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...more specific conversations, as well. Tucked inside the sigint chatter in April 2003 of possible upcoming attacks inside the kingdom was evidence of a tense dialogue between al-Ayeri and another, less senior operative in the gulf, Ali Abd al-Rahman al-Faqasi al-Ghamdi, over whether the Saudi al-Qaeda operation had enough men, weapons and organization to truly challenge and overthrow the Saudi regime. Al-Ayeri said no, it was too soon, the organization had not yet matured, while al-Ghamdi strongly recommended pushing forward. Al-Zawahiri, who managed the discourse, sided with al-Ghamdi...
...takedown was largely a military effort. But a U.S. official told TIME that American intelligence operatives played an important role in determining that Sheik Abd-al-Rahman, Zarqawi's spiritual adviser, was a key link who could lead to Zarqawi himself. "Intelligence was useful in identifying this individual and his importance to Zarqawi," the U.S. official said. "It's as though you had identified Frank Nitti with the knowledge that eventually he would lead you to Al Capone. This was the culmination of a huge amount of effort...
...Nadia, my other daughter, has had hard times and has bouts of depression, but lots of people do. She's not mentally ill. Neither is my oldest son, Abd Samad, though he is also an Islamist radical: a Habishite, who hates the Wahabists like Zacarias, and consider them traitors and rivals. This is the success story the prosecutors pointed to to prove Zacarias' actions couldn't be the result of family mental histories or other common troubles...
...holy month of Ramadan. On display are some of the oldest texts and instruments related to the study of the heavens. They were created to answer specific questions, but they also uncovered natural phenomena that helped explain celestial processes. In his Book of Fixed Stars, 10th century scholar Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi provided exact coordinates for 1,018 stars and 48 constellations. A 14th century copy of his book imaginatively renders a constellation as two sword-wielding warriors holding the heads of recently dispatched enemies. An 11th century celestial globe from Muslim Spain also pinpoints the precise locations...
...capital, Rice met with five prominent Sunnis of different political leanings: Deputy President Ghazi al-Yawar, whose base is among tribal leaders; Deputy Prime Minister Abd Mutlaq al-Juburi, a former Baathist general under Saddam; Ala Makki, a leader in the Muslim Brotherhood-linked Iraqi Islamic party, the largest Sunni political group; Dr. Hatem al-Mukhlis, a secular New York-based doctor and ally of former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi; and Sheikh Adnan al-Janabi, a secularist tribal leader and expert on petroleum...