Word: haidar
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...town, but within a day of the cease-fire with Israel, the militants turned into recovery workers, bringing in bulldozers and earth-moving equipment to dig through the debris. Residents say Hizballah is the only group they trust to help. "It's our government," says Abdel-illah Haidar, 24, an electrician...
...with bullets, the marble floors streaked with blood. Inside the gates of the besieged compound last week, members of Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army slept and patched up their wounds and died. But their determination never faltered, even under the withering firepower of the vastly superior army outside. Haidar, 23, had come to join the fight from his family's house just on the other side of the U.S. cordon encircling the shrine. "I was a history student, but now I have this," he said, waving aloft his Kalashnikov. He said he didn't expect to see his family...
...fourth rejected Russian extradition request within a year. Keeping It in the Family AZERBAIJAN One person died and dozens were injured in clashes between police and protesters in Baku following Ilham Aliyev's election as President. Official results gave Aliyev, who succeeds his 80-year-old father, Haidar, nearly 80% of the vote. The opposition claimed the ballot was rigged. Talks End SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO Talks in Vienna between senior Serb officials and leaders of the breakaway province of Kosovo - the first since the 1999 war - were hailed as a breakthrough by E.U. and U.N. officials, even if little progress...
...target: Pasar Kembang, a rundown complex of dingy rooms and narrow corridors in the city's red-light district. Clutching clubs topped with sickles, the Council storm through the rooms as customers flee out the back. No one is nabbed, but the 10 men vow to return. Says Abu Haidar, the group's operational commander: "We do this to remind the people and the government that this is a holy month for Muslims...
...roommate.) In interviews with TIME, neighbors and co-workers describe Al-Marabh as a hot-tempered slacker with a fondness for fruity, slushy drinks and a longing for female companionship. "He was always asking if anyone could hook him up with women," says a co-worker calling himself Haidar. As of Saturday Al-Marabh had not been charged with any offense and had not asked for a lawyer, sources told TIME. Investigative sources suggest the slacker pose was just a cunning cover. Still, Al-Marabh didn't try very hard to evade capture last week: minutes before his arrest...