.JAM Boss Reinvented
"Look at this man.
All the picture will tell you is that he is an Arab.
But the man, Firas, is much more.
He is an Iraqi, a Shia Muslim. He was a leader in Jaish Al Mahdi--the Shia insurgent group. Even more, Firas as JAM Special Groups.
In the photo he is sitting on the back patio of Combat Outpost Attack in Baghdad's West Rashid District.
He is not under arrest or being detained, but he was recently questioned at length by TIME Magazine writer Brian Bennett and LTC Steve Russell (USA--Ret.)
He was being questioned because Firas, the former JAM Boss and Special Groups member is now leading a 300+ contingent of the Sons of Iraq in Hayy Aamel--a Baghdad neighborhood that was notorious for violence,kidnappings and assassinations in 2006 and early 2007.
The last time I personally encountered a JAM Member of Firas' former rank was the Summer of 2007. At that time JAM leaders were hunted down 24x7 and were either flex cuffed and shipped to the detention facility at Cropper or became martyrs. "
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All the picture will tell you is that he is an Arab.
But the man, Firas, is much more.
He is an Iraqi, a Shia Muslim. He was a leader in Jaish Al Mahdi--the Shia insurgent group. Even more, Firas as JAM Special Groups.
In the photo he is sitting on the back patio of Combat Outpost Attack in Baghdad's West Rashid District.
He is not under arrest or being detained, but he was recently questioned at length by TIME Magazine writer Brian Bennett and LTC Steve Russell (USA--Ret.)
He was being questioned because Firas, the former JAM Boss and Special Groups member is now leading a 300+ contingent of the Sons of Iraq in Hayy Aamel--a Baghdad neighborhood that was notorious for violence,kidnappings and assassinations in 2006 and early 2007.
The last time I personally encountered a JAM Member of Firas' former rank was the Summer of 2007. At that time JAM leaders were hunted down 24x7 and were either flex cuffed and shipped to the detention facility at Cropper or became martyrs. "
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