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...pledged to wage war militarily and financially against terrorists and the countries that give them shelter. That means countries like Afghanistan, that allow terrorists to operate or seek refuge within their borders or that give aid to terrorists, will be considered enemies of America. Our allies in the United Kingdom have responded by pledging to fight alongside us in the war on terrorism. Other European and Asian countries have consented to freeze the assets of terrorist groups and humanitarian aid groups suspected of helping terrorists. Charity organizations thought to be aiding terrorists—whether knowingly or unknowingly?...
...pressing U.S. investigators for middle names and dates of birth. Still, using the FBI's list of names, Saudi newspapers have tracked down the families of most of the suspected hijackers. The reporters have found that relatives often haven't seen the men in several months or more. The kingdom's Daily Arab News reported last week that at least five of the hijackers told their families several months ago that they were going on jihad. Four months ago, Hamza Alghamdi, 20, one of the men who torpedoed Flight 175 into 2 World Trade Center, called his parents and asked...
...became increasingly indignant over the corruption of the Saudi regime and what he considered its insufficient piety. His outrage boiled over in 1990. When Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait and threatened Saudi Arabia, bin Laden informed the royal family that he and his Arab Afghans were prepared to defend the kingdom. The offer was spurned. Instead, the Saudis invited in U.S. troops for the first time ever. Like many other Muslims, bin Laden was offended by the Army's presence, with its Christian and Jewish soldiers, its rock music, its women who drove and wore pants. Saudi Arabia has a singular...
...Many of the hundreds of inscriptions date from about the 8th century B.C. to the 4th century A.D. Although the oldest ones were carved several centuries after the Queen's lifetime, they contain priceless information about her kingdom's political and social history, including a chronology of Sabaean kings (the first that researchers have found), as well as the names of other important visitors to Mahram Bilqis and their genealogies and tribal affiliations. Since some of the names are female, one of them could be that of the Queen of Sheba...
...came to test him with hard questions. She came to Jerusalem with a very great retinue, with camels bearing spices, and very much gold, and precious stones ?" - 1 Kings 10: 1-2or "Greatness," but these are only titles. "Sheba" is simply an alternate spelling of Saba, the kingdom in modern-day Yemen where she is said to have reigned for a score of years beginning about 950 B.C. And while Cleopatra, the other storied beauty of Middle Eastern royalty, is mentioned in contemporary secular texts, the Queen of Sheba appears only in religious works - not the most authoritative source...