A man who Iraqi government claims to be Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, the leader of the al-Qaida run Islamic State of Iraq terrorist group, is seen on monitors as government showed his taped confession to journalist in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 18, 2009. AP Photo logo AP Photo 6 months ago

A man who Iraqi government claims to be Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, the leader of the al-Qaida run Islamic State of Iraq terrorist group, is seen on monitors as government showed his taped confession to journalist in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 18, 2009.

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  1. Iraqi Abu Omar threads beads at his stall as his client chats with another man while he assembles a string of prayer beads known in Arabic as Masbaha in Baghdad, on November 11, 2009. The beads that Abu Omar threads are imported from China and India and the more valuable amber comes from Russia. Muslims recite the 99 names of Allah as they roll their beads.

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  9. Iraqi Abu Omar threads beads at his stall as his client chats with another man while he assembles a string of prayer beads known in Arabic as Masbaha in Baghdad, on November 11, 2009. The beads that Abu Omar threads are imported from China and India and the more valuable amber comes from Russia. Muslims recite the 99 names of Allah as they roll their beads.
  10. Iraqi Abu Omar threads beads at his stall where he makes and repairs prayer beads known in Arabic as Masbaha in Baghdad, on November 11, 2009. The beads that Abu Omar threads are imported from China and India and the more valuable amber comes from Russia. Muslims recite the 99 names of Allah as they roll their beads.
  11. Abu Omar shows off a basket full of beads to a client (unseen) at his stall where he makes and repairs prayer beads in Baghdad, on November 11, 2009. The beads that Abu Omar threads are imported from China and India and the more valuable amber comes from Russia. Muslims recite the 99 names of Allah as they roll their beads.
  12. Prosecutor Armando Spataro speaks during the trial of Abu Omar in Milan November 4, 2009. An Italian judge sentenced 23 former CIA agents to up to eight years in prison on Wednesday for the abduction of a Muslim cleric in a symbolic ruling against "rendition" flights used by the former U.S. Government.
  13. Prosecutor Armando Spataro speaks during the trial of Abu Omar in Milan November 4, 2009. An Italian judge sentenced 23 former CIA agents to up to eight years in prison on Wednesday for the abduction of a Muslim cleric in a symbolic ruling against "rendition" flights used by the former U.S. Government.
  14. Judge Oscar Magi reads the sentence during the trial of Abu Omar in Milan November 4, 2009. An Italian judge sentenced 23 former CIA agents to up to eight years in prison on Wednesday for the abduction of a Muslim cleric in a symbolic ruling against "rendition" flights used by the former U.S. Government.
  15. Italian judge Oscar Maggi reads on November 4, 2009 at a Milan's court, the verdict at the end of the trial of 26 US secret agents in the 2003 abduction of a terror suspect, Osama Mustafa Hassan, an imam better known as Abu Omar, from a Milan street. The judge convicted 23 US and two Italian secret agents for the CIA's kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric in 2003. Placard on wall reads: 'Law is the same for everyone'.
  16. Italian judge Oscar Maggi reads on November 4, 2009 at a Milan's court, the verdict at the end of the trial of 26 US secret agents in the 2003 abduction of a terror suspect, Osama Mustafa Hassan, an imam better known as Abu Omar, from a Milan street. The judge convicted 23 US and two Italian secret agents for the CIA's kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric in 2003. Placard on wall reads: 'Law is the same for everyone'.

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