Word: hassan
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...Iran's embassy in Damascus - its fa?ade covered in blue tiles arranged like a Persian carpet - is the largest Iranian diplomatic post in the Middle East, and a source of no small amount of intrigue and fascination. It often plays host to the likes of Hizballah leader Hassan Nasrallah and Hamas leader Khaled Meshal. And, according to U.S. and Israeli intelligence, it's also where Iran organizes its arms shipments into Lebanon and the rest of the Levant...
...have been with Sheikh [Ahmed] Sharif and Sheikh [Hassan Dahir] Aweys and I also heard that al-Qaeda foreigners were fighting in Somalia. But I have not seen...
...just as likely be the high water mark in a Weimar-like interregnum before the forces of reaction and intolerance reassert themselves. Outside of the theaters, Lebanese society is in the midst of a sense of humor failure. When a Lebanese television comedy show poked fun at Hizballah leader Hassan Nasrallah last year, his followers rioted, cutting off the road from Beirut airport. And with Hizballah firmly ensconced in central Beirut, no one dares laugh at the Sheik...
...Islamists," says Aidid. "All their remnants can join our forces." But given the chaos the warlords wrought over the past 15 years and the fragile order now reigning in Mogadishu, distrust of the T.F.G. on the streets is running high. "For the last six months," says development consultant Muktar Hassan Elmi, "we could say, 'I will live tomorrow and the next day.' Now everything has changed. The warlords are back as part of the government. Now people ask: 'Will I come home...
...When the Baath Party took power in Iraq in 1968, Saddam was named Vice President to the aging General Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr and spent the next 11 years mastering the way the regime worked and consolidating his own power and popular support. He launched a popular literacy campaign across Iraq and made education more accessible. He modernized the health system and helped al-Bakr mastermind the nationalization of Iraq's oil resources, seizing petroleum rights from international companies. He also was instrumental in building up the Baath Party's all-pervasive network of informants to ensure loyalty and warn...