Word: mahmoud
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...look at what it was regaining. Once a community of 70,000 and the relatively prosperous center of a rich agricultural area, Quneitra lies shattered. Most of its buildings are knocked flat, as though by dynamite, or pockmarked by shellfire. Surrounded by rubble and flying dust, Syrian Prime Minister Mahmoud Ayoubi called the destruction "barbaric"-without referring to Syria's part in the fighting-and charged that much of the damage had occurred "not in war, but before Israel withdrew...
...moderates in the Baath National Command engaged in fierce debates over how Syria should act. The hardliners, headed by Foreign Minister Abdel Halim Khaddam, insisted that the cease-fire agreement should be Syria's only concession until Israel withdraws from all occupied territory. The moderates, led by Premier Mahmoud Ayoubi, reportedly were agreeable to a phased Israeli withdrawal. In exchange for commitments to withdraw, moreover, they would provide Israel with a list of the estimated 90 Israeli P.O.W.s being held by Syria. Assad so far has not come down on either side...
Outraged that the Egyptian attack was launched on Yom Kippur, the solemn Jewish Day of Atonement, Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban called it "blasphemous." The Grand Sheik Abdel Halim Mahmoud, Egypt's highest religious authority, proclaimed the war a jihad, a holy war. "We are fighting as the early Moslems fought against the infidels," he declared in Cairo's Al Azhar mosque. "All the dead in battle are sure of paradise." In Saudi Arabia, the Interior Ministry urged its citizens to "destroy the enemies of religion...
...have been hijacked, and the hijacker insists on landing in Israel. I am going to land whether you like it or not." After a 20-minute pause, Lod gave Kawas landing instructions. Moments afterward the plane touched down and Israeli troops seized the hijacker, later identified as Mohammed Mahmoud Al-Toumi, 37, a merchant with a Libyan passport, no ostensible links to any terrorist unit, and an obvious overdose of alcohol. Said a stewardess: "He had four Scotches before the hijacking, and he took frequent swigs before we landed...
...Union des Banques Arabes et Françaises (or UBAF), formed in Paris in 1970 with more than $700 million in assets. UBAF is 40% owned by Crédit Lyonnais but controlled by 23 Arab banks. The president is U.S.-educated Mohamed Mahmoud Abu Shadi, former chairman of the National Bank of Egypt. UBAF has subsidiaries in London, Rome, Frankfurt, Luxembourg and Tokyo. Partners of these subsidiaries include several big European banks and The Bank of Tokyo...