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...that they had not used poison gas and that the charges had been concocted by the Iranians to excuse their battlefield defeats. The Iraqis continued to deny the charge, though they did not rule out the possible use of chemical warfare in the future. Said Major General Sabah al Fakhri, commander of Iraqi forces east of the Tigris River: "If a superpower threatened the U.S., what would it do? We too have our dignity and honor. We are not going to meet the invader with flowers and perfume. We are going to use all available means at our disposal...
...Crusades even now is reflected in the snipings, kidnapings and crossfire that recur in the mountains between Christian and Muslim militias. Part of this legacy is a penchant for violence, a belief that the gun as much as the cross is a source of salvation. Says Professor Majid Fakhri of the American University of Beirut: "There is something very medieval about the Christian outlook. A type of feudalism exists in which politics and religion are intertwined in a literal...
...recruitment of Fakhri A. Bazzaz is part of a series of appointments designed to strengthen experimental botany at the University, professors said yesterday...
...when loyal troops started firing back. Belgian Ambassador Marcel Dupret fell dead with a bullet in his chest. General Mohammed Nmichi, commander of Morocco's air force, was killed, as were three army generals and two Cabinet Ministers. At least 100 people were wounded including Saudi Arabian Ambassador Fakhri el Adhr and the King's brother, Prince Moulay Abdullah. Hundreds who had expected a pleasant summer outing were terrified and scattered for cover...
...earns, the products he can buy, the jobs he can hold. Economists were the first to devise the plans for the Common Market in Europe and the Aswan Dam in Egypt. When Kuwait's government was pondering what to do with its sudden oil riches, it summoned Fakhri Shebab, an Iraq-born Oxford don; he conceived an $860 million regional-development fund that has extended loans to five Arab nations. Nicholas Kaldor, a Hungarian-born Briton, has drawn up budgets and tax programs for India and Ghana...