Video evidence has surfaced that indicates ex-Guantanamo detainees are among the rebel forces in the Syrian civil war.
The video shows the funeral of a Moroccan man identified as Abu Hamza al-Maghrebi. According to the Miami Herald, when he was detained at Guantanamo, he was known as Mohammed al-‘Alami.
Aaron Zelin, editor of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy’s Jihadology blog, explained that “we finally have evidence with this video from a credible media outlet within the jihadi media sphere.” Zelin writes that “Syria is probably the biggest jihad since the jihad in Afghanistan in the 1980s. Obviously there’ve been cases of people [Guantánamo detainees] who’ve gone back to continue the fight. It’s not surprising. But it is interesting.”
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