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...Hamas says its intentions are purely religious: "Allah is its target, the Prophet is its example and the Koran is its constitution." But the group's practical goal is to "raise the banner of Allah over every inch of Palestine"--in other words, to eradicate the state of Israel. Because Palestine was conquered by Muslims in ancient times, the land is "consecrated for future Muslim generations." Infidels can live there "in peace and quiet" but only when the area is under Islamic rule...
...Already she's running out of space. She set out to write the story of her life, but the narrative is lost in a maze of digressions. There are religious motifs - a number of crooked crucifixes (she was raised a Chaldean Catholic) and exhortations to Mary and Allah. There are homages to her favorite mutt, Sandi. There are political slogans calling for solidarity among Iraq, the Arab nations and France, where she was educated. And then there are some doggerel verses that don't always make sense but are apparently designed for self-motivation: in the grave, there...
...fedayeen forces or other bad guys, and that Special Forces troops are conducting raids. He declined to say if those raids are bearing fruit. In the meantime, the Americans are trying to woo local leaders into working with them to form a provisional authority. One is Sheik Ibrahim Ata Allah al-Juburi, chief of the Juburi tribe which claims 10 million Iraqis "from Zakho to Basra," al-Jubiri said. He receives visitors in a tent erected in front of his house; the tent has ceiling fans, a telephone, a television with satellite receiver and a rectangular sectional couch measuring...
...Iraqis showering Saddam with affection numbered no more than 200 - nothing compared to the thousands chanting "Saddam is the enemy of Allah!" in Saddam City Wednesday - and included the pot-bellied party hacks and local residents who clearly still feared the consequences of failing to pay tribute to the leader. Even then, the panic in the eyes of Saddam's bodyguards told us that a larger crowd could not have been trusted to refrain from tearing Saddam from limb to limb...
...anti-Baghdad Kurds. Last year Ansar assailants attempted to assassinate the PUK's prime minister in Suleimaniya, leaving five bodyguards dead in a gun battle that coincided with a visit by U.S. officials. Interviewed in prison, the sole surviving attacker said he was working for the glory of Allah and later hanged himself with his black cotton belt. There are indications, however, that Ansar's strength may be waning. The Iranian government last November forced it to move back from the Iranian border, robbing the group of the cover of high mountains there. U.S. and Turkish military officers have investigated...