Vanity Fair: “Mosul Eye,” the Stealth Historian of ISIS Atrocities, Steps Out of the Shadows
Omar Mohammed risked death in anonymity—until now.
Omar Mohammed was a stealth historian risking death with virtually every keystroke. His is a tale of the anonymity of heroism—until now. Mohammed, 31, revealed to the Associated Press that he indeed “is the man behind the legendary and widely read Mosul Eye, the pseudonym under which he wrote the catalog of horrors that was life under Islamic State fanatics.”
Reporters Lori Hinnan and Maggie Michael broke a tale fit for a Hollywood thriller, though one probably wouldn't believe the story line if you just showed up at your favorite AMC theater.
“Anonymous for more than three years, Mohammed wandered the streets of occupied Mosul by day, chatting with shopkeepers and Islamic State fighters, visiting friends who worked at the hospital, swapping scraps of information. He grew out his hair and his beard and wore the shortened trousers required by the extremists. He forced himself to witness the beheadings and deaths by stoning, so he could hear killers call out the names of the condemned and their supposed crimes.”
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Update: Chronicler of Islamic State ‘killing machine’ goes public -- AP
WNU Editor: He is taking a big risk. In my opinion it is way too early to reveal himself.
