Word: arabism
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What we do know is that for all our mistakes, free elections have been held in a largely Arab Muslim country. We know that the Kurds in the north enjoy freedoms and a nascent civil society that is a huge improvement on the past. We know that the culture of the marsh Arabs in the south is beginning to revive. We know that we have given Iraqis a chance to decide their own destiny through politics rather than murder and that civil war is still avoidable. We know that the enemies of democracy in Iraq will not stop there...
...Orlando, Fla.--while 9/11 leader Mohamed Atta waited for him in the airport parking lot--but was deported after he became evasive with an immigration agent. The Pentagon contends that over time al-Qahtani, known as Detainee 063, proved an invaluable source, identifying al-Qaeda financial contacts in several Arab countries, describing meetings with the organization's top leadership and fingering at least 30 other Guantnamo detainees as bodyguards of Osama bin Laden...
...firm. The Dubai firm, DP World, bid $6.8 billion to buy the British company that currently operates the ports. The Bush administration approved the deal, but some congressmen have objected to the acquisition on national security grounds. Dubai is one of the seven sheikdoms that make up the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Critics of the port deal point to the fact that two of the Sept. 11 hijackers hailed from the UAE. Zoellick noted that the port deal could improve economic relations between the U.S. and the UAE. Zoellick, a former U.S. trade representative, said that “economic...
...While officials of Dubai Ports World tried to calm the waters in Congressional hearings and over the airwaves, opposition to the deal inside the House is actually growing with reports that the government is considering other strategic sales to the United Arab Emirates...
...completed in mid-2007, will house post-doctoral education and research facilities that will turn newly graduated doctors into specialists, according to Amanda Pullen, a vice president at HMI. The HMSDC will include the Maktoum-Harvard Library, financed by a $13.6 million gift from Dubai Crown Prince and United Arab Emirates Defence Minister His Royal Highness General Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. Pullen said yesterday that the center, which will be located in Dubai’s Healthcare City neighborhood and affiliated with regional healthcare systems, would be the “biggest and most comprehensive” facility...