Word: adnan
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...intelligence officers suspect that the leader of Sunni insurgent forces in Buhriz lives less than three miles from the home of the leading Shi'ite in the valley, Sheik Adnan Qudban Hamid. Few, a graduate of West Point's class of 2000, spent much of his previous time in the valley working to bolster Hamid. After Few's men left the valley for Baghdad three months ago, the increase in violence restricted Hamid to his compound, keeping him from traveling the roads at all. When Few returned to visit Hamid, the sheik embraced him. "I love you!" Hamid said...
...this work? According to Ghadry, when U.S. arms went to Iran through Israel, the Saudis paid for them. The money went to Adnan Khashoggi, a billionaire Saudi businessman who was acting as a surrogate for the royal family. Khashoggi, in turn, would pay commissions to the Iranian middlemen and give the CIA the book value of the arms for repayment to the Pentagon. Various bank accounts and straw companies were used to conceal the routing of the funds. The same devious channels, according to Ghadry, were used to pour Saudi money into accounts to fund the contras...
...have long disagreed with his political views. Most of the prominent Sunni politicians in the government - people al-Dari scorns for having collaborated with the U.S. - have denounced the warrant as an affront to the community. The two Sunni blocs in parliament have demanded the warrant be withdrawn. Adnan al-Duleimi, who leads the larger of the two groupings, has called for a formal government apology to al-Dari...
...Favorite topics of discussion include General Adnan Daoud, a Lebanese security commander who was caught on videotape broadcast in Lebanon serving trays of tea to invading Israeli forces at his base in Marjayoun. The episode infuriated many Lebanese, but they're amused with another popular subject. That's the story of the Lebanese shopkeeper who was reportedly abducted by Israeli forces, held for several weeks and eventually handed over to the Red Cross - all apparently in a case of mistaken identity. His name is Hassan Nasrallah, the same as the leader of Hizballah...
...argue till we pass out over Adnan Hajj's motives - politics? drama? careerism? - and those of the bloggers who pounced on the photos. In the end, they don't matter. What does matter is that every time something like this happens, the winners are the people of every political stripe who believe it's their calling to, to paraphrase another war, destroy the truth in order to save...