Word: nabil
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Freed detainees have scores of horror stories to tell. Though most of the accounts have not been corroborated, the scandal makes anything seem possible. Nabil Shakar Abdul Razaq al-Taiee, 54, a retired electrical worker who was arrested last December, told TIME that as recently as March, he witnessed soldiers beating prisoners, including a mentally unstable man who was thrown in a shipping container and pummeled and taunted for days. Another former prisoner, Mohammed Unis Hassan, was arrested by U.S. forces for looting a bank last July. He told TIME of a seven-month odyssey through the prison system that...
...Hamas is trying to soften its image, its erstwhile adversaries in Fatah are endorsing the effort: "We call on all parties, including the Arabs, to work and live with this government and to give it an opportunity," said Abbas aide Nabil Abu Rudeineh. The aim seems to be to break up the united front of the Quartet, persuading the Europeans and the U.N. to begin working with the government - probably through non-Hamas ministers - while the Saudis and Egyptians, mindful of the need to prevent Iran from becoming the main patron of the Palestinian cause, would offer financial and diplomatic...
...Only civilians live here. There is no Hizballah. Why did they hit us?? asks Mustafa Hashem, a diamond merchant whose uncle lives in an adjacent building. But the street looks familiar to this reporter, who interviewed Sheikh Nabil Qaouk, Hizballah?s southern commander, several years ago in his office in a building located where the missile-struck block stood. At the beginning of the campaign, Israeli jets bombed Qaouk?s home in the village of Jibsheet, a few miles to the north of here. But Qaouk has apparently gone into hiding with other top leaders, which perhaps explains the lack...
...from emergency exits or dropping from the wings. But 57 passengers died, including all nine of the children the hijackers had refused to release. Amid the pandemonium, Captain Galal suddenly found a chance to take personal revenge against the leader of the hijackers, a man who identified himself as "Nabil." After the commando assault began, said Galal, Nabil hurled a grenade toward the rear of the plane. Realizing he had taken his eyes off Galal, Nabil turned and fired at him. The pilot ducked, and the bullet grazed his head. Seizing a fire ax, Galal felled the terrorist with...
...feeling pressure. At a meeting last week of the central committee of Fatah, Abbas' political party, there were heated exchanges between party officials who told Abbas that he must act soon to energize the economy and end violence. "People look to you as a reformer," said Foreign Minister Nabil Shaath, according to Fatah officials who attended the meeting. "You have to prove that you're for real." After Abbas' election victory, Sharon placed a call to his former houseguest. According to Israeli and Palestinian officials, Sharon congratulated Abbas and said he was "looking forward to meeting with you to discuss...