Word: nabil
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...satisfied. After meeting in Arbil, in northern Iraq, last week, members of the leadership council called Bremer's modified plan "insufficient." Some factions, including the Pentagon-backed Iraqi National Congress (I.N.C.), told TIME they may refuse to cooperate with the council. "We wish them the best of luck," says Nabil al-Moussawi, a chief aide to I.N.C. leader Ahmed Chalabi. "But at this point my advice would be that we not be involved." Iraqi political leaders warn that Bremer's plan may embolden America's enemies even more - by marginalizing the country's most organized pro-Western forces and fueling...
...pick up selected footage.) Arabs and Muslims distrustful of Western media--like Turkish students and professors who burned a TV last week to protest CNN's "one-sided" coverage--are happy to have their own alternatives. "We saw [Gulf War I] through the eyes of Peter Arnett," says Nabil El-Sharif, editor in chief of Jordan's Ad-Dustour newspaper, referring to a war correspondent for CNN in 1991. "Now we're seeing the war through Arab eyes...
...willing," responded his friends. The diners sniggered at American "softies" chafing at the desert conditions and disparaged White House press spokesman Ari Fleischer, who is Jewish. "This just proves the Jews are behind this war," said Nabil Abu Maazin, an electrician. Another man said he sometimes watches CNN. "It's very boring," he said. "They never seem to talk to real people, only experts. The Arab channels show you real people and how the war is affecting them...
...intrigued by one candidate whose name has been floated for the new post: reformist Finance Minister Salam Fayyad, who has tackled Palestinian Authority corruption. Israeli officials are less optimistic. They regard Arafat's announcement as a ruse, and tell TIME that another name on the short list is Nabil Shaath, who is closely tied to Arafat. Both the U.S. and the Israelis will be happy enough if regional tensions keep the pressure on Arafat to reform. --By Massimo Calabresi and Matt Rees
...Nabil would never put a Saddam Hussein poster in his bedroom: that would be way uncool for a hip teenager. But not long ago, he'd have thought it uncool even to praise Saddam. "Among my friends, talking about politics was considered stupid, a waste of time," he says. "But now everybody talks about Saddam, and we all think he's tough." Tough like Buffy? "Yeah," Nabil laughs. "Tough like Buffy." Only in this case, it's the vampire he admires, not the slayer...