March suicide truck bombing at Combat Outpost Inman in Mosul". The bombing itself is a few months old, and got some press at the time. From the...
No Oil for Pacifists (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
Before 2001, Abdullah Salih al Ajmi was a low-level volunteer in the Kuwaiti military, where among other tasks, he had responsibility for responsibility a mid-level al Quaeda kin (who was on the) various security's hot list . Possibly the slow pace of beheadings scared him; could the reward for a drawn-out martyrdom be limited only to grand-mother-age virgins? For whatever reason,...
The Fourth Rail (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
Abdullah Salih al Ajmi, the former Guantanamo detainee behind the March 23 suicide bombing at Combat Outpost Inman in Mosul, Iraq, was a member of the Taliban who fought at the battle of Tora Bora.
The New Centrist (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
[Blast crater at Combat Outpost Inman. Photograph by Bill Roggio, Long War Journal] If you follow the links, the first article from the Long War Journal (by Bill Roggio, March 23, 2008), describes a suicide car bombing in Mosul that killed 13 Iraqi soldiers and wounded 42. Roggio reports an “armored truck packed an [...]
Little Green Footballs (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
A former Guantanamo Bay detainee, Abdullah Salih al Ajmi has been identified as the Al Qaeda operative who conducted a suicide truck bombing in Mosul: Released Guantanamo detainee behind March suicide truck bombing at Combat Outpost Inman in Mosul . A former Kuwaiti Guantanamo Bay detainee conducts a suicide attack in Mosul Two Kuwaiti al Qaeda operatives who conducted suicide...
The Two Malcontents (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
By Bill Roggio Abdullah Salih al Ajmi, a former Guantanamo Bay detainee, was behind the attack on Combat Outpost Inman. Al Qaeda in Iraq, through its puppet organization the Islamic State of Iraq, released its latest propaganda video on June 23. The video contains a montage of attacks throughout Iraq, and features two Kuwaiti [...]
Knowledge is Power (Free subscription) | 06/28/2008
Abdullah Salih al Ajmi, a former Guantanamo Bay detainee, was behind the attack on Combat Outpost Inman . LGF
Flopping Aces (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
Ed Morrissey describes the remnants of Sadr’s army like so: The remnants of the Mahdi Army have gone underground, forming an armed network on a much smaller scale. How small? Think of the Spartans at Thermopylae, and cut that in half while removing the courage and the military skill. Couldn’t have put it better myself. He is talking about the report that Sadr’s army has been completely decimated and...
