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...arrested Yasser al-Siri, 38, an Egyptian suspected of being involved in the "commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism." A self-proclaimed advocate of human rights for the world?s Muslims, al-Siri?s Islamic Observation Center recently publicized the warning from bin Laden military chief Mohammed Atef that Aghans would drag slain U.S. troops through the streets, "like they were in Somalia." A letter of recommendation from al-Siri is alleged to have helped ease the way for two suicide bombers posing as journalists to see Ahmed Shah Massoud, the Northern League commander fatally wounded by them...
...case, Israel was not waiting for Arafat to move. It continued its assassinations Thursday, killing Atef Abayat, the leader of the Palestinian militia Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, whom Israel blames for killing at least five Israelis. Abayat's booby-trapped car exploded in Bethlehem. In response, Palestinian gunmen in nearby Beit Jala fired on the Jewish neighborhood of Gilo in Jerusalem throughout the night. Israel moved its tanks deep into Bethlehem and Beit Jala by Friday. Israeli tanks were on the move around other Palestinian towns...
...Yasser Arafat for the killing of Israel?s hard-line Tourism Minister at a Jerusalem hotel and demanded that he hand over those responsible. Israeli troops reoccupied West Bank towns and a 10-year-old girl was among those killed by tank fire. The death of a Palestinian militant, Atef Abayat, in a car-bomb explosion in Bethlehem was seen as part of the Israeli response to Ze?evi?s murder. Britain, Germany, France, Sweden, Australia and dozens of other countries as public health officials examined letters and packages containing suspicious powder, but found nothing. NORTHERN IRELAND Unionists Quit Protestant...
...Both Atef and al-Zawahiri prefer to keep a low profile. Al-Zawahiri, in particular, has reportedly gone to great lengths to stay in the shadows, and even underwent extensive plastic surgery. He seems to have been successful; in the early '90s, he allegedly traveled in the U.S., raising money, meeting with terrorist cells and scoping out potential targets...
...children. He married his first wife, a Syrian girl, when he was 17. More recently he has used marriage as a strategic tool. He married one of his daughters to Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar. Bin Laden's eldest son, Mohammed, wed the daughter of bin Laden lieutenant Mohammed Atef. The 19-year-old bin Laden is reportedly learning his father's business by guarding Osama's tent at night with...