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...Osama Bin Laden win last week's elections in his native Saudi Arabia, the first ever held in the Kingdom? Not quite - but the al-Qaeda leader's sympathizers should be more than satisfied with the results of 38 municipal contests held Thursday, the first round in a series of three such elections around the country. Islamic conservatives outpolled nearly 650 other candidates - including contenders with powerful tribal links and businessmen who spent hundreds of thousands of dollars - for all seven seats up for grabs on the Riyadh city council. They were better organized, emphasizing their technocratic skills while having...
...voted were joyful, with many fathers bringing their small sons to experience and get a snapshot of the moment. Officials pulled off a smooth election, thankfully free of the terrorist attacks in the country by Saudi-born Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda organization that have killed 221 since 2003. Yet women were barred from participating, while even male voters were allowed to choose only half the representatives on 178 toothless municipal bodies, the rest to be appointed...
...giving women the right to drive cars, earning him a torrent of warnings about Judgment Day from Islamist hardliners. Conservative candidates stressed their credentials as technocrats, but energized supporters with appeals on Islamist websites and open backing from Islamist diehards like Sheikh Salman al Awdah, a onetime Bin Laden ally who argues ?there is no place for secularism in the Muslim world...
...hauntingly beautiful lyrics of the Young song are an interesting counterpoint to the comparatively simple, yearning lyrics of Bazan’s own catalog. Although not as eclectic as their marquee-mates, Pedro the Lion did exactly what they were supposed to: deliver warm, comfortable songs laden with dryly emotional lyrics...
...assigned readings range from “The Wealth of Nations,” by Adam Smith, to “Jihad Against Jews and Crusaders,” by Osama bin Laden and associates...