Tag: al-Maqdisi
By Jeralyn, Section War In Iraq
Posted on Thu Feb 05, 2015 at 05:54:06 PM EST
Tags: Jordan, al-Maqdisi, ISIS, al Qaida (all tags)
Posted on Thu Feb 05, 2015 at 05:54:06 PM EST
Tags: Jordan, al-Maqdisi, ISIS, al Qaida (all tags)
When we last left off with Sheikh Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi (spiritual mentor to Al Qaida leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, bio here), he had just been jailed in Jordan for communicating with terrorists while working with U.S. lawyer Stanley Cohen to negotiate with Maqdisi's enemy ISIS to free Peter Kassig. The F.B.I. was aware of the effort, and paid for Cohen and his translator's travel. (Cohen began serving his own federal prison sentence on tax charges this month.)
Today Jordan confirmed it released Maqdisi two days ago. [More...]
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