Word: nephew
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...Pierre Gemayel, the son and nephew of former presidents, had been the Minister of Industry in the fragile anti-Syrian ruling coalition led by Prime Minister Fouad Siniora. That government was already on the verge of collapse, following the resignation last week of all the Shi'ite ministers in his cabinet after Hizballah accused Siniora and his allies of collaborating with the United States and Israel in this summer...
...they claimed was al-Taie, beaten up and bloody. Then the gang demanded $250,000 from the soldier's family to secure his release. Something didn't seem right, says Qanbar. "The number is too low for a U.S. soldier," he told TIME. It made him wonder if his nephew was even alive...
...Qanbar said he told the kidnappers he wouldn't talk about a price until he had seen for himself some proof that al-Taie was still breathing. He suggested they have his nephew describe the inside of his home in Ann Arbor or that the kidnappers photograph the soldier holding a current newspaper. He said he wanted to see proof by Saturday, Nov. 4, at noon. "I decided there had to be a deadline for these tedious negotiations," says Qanbar. "You don't want to play by the rules of the kidnappers all the time...
...Again, I can probably guess what you’re thinking: Princeton? The same Princeton whose most famous alumni is a fictional TV uncle with a fresh nephew from West Philadelphia? And all I can tell you is that if I hadn’t been there to see some of it myself, I’d be in denial...
...cameras were rolling, was a message to loyalists to kill Ahmed's family. Two of his cousins were kidnapped in July and haven't been heard from since. On Aug. 6, his brother Ali Hassan Mohammed al-Dujaili, another witness, was attacked in the middle of Dujail. Ahmed's nephew Husam was killed while protecting Ali. When Ahmed's younger brother Jaafer came to collect Husam's body, a sniper lying in wait put several bullets in Jaafer's legs. Jaafer lived but will always walk with a severe limp. He is among the lucky ones. The town's mayor...