Word: mousab
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...gunsights. One of the largest Sunni insurgent groups, Islamic Army, dramatically changed course last week and called on its followers to wage a "battle of destiny" against Shi'ites for control of Baghdad. Only a year ago, the studiously nationalistic and nonsectarian group vehemently opposed al-Qaeda leader Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi's call for a holy war against Iraqi Shi'ites...
Every so often, something happens that causes the Iraqi government and the Bush Administration to announce that a turning point has arrived for the beleaguered country. In the month that I was away from Baghdad, there were two such events: the killing of terrorist Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi and the appointment, after weeks of political haggling, of new ministers of Defense and the Interior. The ministers, a Sunni and Shi'ite, respectively, had been touted as independent and nonsectarian--new brooms to brush away the rampant corruption in the two crucial security ministries. Interior, in particular, would be cleansed...
...establish a caliphate from Spain to Iraq, in all the lands where Islam has ever ruled. The Salafists are Sunni, and Hizballah is Shi'ite, which means their hatred for each other is apt to rival their hatred for the U.S. Al-Qaeda's late leader in Iraq, Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi, used to say Shi'ites were worse than Americans and launched a brutal war on them in Iraq...
...Taking On Terrorists I am glad that the U.S. military forces finally killed terrorist leader Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi [June 19]. But does that solve the problem of terrorism? No. President Bush must begin to lead by example instead of by force. Democracy cannot be exported from a land where human rights are abused and ignored. Democracy is not a coalition of willing armed forces but a coalition of people. The world's problems today can be solved only by inculcating the maxim that the pen is mightier than the sword rather than the one that says power flows from...
...video replay could communicate with his colleague on the field over his earphones in a matter of seconds - a short time lag to forestall crucial injustice and worldwide frustration. Nicolas Gessner Paris Taking On Terrorists I am glad that the U.S. military forces finally killed terrorist leader Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi [June 19]. But does that solve the problem of terrorism? No. President Bush must begin to lead by example instead of force. Democracy cannot be exported from a land where human rights are abused and ignored. Democracy is not a coalition of willing armed forces but a coalition...