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...Takes the Heat for a Deadly Attack An israeli attack on Gaza City killed a Hamas leader and 14 other people, including nine children. About 150 people were injured by the one-ton guided bomb, which destroyed two buildings and blew open three others. The attack's target was Sheik Salah Shehadeh, a founder and leader of the Izzedine al-Qassem Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement, or Hamas. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon hailed the killing of Shehadeh as "one of our major successes." Yet the attack was condemned around the world, and U.S. President George...
...sheik requests b'fast at Four Seasons. Maybe wants to bankroll my comeback! (Turns out sheik wanted name of agent for a pal's actor kid. I felt used...
...chose to retire, the menu of likely successors, if chosen democratically, is hardly palatable to Washington. The most popular current Palestinian leaders, after Arafat, are Marwan Barghouti, the West Bank Fatah chief currently in an Israeli prison for his role in directing the Tanzim militias in this intifada, and Sheik Ahmed Yassin, the blind spiritual leader of Hamas. The moderate negotiators from Arafat's inner circle such as Mahmoud Abbas (a.k.a. Abu Mazen) and Ahmed Qurei (a.k.a. Abu Ala) are aging and in ill health, and their intimate involvement in the failed Oslo process has made them magnets for considerable...
News that Harvard receives funds from the bin Laden family makes national news. Sheik Bakr Mohammed bin Laden, Osama bin Laden’s brother, made two gifts totaling $2 million to the University to fund fellowships for the study of Islamic culture. Harvard officials, responding to attacks, stress that the University will cease using funds if any explicit link to Osama bin Laden’s terrorist organization are found...
Harvard comes under fire as a recipient of the bin Laden family’s money. Sheik Bakr Mohammed bin Laden, Osama bin Laden’s brother, made two gifts totaling $2 million to the University to fund fellowships for the study of Islamic culture. Since the attacks, Harvard officials have stressed the University would cease using the funds if any explicit link to Osama bin Laden’s terrorist organization were found...