Confessions of a Saudi Militant in Iraq. Patrick J. McDonnell.
by McDonnell, Patrick J; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 30Family. Publisher: Los Angeles Times, 2005ISSN: 1522-3213;.Subject(s): Iraq War (2003) -- Prisoners and prisons | Jihad | Suicide bombingsDDC classification: 050 Summary: This article relates the story of a 20-year-old high school dropout from Saudi Arabia who participated in a December 24, 2004, truck bombing in the Mansour district of Baghdad, Iraq. Ahmed Abdullah Abdul-Rahman Alshai survived the attack that killed 12 people and confessed to his role in a television interview aired by the Iraqi government. Alshai is now [Feb. 2005] in "Abu Ghraib, the notorious U.S. lockup west of Baghdad. He is one of more than 8,000 U.S. prisoners in Iraq dubbed security risks in a war that U.S. officials once dismissed as being waged by no more than 5,000 'dead-enders.'...He won't be getting out anytime soon." (LOS ANGLES TIMES)| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Confessions of a Saudi Militant in Iraq, Feb. 19, 2005; pp. A8-A9.
This article relates the story of a 20-year-old high school dropout from Saudi Arabia who participated in a December 24, 2004, truck bombing in the Mansour district of Baghdad, Iraq. Ahmed Abdullah Abdul-Rahman Alshai survived the attack that killed 12 people and confessed to his role in a television interview aired by the Iraqi government. Alshai is now [Feb. 2005] in "Abu Ghraib, the notorious U.S. lockup west of Baghdad. He is one of more than 8,000 U.S. prisoners in Iraq dubbed security risks in a war that U.S. officials once dismissed as being waged by no more than 5,000 'dead-enders.'...He won't be getting out anytime soon." (LOS ANGLES TIMES)
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