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דער קערפער פֿון השם"On Monday, a slightly dishevelled #Iraqi man, shackled and dressed in beige prison overalls, was ushered into a #Manhattan #courtroom.
#MohammadBaqerSaadDawoodalSaadi, 32, pleaded not guilty to a series of #terrorism-related offences, then gestured toward the judge and prosecutors. “I’m a #prisoner of #war. I’m not a threat,” he told them. “Children and women are being killed by your rockets.”
Then, #alSaadi, who faces life behind bars, was led away.
The brief hearing was the latest chapter in an extraordinary story that appears far from over. It involves: two powers at war; one of the most high-profile #terrorist campaigns in #Europe and the #UK for many years; a new form of #warfare to which western #securityservices have yet to find an answer; teenage petty #criminals caught up in #geopolitics; #Islamist #militia in #Iraq; and, inevitably for 2026, the disruptive power of #socialmedia.
The man who brought it all together, investigators say, was al-Saadi."
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