Word: husayn
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Rashid introduced Awad to someone new: a short, tough-looking, energetic man with the strong, deep voice of someone used to giving orders. It was Rashid's boss -- Abu Ibrahim, also known as Husayn al-Umari, the 46-year- old chief of the May 15 Organization. The date was June 6, 1982 -- the very day Israel invaded Lebanon. That afternoon as the expatriates sat in Rashid's living room watching the bloody assault unfold on television, Abu Ibrahim turned to Awad and asked angrily whether Palestinians like him were willing to help their country or only cared about making money...
There is no doubt that Iraq possesses missiles capable of delivering warheads, nuclear or otherwise. Customized Scud-B surface-to-surface missiles were fired during the Iran-Iraq war, among them 190 Al-Husayn missiles, with a range of 400 miles. Last December, Iraq test-fired two surface-to-surface missiles with a range of 1,240 miles. That same month, Iraq announced it had launched a 48-ton rocket capable of carrying satellites into space. If true, that means that Iraq is capable of putting ballistic missiles into space...