Word: mustafa
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This operative -- call him Mustafa -- underwent a year of training that began with education in psychology and the principles of leadership and proceeded into spycraft, with lessons in electronic surveillance, breaking and entering, and interrogation techniques. "Then the nature of our advisers changed," says Mustafa. "The pleasantness was gone, and we moved to Pakistan, where we trained with firearms." Mustafa's first operational assignment took him to London. "They gave us passports and identification, and we moved a shipment of ((unidentified)) goods. In England they had more I.D. waiting for us, because customs and immigration are strict, but when...
...weeks been reliving their worst dreams, fearing for their lives. Protected by U.S. troops, the camp residents have begged the soldiers not to depart, sometimes even vowing to lie down in the path of withdrawing tanks. "Everyone here believes we will be killed when the Americans leave," says Mustafa Jafar. "The Iraqis will send the secret police...
...taught in our schools." The rebel leader's bodyguard lounged around in the pink-and-beige interior, staring out through floor-to-ceiling windows at the snowy mountains glowing pink in the sunset. For Barzani, the rapid ouster of the regime from Kurdistan was vindication for his father Mustafa, who died in exile in 1979 after his own uprising against Baghdad failed. "We were all taken by surprise at the swiftness of our victory," Barzani acknowledged...
...Under the leadership of Mustafa Barzani, organized armed resistance began against Iraqi rule...
...discovered her mutilated body. Esrar had been axed in the head and shot seven times in her breasts and vagina. Within days, Mike and his friends formed their own resistance cell, which operated apart from the more organized efforts of other Kuwaitis. They met frequently to plan strategy, and Mustafa was usually present. "Why not?" says Mike. "We had known each other all our lives. I didn't think we had any secrets...