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Makiya has written prolifically on the subject of his birthplace. He said his first two books, Republic of Fear (1989) and The Monument (1991), were written under the pseudonym “Samir al-Khalil” out of fear for his and his family’s livelihood. Republic of Fear became a best-seller after Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait...
...retaliatory measures, bring enormous attention to the Palestinian cause. "You have heard the U.N.--after these operations began--speaking about a Palestinian state, Israeli withdrawal and the right of repatriation for refugees," says Marzouk. The value of suicide bombings is reinforced by the seeming futility of every other option. Samir Rantissi, a coordinator of the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Coalition, condemns attacks on civilians but believes they result from escalating frustration. "For 35 years, Palestinians have tried every, every, every means to deal with this intolerable occupation," he says. "We tried to coexist with it. It didn't work. We tried...
...Pretentious vodka-sipper Samir K. “40” Shankar ’03 was nearly humiliated Friday night when blockmate Gary A. Mohammed ’03 covertly filled his Grey Goose bottle with Gilbert’s vodka, which is distilled in Somerville and retails for $7 a liter. The scheme went awry when Mohammed drank the entire bottle in an effort to impress Tabitha G. Filney ’02. Though Filney is usually eager to welcome near-strangers who show up at her Mather tower door bearing signs of chronic alcohol abuse, she turned...
...earlier been headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, where its alleged ringleader, an Egyptian named Mohamed Atta, 33, had lived off and on for eight years. Atta is thought to have piloted Flight 11, the first to make impact; two of the other suspected pilots, Marwan Al-Shehhi and Ziad Samir Jarrah, were also residents of the Hamburg region. The Hamburg cell, in turn, is thought to have been an operating unit of a worldwide network of terrorists called al-Qaeda, the name of whose reclusive leader is now known all over the world: Osama bin Laden...
...earlier been headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, where its alleged ringleader, an Egyptian named Mohamed Atta, 33, had lived off and on for eight years. Atta is thought to have piloted Flight 11, the first to make impact; two of the other suspected pilots, Marwan Al-Shehhi and Ziad Samir Jarrah, were also residents of the Hamburg region. The Hamburg cell, in turn, is thought to have been an operating unit of a worldwide network of terrorists called al-Qaeda, the name of whose reclusive leader is now known all over the world: Osama bin Laden...