Word: abdullah
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...might as well have a foreigner for a Prime Minister. Why not, if he has brains?" MAHATHIR MOHAMAD, former Malaysian Prime Minister, criticizing his successor Abdullah Ahmad Badawi for sacking the head of Malaysian national carmaker Proton and considering hiring a foreigner as a replacement...
...support the idea of independence from Indonesia or some form of autonomy, after so many years of being caught between two implacable foes?by most accounts more than 12,000 have died in the fighting, most of them civilians?they are desperate to avoid seeing full-scale conflict again. Abdullah, a fisherman in the coastal village of Lamno, summed up the feelings of many we talked to in the months following the tsunami. The catastrophe, he told a Time colleague, was "a blessing in disguise." How so? Said Abdullah: "At least we can now sleep peacefully at night." Because...
...clerics sympathetic to the insurgency, is mainly psychological and spiritual. Besides the Koran, he says, "I read about the history of jihad, about great martyrs who have gone before me. These things strengthen my will." One popular source of inspiration for suicide bombers is The Lover of Angels, by Abdullah Azzam, one of Osama bin Laden's spiritual mentors, which tells stories of jihadis who died fighting Soviet occupying troops in Afghanistan. And Marwan is listening to taped speeches that address subjects like the rewards that await warriors in heaven. In recent months, jihadist groups have also begun showing recruits...
...three party vice presidents; from membership in the ruling United Malays National Organization (UMNO) party; in Kuala Lumpur. Isa was suspended for six years after an internal party investigation found that he bought votes during UMNO elections last year. The most senior casualty so far in Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's anti-corruption campaign, Isa has 14 days to appeal the suspension. If it is upheld, he will be forced to resign from his ministership...
...Klein was insightful in asking if Bush might have done better to concentrate on energy independence instead of revamping Social Security. his column was fun to read, but it missed the real point: Was our President being subservient to Prince Abdullah to get better oil prices so the American people might benefit? Or was it an attitude characteristically displayed by Bush, his father and their business associates in their longtime relationship with the Saudis and therefore having nothing to do with affecting current oil prices? Jose L. Perez Clearwater, Florida...