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15 years later, remember Lt. Col. Suleiman

By Tom Rogan
Published July 12, 2019 6:51pm ET
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15 years later, remember Lt. Col. Suleiman
Smoke rises from Islamic State group positions after an airstrike by U.S.-led coalition warplanes in Fallujah, as Iraqi security forces and allied Shiite Popular Mobilization Forces and Sunni tribal fighters, take combat positions outside Fallujah, 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 23, 2016. | (AP Photo/Rwa Faisal)

“He kept his word and never curried favor. He was trying to walk a fine line, staying independent of the Americans while avoiding a blood feud with the hard men in town.”

That’s how Bing West records Lt. Col. Muhammad Suleiman in his book, No True Glory.

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