Word: imad
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Israeli security was happy two weeks ago that the infamous AWADALLAH brothers, ADEL and IMAD, had been killed, but officials fear reprisals from Hamas. Israeli security officials say they had been watching the two guerrillas' hideout near Hebron for some time--Adel was the most wanted man on the West Bank. But the stakeout was almost botched when a drone plane that had been monitoring the house crashed nearby. The brothers, however, apparently still didn't spot the surveillance, and a second drone was launched. At a certain point, Israeli officials say, they had a dilemma: while they wanted...
...discourage Iraqi visitors, we got the idea of immobilizing the building's elevators. Imad agreed to knock out six of the seven lifts. He removed some parts, and the elevators stopped running. It was wonderful. Upstairs we took doorknobs off fire doors so looters couldn't move around so easily. We carried the knobs around in our pockets...
...first we believed the crisis would end fast. As the months dragged on and the U.S. forces sat and waited, we began to worry about starving. We decided to store all the food we could get our hands on. Together our group had several thousand dollars in cash. So Imad began to buy up more supplies. He delivered food between midnight and 2 o'clock. On my computer we began to keep track of our provisions. Now we could tell how many cans of tuna we had, how many kilos of dry beans. We even factored in how much protein...
...those who created noise. Two of our group, the Australian and the Irishman, took way too many risks. After a few months they acquired a hero complex. They wanted to make trips out of the building. The rest of us protested that it would draw too much attention. Imad was very much opposed. After several weeks, the two of them insisted. So we made them sign a paper saying they could not return. They left and somehow got to other houses...
...still can't relax. I developed such rigid habits in that place. But this afternoon I'm really happy. One of our group just telephoned and said Imad was granted a humanitarian visa by the U.S. We all told our embassies about him. He risked his life for us. And now he's free himself. What a marvelous piece of justice...