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Disregard for Nasser. Asifa's membership is under 200 and limited to Palestinian Arabs between 20 and 30 years of age. Each volunteer takes an oath, on the Bible if a Christian, on the Koran if a Moslem, that he will 1) be on an alert status 24 hours a day, 2) tell no one of his activities and 3) never discuss a mission he has been on. Asifa is typical of other terrorist groups in that its members are organized into small cells, and only the cell leader has contact with one man in the echelon above...
...this was of course circumstantial; it was upon Gary Rowe's testimony that the prosecution would stand or fall. Defense Attorney Murphy set out to cross-examine Rowe savagely. Murphy asked Rowe if he had taken an oath when he joined the K.K.K. "Such as it was," replied Rowe. Shouted Murphy: "Such as it was! What do you mean by that...
...ministerial tones, Murphy then recited the Klan oath: " 'I most solemnly swear that I will forever keep sacredly secret the songs, words and grip . . . regarding which a most rigid secrecy must be maintained ... I will never yield to bribe, flattery, threats, passion, punishment, persecution, persuasion, nor any other enticements whatever coming from or offered by any person or persons, male or female, for the purpose of obtaining from me a secret or secret information. I will die rather than divulge them, so help me God.' Did you swear to that oath...
...What kind of man is this Rowe that comes into a fraternal organization by hook or crook?" cried Murphy. "He cares not what he swears to, and let me say this, gentlemen: he took an oath when he joined the United Klans of America. Remember Judas Iscariot! [Rowe] took this oath with his hand raised to Almighty God in joining the United Klans of America...
...Citizens," said Imbert, after taking the oath of office, "our capital is in ruins. Our national life is in pieces. Dominicans of all sectors have come forth in order that we can form a government of national reconstruction. We do not desire anything other than the salvation of our fatherland." Imbert's junta was composed of a lawyer, an engineer, an air force colonel from Wessin y Wessin's government; in a gesture to the rebels who had started the revolt in the name of deposed President Juan Bosch, he included a pro-Bosch editor...