Do you mean when we went to Afghanistan they went to Iraq? http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/HF13Ak02.html Masri (reportedly the same age as Zarqawi, born in 1966) is believed to have entered Iraq to join Zarqawi in 2002 and founded a cell for al-Qaeda in Baghdad. Like many other commanders in al-Qaeda, Masri received his training at military camps in Afghanistan during the Taliban rule (1996-2001) and met bin Laden at the Farouk Camp, where Masri was working as an instructor to young recruits. He is also reportedly close to Egyptian Dr Ayman al-Zawahiri, bin Laden's right-hand man.
Masri met Zarqawi in Afghanistan in 2001, after the US invasion of the country, and went with him to Iraq in 2002. He is said to be an expert in creating explosives and has recruited hundreds of troops into al-Qaeda from the Middle East and North Africa. He fled Fallujah during the battles that raged in that Iraqi city in November 2004, and since then the US government has placed a US$50,000 bounty on his head - Zarqawi's was $25 million. On 6/14/06, Gruss Gott wrote: > not a war against terrorism (at least it wasn't until we invaded it) > and one thing I wonder with the death of Zarqawi is: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:209272 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
