The Great Moqtada Makeover

摘要

In the west baghdad neighborhood of hurriya, 25-year-old Saif Awad was known as "the Assassin." He didn't look like a killer. Handsome and well groomed, Awad made a show of attending prayers and Shiite religious celebrations. But, locals say, he also ran a brutal kidnapping ring linked to Moqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army and shook down newcomers to Hurriya-even other Shiites-for protection money.