Word: lumpur
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...That relationship and the capture or death of other al-Qaeda figures has caused Attash to rise rapidly in the al-Qaeda ranks to become one of the organization?s most senior executives. U.S. officials say Attash presided over a key al-Qaeda convocation in Kuala Lumpur in January 2000, along with hijackers al-Hazmi and Khalid al-Midhar. At the time, the CIA had vague knowledge that the session involved al-Qaeda figures and asked the Malaysian police to videotape them arriving. But no audiotape was made. Shortly after the Cole bombing in October 2000, and the identification...
...epidemiologists' hopes that Hanoi's strict quarantine efforts had contained the disease. In Malaysia, where its government had maintained for weeks that there were no SARS victims in the country, the number of suspected cases leapt from zero to 59 in just a few days. Critics quickly assailed Kuala Lumpur for the same obfuscatory practices used in China that may have contributed to the disease's silent spread. The Malaysian government flatly denied a cover-up, and top health officials held daily briefings for reporters, leading even its harshest critics to acknowledge that the government appeared to have learned from...
...Airfare from Kuala Lumpur to Kuala Terengganu is about $75 on Malaysia Airlines. The hotel doesn't come cheap, but by booking online (tanjongjararesort.com), you can get a two-night package rate for about $200 per person...
...Those kinds of conversations are no more. They've been replaced by versions of an exchange I had recently in Kuala Lumpur. A Malaysian political analyst asked about my provenance. As I replied his eyes narrowed. "Can you explain what your President is doing...
...terrorist network has proved itself infinitely adaptable. There are plenty of potential lieutenants waiting to replace Mohammed, even though they may lack his experience. In that regard, Gunaratna and U.S. sources mention Tawfiq bin Atash, otherwise known as Khallad, a Yemeni. Bin Atash attended a notorious meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in January 2000, at which two of the Sept. 11 hijackers were also present, and is thought to have run--under Mohammed's guidance--the operation later that year to bomb the U.S.S. Cole in Aden harbor. According to reports out of Pakistan, bin Atash's brother, Umar...