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Ex-MI6 spy Dean recalls being 19 in al-Qaeda bomb-making camp

short by / on Tuesday, 18 August, 2026
Former MI6 spy Aimen Dean said on the podcast that he was the youngest man in al-Qaeda’s bomb-making camp at 19. The next youngest was 28, while the others were in their 30s, 40s and 50s. He said he led the prayers because he had memorised the Quran as a child. He said it was there that his doubts first began.
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