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Saudi ex-jihadist recants fight after Iraq mission
Ahmed al Shayea, once in Abu Ghraib hospital after driving a truck bomb in Baghdad on Christmas Day 2004, now rejects jihad. He describes being trapped by recruiters, underwent Saudi rehabilitation, and thanks U.S. care and Saudi program efforts to reform militants. He urges youths to avoid extremism.
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