Word: mullah
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Then he set out on a round of social calls. He dropped in for a cup of tea with evil old Mullah Kashani, spiritual chief of the fanatic nationalists, co-conspirator with Communists and the man Premier Mossadegh most fears. Kashani embraced the assassin, caressing his beard, and said: "You are a brave son of Islam." The two prayed while the teapot bubbled in the background...
...Mullah Kashani...
...were poised to jump across the 38th parallel, there was a similar force in the Russian part of Kurdistan, ready to jump, too. It was Russian-trained and Russian-equipped. But it wasn't Russian. It was entirely Kurdish and led by a Kurd, Mustafa Barzani, a onetime mullah (teacher of Islam) whom the Russians turned into a general...
...Iraq army what would happen if Barzani's men came down across the border, calling on the Kurds to arise and unite. He answered: "Any Kurd-and I am proud to call myself one-would have a hard time resisting such a temptation. I am afraid Mullah Mustafa would be joined by many...
...deaf and blind at 85, was led aboard a plane by his son. "This is help sent by Allah," the son told the U.S. pilot. "We are linked together today by love and faith." Another passenger on the magic carpet provided by the U.S. was irascible old Mullah Kashani, Iran's bitterly anti-American religious leader. He rewarded dog-tired Pilots Captain Alfred Beasley of Atlanta and Lieut. Angelo Elmo of Washington with wet kisses on both cheeks...