Word: haj
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Katyusha rockets with a range of 12 miles. Authorities in Israel assume that several armor-piercing heavy machine guns recently stolen from Israeli army stores are in Palestinian hands. According to Israeli intelligence, the Palestinians have developed a formal war room that is mobile and headed by Brigadier General Haj Ismail, overall military commander of the West Bank. The Israelis also report that the Palestinians, anticipating future casualties, have expanded trauma units and morgues...
...fires, the majority of the casualties were victims of the side-effects of the blaze, in this case the stampede that broke out as the flames spread. The fire broke out as the more than two million Muslims making the pilgrimage entered one of the crucial stages of the Haj: the eighth day, when pilgrims must spend the night camping on the desert plain of Mina outside Mecca. The incident is another in a series of embarrassments for a Saudi government that has increasingly staked its legitimacy on its role as the guardian of the Holy Places. "King Fahd...
...work of Saudi Sunnis, since this would suggest a deeper opposition to the pro-American Saudi regime than had previously been thought." Although the Saudi government would like to have Al-Sayegh returned, don't look for any moves that might upset Iran until after the annual Haj to Mecca concludes in mid-April, MacLeod notes. "The pilgrimage of hundreds of thousands of devout Muslims is a major source of prestige for the Al Saud family throughout the world, and the Saudi government is determined to make it go as smoothly as possible. It will not be eager to antagonize...
...work of Saudi Sunnis, since this would suggest a deeper opposition to the pro-American Saudi regime than had previously been thought." Although the Saudi government would like to have Al-Sayegh returned, don't look for any moves that might upset Iran until after the annual Haj to Mecca concludes in mid-April, MacLeod notes. "The pilgrimage of hundreds of thousands of devout Muslims is a major source of prestige for the Al Saud family throughout the world, and the Saudi government is determined to make it go as smoothly as possible. It will not be eager to antagonize...
...University-wide program will be less sophisticated than Haj's creation, however...