Word: abul
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Arab brethren. Says Hoda el-Sobky, 19, an economics major at the American University in Cairo: "I feel pure Egyptian. We are originally pharaohs. There is no blood relation between us and the Arabs." A surprising number of ordinary Egyptians also seem to feel warmly toward the West. Said Abul Yazid Tawfiq, a taxi driver: "I feel closer to the West than the Arabs. Westerners are straightforward. They want to work with...
Among Saddam's allies are the Abu Nidal organization, believed to be responsible for some of the most savage terrorist attacks in recent years, and Abul Abbas, mastermind of the 1985 hijacking of the Achille Lauro. But Saddam has also larded Iraqi diplomatic missions with potential terrorists. Says a former member of Saddam's feared secret police, the Mukhabarat: "There are teams outside Iraq ready to do many things. About 80% of Iraqi embassy personnel overseas work for the Mukhabarat...
Another warning of terrorist attacks came from the leader of a faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization. Abul Abbas, head of the Palestine Liberation Front, told the American news network CNN that his group could launch attacks "if the United States initiates the attack on the Arab people...