{"id":20387,"date":"2013-12-22T19:34:47","date_gmt":"2013-12-23T00:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/?p=20387"},"modified":"2013-12-22T19:52:32","modified_gmt":"2013-12-23T00:52:32","slug":"exclusive-former-moroccan-ex-guantanamo-detainee-mohammed-mizouz-identified-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/exclusive-former-moroccan-ex-guantanamo-detainee-mohammed-mizouz-identified-syria\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Moroccan ex-Guant\u00e1namo Detainee Mohammed Mizouz Identified In Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi<\/em><\/p>\n

So far I have identified two ex-Guant\u00e1namo detainees<\/a>\u00a0of Moroccan origin fighting in Syria under the banner of Harakat Sham al-Islam: namely, Abu Hamza al-Maghrebi (Mohammed al-\u2018Alami) and Abu Ahmad al-Muhajir (Ibrahim bin Shakaran). The latter is the leader of Harakat Sham al-Islam: a Moroccan-led mujahideen group operating primarily in Latakia and Aleppo governorates. The group recently played a role in the capture of al-Kindi hospital from regime forces alongside Jabhat al-Nusra and the Islamic Front.
\n\"IbrahimShakaran\"<\/a>
\nFigure 1: Ibrahim bin Shakaran engages in outreach to children in Latakia village of Kafr Najah.<\/b><\/p>\n

Now I have identified another Moroccan ex-Guantanamo detainee: Mohammed Mizouz, going under the alias of Abu al-Izz al-Muhajir. He appeared only many hours ago in a video<\/a> where he makes a speech on the necessity for the unity of the mujahideen, appearing alongside fighters from both Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham and Jabhat al-Nusra in Latakia.
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\nFigure 2: Screenshot of video of Abu al-Izz al-Muhajir\u2019s speech. He is in the center under the Harakat Sham al-Islam flag with the Qur\u2019an directly in front of him.<\/b><\/p>\n

Besides being informed of the identity of Abu al-Izz al-Muhajir with Mohammed Mizouz by a Moroccan jihadi supporter, one should also note that we have other attestations to his appearance. Indeed, the identity is unmistakable.
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\nFigure 3: Video of Mohammed Mizouz in March 2012 in Rabat, Morocco.<\/b><\/p>\n

You can read more about Mohammed Mizouz here<\/a>. Originally from Casablanca, he was transferred to Morocco after being released from Guant\u00e1namo on no charges.<\/p>\n

Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi is a Shillman-Ginsburg Fellow at the Middle East Forum and a student at Brasenose College, Oxford University. His website is http:\/\/www.aymennjawad.org. Email: aaj892@hotmail.com. Twitter: @ajaltamimi<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi So far I have identified two ex-Guant\u00e1namo detainees\u00a0of Moroccan origin fighting in Syria under the banner of Harakat Sham al-Islam: namely, Abu Hamza al-Maghrebi (Mohammed al-\u2018Alami) and Abu Ahmad al-Muhajir (Ibrahim bin Shakaran). The latter is the leader of Harakat Sham al-Islam: a Moroccan-led mujahideen group operating primarily in Latakia and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\nEXCLUSIVE: Moroccan ex-Guant\u00e1namo Detainee Mohammed Mizouz Identified In Syria - Syria Comment<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/exclusive-former-moroccan-ex-guantanamo-detainee-mohammed-mizouz-identified-syria\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"EXCLUSIVE: Moroccan ex-Guant\u00e1namo Detainee Mohammed Mizouz Identified In Syria - Syria Comment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi So far I have identified two ex-Guant\u00e1namo detainees\u00a0of Moroccan origin fighting in Syria under the banner of Harakat Sham al-Islam: namely, Abu Hamza al-Maghrebi (Mohammed al-\u2018Alami) and Abu Ahmad al-Muhajir (Ibrahim bin Shakaran). 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