Word: ahmad
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...criticized for presenting dubious sources on Saddam Hussein's weapons and accused of giving U.S. secrets to Iran. But Ahmad Chalabi, 61, is back in favor. Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister spent last week in the U.S. visiting with the likes of Condoleezza Rice and Stephen Hadley. He spoke by phone with TIME's Brian Bennett from a State Department--escorted limo...
...During their occupation of Spain, Arabs invented the universal astrolabe, a mechanism that could be used in all latitudes to determine the times of sunset and sunrise as well as the precise minute of the day. The show displays one of the oldest examples, dated 1329 and signed by Ahmad Ibn al-Sarraj, an instrument maker in Syria. Though the Arabs built many observatories during the Golden Age, not many survived. But viewers can see current images of two of these amazing outdoor structures, in the Indian cities of Delhi and Jaipur, on the show's ubiquitous video screens...
...Klein's column "Look Who's Back!" [Oct. 31], on the political fall and rise of Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Chalabi, referred to "the greasy residue on his résumé." Chalabi was responsible for erroneous information about Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction as well as the notion that invading U.S. troops would be greeted as saviors by the Iraqis. Those missteps do not make him an ideal candidate to be the next Prime Minister of Iraq. But Chalabi's renewed friendliness with the Bush Administration shows he can be counted on to jump-start Iraqi oil sales...
...arranged a meeting with Perle a few months before the invasion of Iraq. Over what Gaghan calls "the best cappuccino of my life," they bantered in Perle's palatial kitchen until Gaghan, at that point quite knowledgeable about the Middle East, questioned the viability of Perle's friend Ahmad Chalabi as a future Iraqi leader. "[Perle] steepled his hands just like Mr. Burns on The Simpsons and stared at me. Then the doorbell rang--beat ... beat ... beat--'Excellent. I'll introduce you to Bibi on the way out.'" (Neither Perle nor former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned calls...
...builders should be forced to obtain monthly certifications that their work has been checked and found satisfactory. A strong building code would require contractors to be responsible for the work carried out by them and liable for any lapses. A corruption-free administrative system is essential. S. Iqbal Ahmad Karachi Many of those who survived the quake have been made homeless. More than 3 million poor will brave a harsh winter, trying to survive in the cracked remnants of shattered, improvised houses. The survival of those people is inextricably linked to the provision of material aid and logistical assistance. Pakistan...