Word: abdelal
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...wreckage of Lebanon's streets, and the prize is the support and gratitude of the hundreds of thousands of citizens attempting to piece together their shattered lives. At Mehdi High School in Beirut, now a temporary administrative center for refugees who lost homes in the war with Israel, Abdel Hussein Hodroj asks a bearded young official behind a desk for help. The young man doesn't work for the Lebanese government or a humanitarian group or a United Nations agency. He's a member of Hizballah, the militant Shi'ite Muslim group that fought Israeli forces to a draw during...
...Politicians doubling as militia chieftains seem to be driving the violence, or at the very least contributing to the proliferation of armed groups in Baghdad. Abdel Aziz al Hakim, whose Shi'ite coalition holds the most seats in Iraq's parliament, has called on Shi'ites to create armed neighborhood watches to defend themselves against terrorists. Meanwhile Moqtada Sadr's Mahdi Army operates from a sanctuary in Sadr City...
...income. If the Palestinians hadn't been so obsessed with warring against Israel during the past 58 years, they would have made enormous social and economic progress. Palestinians deserve leaders who are committed to creating peace and jobs and raising their standard of living, not destroying it. Joseph Abdel Wahed Moraga, California, U.S. Liberty vs. Security Everyone should read managing editor Richard Stengel's "To Our Readers" column about the crossfire between the U.S. government and the press over the stories on the classified program to monitor bank records [July 10]. It was refreshing, in this era of knee-jerk...
...JOSEPH ABDEL WAHED...
...reputation for being more moderate than Zarqawi, "not a hardliner." And, his relationship with the Arab (non-Iraqi) mujahedeen is very good, says Abu Bara. (The name Abdul Rahman is similar to that of the man the U.S. military describes as Zarqawi's spiritual advisor, Sheikh Abdel-Rahman, who is believed to have been killed along with Zarqawi on June 7. According to Abu Bara, however, Sheikh Abdel-Rahman is a different figure from Abu Abdul Rahman al Iraqi...