Word: hassan
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...MUCH FORCE? American soldiers stormed Saddam Hospital in Nasiriyah with overwhelming power, but according to the BBC, the Pentagon knew it was needless. The BBC says U.S. forces had been tipped off by Nasiriyah resident Hassan Hamoud Awad that no Iraqi soldiers were in the hospital. Hassan told TIME the same story: that just minutes before the rescue, a U.S. translator approached him and asked if fedayeen (irregular Iraqi forces) were stationed at the hospital. Hassan said they were not. Iraqi forces had been stationed there but had fled by the time U.S. troops arrived. The Pentagon does not deny...
...When we talk about Saddam, we have to look over our shoulders because we are still afraid." Hassan Maki, in Mahawil, Iraq, on the dictator's lingering presence...
...premiere of Nizar Hassan's documentary film, Egteyah (Invasion), the emcee welcomed not one theater audience but two - in separate cities and separate nations - and apologized to those inside "Palestine" as they listened from their theater seats in Nazareth, the Arab town in northern Israel: "We used to think about you with prejudiced feelings," he said, "but we discovered through Nizar that shouldn't be the case." It was a moment of great symbolism for Hassan, a Palestinian director who carries an Israeli passport, because it brought together communities long divided by mutual suspicion. But the two audiences watching...
...brother, You don't know how long you've been underground," screamed an elderly woman. After nearly three years, the family of Hassan Saber Al Atabi had given up hope of finding him. On May 17, 2000, after returning from a prayer session, Atabi was arrested. His family went to the prison to seeking information about Hassan, 25, a laborer who had a wife and children. Officials warned them not to tell anyone about Hassan's disappearance. "He was guilty of nothing," said father-in-law Kasim Bin Wan. "Saddam kidnapped a man from his wife...
...magazine, ( “Opening the Doors of Opus Dei” ). In it, the suggestion is made that Opus Dei members may subconsciously lose their freedom. Illustrating how “destructive cults are often characterized by a false pretense of freedom,” cult expert Steve Hassan is quoted as saying “[a] lot of members of cults say, ‘I’m free to leave whenever I want; I just choose not to leave.’ And then you ask, ‘Is it possible for someone to leave...