Word: sultanates
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...Osama Bassnan. A Saudi national, Bassnan was living in San Diego last year and has been linked to Omar al Bayoumi, a Saudi student who befriended two men who wound up helping crash Flight 77 into the Pentagon. The sources also say that the ambassador, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, gave $15,000 to Bassnan...
...question that has captivated officials in Washington is whether funds from the bank accounts of the Saudi Ambassador to the U.S., Prince Bandar bin Sultan, and his wife, known as Princess Haifa, might have found their way into the wrong hands...
...that pairing lies a point. Ruth, the Sultan of Swat, owned baseball's record books and mythology for 50 years after his career ended. The legend was of a hardscrabble son of a saloonkeeper with a big heart who loved kids and was worshipped by his fans. Ruth was all of that, but he also set prodigious marks in beer guzzling and womanizing...
...ammo and other equipment. The United Arab Emirates and Oman have routinely allowed U.S. planes to come and go and may see a buildup of U.S. forces in the event of a war, while one of the biggest U.S. contingents in the Gulf is at Saudi Arabia's Prince Sultan Airforce Base (P-SAB) near Riyadh. The Saudis have spoken out strongly against a war, but have indicated that they will allow the use of P-SAB if the United Nations authorizes military force against Saddam's regime. But because of Saudi sensitivities and because of the tactical geography...
...July 6, 1917, Lawrence led his combined armies to victory at Aqaba, taking the town from the Turks?a key battle in the Arab revolt. Today, only the 15th century fort, built by the Mamluk sultan Qansweh al-Ghuri, hints at Aqaba's early history. The fort has always been the symbolic heart of Aqaba and, when it fell to his troops, Lawrence knew he had completed his journey to victory. For those on the tour, too, Aqaba is the final destination, complete with a celebratory open-air feast in the fort's courtyard, the sound of battle cries replaced...