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...bombing. The CD also features a bone-chilling cell-phone call that two of the terrorists apparently made from a car as they launched their May attack. It lasts 7 min. 21 sec. and closes with bursts of gunfire, remote screams of alarm and shouts of "Allahu Akbar!" This is propaganda, and it's aimed at die-hard followers of bin Laden. Jacquard believes the group wants to provoke a bloody war between its core supporters and Saudi authorities--much like the conflict in Algeria that has claimed more than 100,000 lives over the past decade. "As in Algeria...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Saudi Arabia's New Terror | 11/24/2003 | See Source »

...cross, the minaret would scarcely be distinguishable from the towers of the surrounding churches. As it is, the biggest distinction is the very different sound emanating from the minaret's upper reaches, where a muezzin calls the faithful to prayer five times a day with the age-old words "Allahu Akbar" (God is great). The first call is at 5:30 a.m., "but the muezzin tries to keep the volume down so as not to annoy the neighbors," Ruiz says. The neighbors have mixed feelings about the mosque. "We need to put the past behind us and think...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Meet the Neighbors | 7/27/2003 | See Source »

...Imam Samudra from a prosecutor's office in Bali to a waiting armored vehicle last Wednesday, after evidence was presented relating to his alleged role in the Oct. 12 bombings that left 202 people dead, he showed no remorse. Instead, he raised his manacled hands in defiance and shouted, "Allahu Akbar (God is great)." Then came a chilling warning: "After Riyadh," he vowed, "there will be more." It may have been the angry bravado of a man who knows he may soon face the death penalty, but Samudra?accused of being the operational commander of the Bali bombings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Asia: Back on Alert | 5/19/2003 | See Source »

...Saddam speech was a pep talk for the troops. He urged continued resistance and praised the battle performance of Iraqi soldiers, paramilitaries, policemen and tribal warriors. The speech was punctuated by Islamic references and cries of ?Allahu Akbar? (?God is Great?). Saddam scoffed at U.S. plans for a quick victory, making clear that Iraq's strategy is to draw American forces into a military and political quagmire. "The enemy is working on making (the war) short," Saddam said, "and we, with the will of God, are working on making it long and heavy, so that the enemy will sink...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Saddam Addresses Iraqi People | 3/24/2003 | See Source »

...IRAQI FLAG'S three green stars represent Iraq, Syria and Egypt-in anticipation of a political union that never came about. The phrase Allahu Akbar (God is great) was added among the stars by Saddam during the 1991 Gulf...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iraq Up Close | 3/10/2003 | See Source »

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