In Bosnia, Dean was part of the Bosnian mujahideen Brigade who captured and killed some 50 prisoners following the Battle for Vozuca, abusing, torturing, stabbing and ritually beheading some of the prisoners.
11 Facts About Aimen Dean
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Aimen Dean was worried by the 1998 United States embassy bombings and asked Abdullah al-Mohaja for the religious justification.
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Aimen Dean was pointed to a 13th-century fatwa by Ibn Taymiyyah.
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Aimen Dean researched the fatwa which was about the Mongol invasion and their use of human shields when besieging cities; it was clear to him that this was no justification for killing civilian bystanders.
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Aimen Dean believes the concept of Jihad has been changed by al-Qaeda, and its goal is to start a world war against the West.
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Aimen Dean decided to leave al-Qaeda, going to Qatar on the pretext of his health with the intention of disappearing.
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Aimen Dean was captured on arrival in Qatar by Qatari Intelligence, who gave him a choice of intelligence agency and he chose to work with MI6.
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Aimen Dean then spied on al-Qaeda for 8 years prior to being exposed.
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Aimen Dean's cover was blown by Ron Suskind who, using CIA sources, disclosed his identity with details that could only be sourced to Aimen Dean in an excerpt of The One Percent Doctrine for Time.
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Since 2019 Aimen Dean has been hosting the podcast Conflicted, which analyzes the political situation and historical background of the present-day Middle East.
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Aimen Dean planned to leave the UK, where he had been granted permanent residence, with his family to find a school for his children in the Middle East.