al-Rawi

Mahmoud al-Rawi who blogs on the Arabic blog Mahmoud: Muslim Iraqi Pharmacist writes astutely:

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Bisher al-Rawi, 44, Iraqi-bornBritish resident living in Derby with wife and two young children.

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Mohamed, Bishar al-Rawi, Jamil el-Banna, Richard Belmar, Omar Deghayes, Moazzam Begg and Martin Mubanga are said to be among those who received settlements.

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In the August ministry bombings, al-Rawi said he bought the truck that detonated outside the Foreign Ministry, and the explosives he generally used were a handmade mix, including fertilizer, that "the detection devices couldn't discover."

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Now al-Rawi will likely face trial for his own role.

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Wearing a blue track suit, the 35-year-old al-Rawi spoke in a spartan office, and an Iraqi security official was present for parts of the interview.

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On March 11, al-Rawi was passing through a Baghdad checkpoint, where a guard recognized him from his photo on a most-wanted list and arrested him, al-Rawi said.

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After his release, "I resumed my jihad work," al-Rawi said.

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Worried about government monitoring of mobile phones and the Internet, al-Rawi and Jaafar would meet in western Baghdad's primarily Sunni Mansour neighborhood, on the street outside the Mr. Milk grocery store.

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An AP reporter was allowed by Iraqi security officials to interview al-Rawi.

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