American Suicide Bomber in Syria Is Identified
An American who blew himself up in a suicide attack in Syria on Sunday has been identified by law enforcement officials as Moner Mohammad Abusalha, a man who grew up in Florida and traveled to Syria late last year.
The officials said they believed that Mr. Abusalha, who joined a militant group and adopted the nom de guerre Abu Huraira al-Amriki, used a large truck in helping to carry out the bombing in the northern province of Idlib, where he had traveled after spending two months in a training camp of the militant group Al Nusra Front in Aleppo. The officials said they thought it was the first time an American had been involved in a suicide attack in Syria.
American law enforcement and intelligence agencies made the identification without examining any remains. The size of the blast, which was shown on a video clip posted online by Al Nusra, has led the authorities to believe that there is little, if anything, left of the body.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/31/world/middleeast/american-suicide-bomber-in-syria.html?emc=edit_na_20140530
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