Word: rashid
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...speak the slang of the Bedouin tribes, an important constituency for the Hashemite dynasty. On Hamzah's 18th birthday, Hussein published a message to his son, reminding him that at that age he had taken on his full duties as King. But Hassan has his own son, RASHID, 19, who was conspicuously by his father's side in the days after Hussein's lymphoma announcement. Hassan's wife, PRINCESS SARVATH, is said to be very ambitious for her son, as is Queen Noor for Hamzah. One palace insider speculates that despite Hussein's wishes, Hassan will name Rashid regent...
...Hassan has his own son, Rashid, 19, who was conspicuously by his father's side in the days after Hussein's lymphoma announcement. Hassan's wife, Princess Sarvath, is said to be very ambitious for her son, as is Queen Noor for Hamzah. One palace insider speculates that despite Hussein's wishes, Hassan will name Rashid regent. His ascension could spark challenges from Hamzah or Ali, especially given that Rashid's Pakistani mother, like Abdullah's, is a non-Arab. "Anyone who assumes that the Hashemite family is united or will remain united about the succession issue is making...
...Rashid Bey and freshman Arthur Davis hit consecutive 3-pointers that helped St. Joseph's hold off Pacific...
While Massoud is eager to drive them out, the Taliban have sworn they will not leave Kabul. Massoud, an ethnic Tajik, is aided by the Taliban's plummeting popularity, but the key to his offensive is his tenuous alliance with Abdul Rashid Dostum, a powerful Uzbek warlord, who is with Massoud's forces battling the Taliban near Kabul. The tribal nature of the conflict has always complicated the fighting. Last week the Taliban, mostly ethnic Pashtun, were going house to house in Kabul in search of Tajiks and Uzbeks. Pakistan's meddling can only worsen the hostilities, and the lines...
...forces of ousted President Burhanuddin Rabbani, led by former Army Chief Ahmad Shah Massoud, are holed up 31 miles north of Kabul in the isolated Panjshir Valley, and have blown up the road leading in. Rabbani is rumored to have fled to Iran. Even more intractable was General Abdul Rashid Dostum, a warlord who controls a large tract of territory on the northeastern border...