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Arab moderates who share values or aspirations with the U.S. are often demonized in their own countries as American agents. Such charges are frequently lobbed at Egypt’s Ayman Nour, whose al-Ghad opposition party supports a democratic transition away from Hosni Mubarak’s enduring autocracy, and at Saad Eddin Ibrahim, who has advocated democratization through strengthening civil society organizations in the Middle East. Both were imprisoned by the Egyptian government on what are widely considered to be trumped-up charges, and both received vocal and public support from the U.S.—further shaping...
...Ayman Nour earned a place in Egyptian history in September by emerging as the strongest challenger to incumbent Hosni Mubarak in the country?s first-ever presidential contest. The 42-year-old lawyer?s populist performance made him a future star of Egyptian politics, the leader of a potentially influential liberal bloc in parliament and a serious contender to succeed Mubarak in the next election in 2011. To U.S. officials pushing democracy in the Middle East as well as to many Egyptians demanding change, Nour and his Al Ghad (Tomorrow) party offered a promising liberal, secular alternative to authoritarian Arab...
...four years since bin Laden disappeared during the siege of Tora Bora, intelligence agencies around the world have struggled to glean information about the whereabouts and inner workings of al-Qaeda's high command. U.S. intelligence on al-Zarqawi, bin Laden and his deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, is not strong. But counterterrorism and intelligence officials tell TIME they believe al-Zarqawi has expanded his reach outside Iraq's borders to the extent that he has become al-Qaeda's most dangerous operative. The U.S. believes al-Zarqawi has contacted about two dozen other terrorist groups in more than 30 countries...
Maybe all the war on terrorism needs is a real live pretend action hero. BRUCE WILLIS says he will pay $1 million to any civilian who turns in Osama bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri or Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi. While visiting troops in 2003, Willis promised the same sum to Saddam Hussein's captors. "I've since been told that military men and women cannot accept any reward for the job that they're doing," he told MSNBC's Rita Cosby, who persuaded him to open his wallet for civilians instead. Of course, the U.S. government's $25 million prize...
Ever since London's July 7 suicide bombings left 56 people dead, investigators have searched for connections between the four British suspects and al-Qaeda. A direct link to the terror group didn't appear until early September, when al-Qaeda's number two, Ayman al-Zawahiri, claimed responsibility for the attacks in two videotapes, one of which also featured a recording by the apparent ringleader, 30-year-old Mohammed Sidique Khan. TIME has learned that Khan, who described himself in the tape as a "soldier" inspired by Osama bin Laden, may have had a much more direct and long...