Word: osama
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Nasrallah appeared later in the taped TV interview, disappointing Israeli officials, who said they were still after him. Nasrallah's death would bring Jerusalem a huge symbolic victory. But Israel may eventually regret raising expectations that it will get him. (Ask George Bush about the wisdom of calling for Osama bin Laden's head.) "If Nasrallah is alive at the end of this and gives one of his speeches, it cannot look like an Israeli victory," says Eti Livni, a former Knesset member and close friend of Olmert...
...midnight they took from me my notes that dealt with our future legal strategy and my questions," writes Hamdan, who was allegedly Osama bin Laden's driver. "I got mad and I called the guard in a raised voice because he was getting far away from me. At that moment the guard returned and took out a pepper spray can and put it in my face and demanded I be quiet and told me the discussion is over. I sat down complying with the guard's orders...
...practice of criticizing Israel when it acts severely toward the Palestinians or other Arab parties. Starting with former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, Israeli officials have taken to adopting Bush's war-on-terrorism rhetoric. Justice Minister Haim Ramon last week said Israel would treat Nasrallah as the U.S. treats Osama bin Laden...
...portrait of Osama bin Laden with a thick black question mark over his face would have made a more appropriate cover image. I am worried that Americans are starting to believe that bin Laden does not exist, Iraq caused 9/11, and war is the only way to defeat fundamentalists. Rachel Cromidas La Jolla, California...
...What about the hunt for Osama bin Laden? That is not my task. The U.S.-led coalition retains the counterterrorism role. I'm conducting a counterinsurgency campaign, which is conducted differently. [But] clearly, if an Arab terrorist or an al-Qaeda operative fires on a NATO soldier, neither I nor his political leaders expect [the soldier] to say, "hang on, can you just tell me whether you are al-Qaeda or someone else?" before he fires back...