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August 29, 2016

Pentagon Confirms ISIS Leader Was Held by U.S. at Abu Ghraib in 2004
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The U.S. military has confirmed that the leader of ISIS was held as a
U.S. prisoner at Iraq's notorious Abu Ghraib prison in 2004. An
investigation by The Intercept found that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, now the
leader of the so-called Islamic State, was held at the prison for eight
of his 10 months in U.S. custody that year. His detention coincided with
revelations of widespread torture at Abu Ghraib. At the time of his
release, al-Baghdadi was designated a low-level prisoner. Many analysts
believe he was radicalized while in U.S. custody.


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