Word: sheikh
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...Iraq is a dangerous “denial of reality.” The film, which is directed and produced by Ahmed Jamal and narrated by Amanpour, follows the story of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl before and after his 2002 kidnapping by Omar Sheikh and other Islamic extremists. Amanpour said she hopes that the film will give the public a better understanding of what happened to Pearl and what is still happening to journalists today. Three years after the kidnapping, there is a “hijacking of public debate and the lessening of the middle ground...
...Sudanese government this past year. ‘IN THEIR HOUSEHOLD’De Waal’s first contact with Darfur’s warring parties dates back to 1984, when he was doing Ph.D. research in Sudan.For part of his stay, the British-born activist lived with Sheikh Hilal Mohamed Abdalla “in this very remote outpost, the middle of nowhere really, in a tent.”Abdalla’s son was the head of the Janjaweed, funded by the government in the recent conflict, de Waal says.“I was living...
...Alias” and “24.” Two weeks ago, President Bush confirmed they are also the stuff of reality. Bush stated what Jack Bauer has long led us to suspect: tough techniques work. Accused terrorists Abu Zubaydah, Ramzi bin al Shibh, and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed all spilled valuable information once interrogated with what Bush called “an alternative set of procedures.” That information led to the capture of other wanted men and hinted at details for future plots. It may have saved American lives. Nonetheless, controversy has arisen: given...
...overpowering emotions, had those on our side fighting the so-called war on terrorism not made certain tactical decisions early on. As the dusty rabble of Afghan fighters moved to the newly opened Guantnamo in early 2002 and the first al-Qaeda operative--the pint-size Ibn al-Sheikh al-Libi--was picked up, debate raged inside the Administration as to what would produce the highest-quality "yield" from interrogation with the greatest speed. There was fear of a second-wave attack, after all, and U.S. intelligence was panicked. On one side was the FBI, which touted its 1990s...
...lessons from Zubaydah and his more noteworthy successors--like Ramzi Binalshibh, an erudite killer who provided little information under extreme duress, and the 9/11 planner Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (K.S.M.), who, according to senior intelligence officials, was told his children would be hurt if he didn't cooperate--were the long-held lessons of going medieval: whatever jumbled information is swiftly gathered is not worth the high price. To establish what was gathered, Bush, in the East Room, did what has consistently landed him in trouble--take creative liberties with classified information. Specifically, he ran through a simplified progression...