Word: amir
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...meantime, the Americans can take some satisfaction from a few big catches: after passing out the 55 playing cards depicting their most wanted, they began to take some tricks--two half brothers, the Finance Minister, a senior party official. Top science adviser Amir al-Saadi had surrendered the week before, and Imad Hussayn al-Ani, who is supposed to have been in charge of Saddam's VX nerve-gas program, turned himself in on Friday. For good measure, Abu Abbas, mastermind of the Achille Lauro hijacking in 1985, was captured in Baghdad...
...clues to the location of Saddam's suspected weapons of mass destruction (WMD). And they hit some pay dirt. Military sources told TIME that documents found in the dictator's cratered residences in Baghdad may provide new clues to specific weapons and where they are stored. On Saturday, General Amir al-Saadi, Saddam's top science adviser, surrendered to U.S. forces in Baghdad, insisting that Iraq had no WMD, but U.S. officials believe he has valuable information. The hunt was being carried out by force in western Iraq, near the town of Qaim, where U.S. troops faced heavy resistance...
...Twenty four hours earlier,42 year old Iraqi civil engineer Abdul Amir had told the check point soldiers that the Army in Shinafiyah was staying at home and the only fighter they might confront would be poorly trained militias. " Some of them want to fight, and some of them may be made to fight."he said. "It's suicide. There is no benefit, only fighting, only death. Their only chance is cheating, fighting beside children, using white flags, whatever they have...
...This was a typical American show complete with stunts and special effects." AMIR AL-SAADI, Iraqi general, denying Powell's allegations...
Executive Director of the U.N. Fund for International Partnerships Amir Dossal began by addressing the gathered students asDossal began by addressing the gathered students as “bright young whiz kids for the future.” Dossal then launched into a discussion of developing world technological initiatives sprinkled with anecdotes about his administration of media mogul Robert E. “Ted” Turner’s billion-dollar grant to the international organization...