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This article was proposed for deletion on grounds of "unverifiability" The nominator suggested that "Even if verified, it's a negative biography based on only one source," and added that "Google Books and News give no results, regular Google gives very, very few results".

Not to be pedantic, but if you can't understand Arabic sources, that doesn't make it unverifiable, it just makes it unverifiable to you. Find someone who can follow the source up before you make such pronouncements. Google Books and News give no results because the English language press has done no research on the topic of the Arab fighters in Afghanistan. Finally, negative biography is in the eye of the beholder I guess; I wrote this article in a very NPOV style, taking no sides on the issue of whether this was a good guy or a bad guy; certainly a good number of his coreligionists would say that this was a neutral biography of their martyred brother.

Now as to the single-source issue; I take your point. I've even found a second source, in the form of some poor sod who was undoubtedly tortured at Guantanamo until he admitted that our hero here (or is he a villain??) bought him is airline ticket to martyrdom in Afghanistan. Plus, since its a Guantanamo CSR report, it's in English! Verifiable!

I think little biographies like this one are great because they contribute a tiny bit to fleshing out the history of what us English speakers would generally consider "the other side" in this conflict. The fact that Google has few results on this relatively important historical figure should shock and depress you, not nominate for deletion! jackbrown (talk) 18:30, 14 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]