Word: wahib
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...wielding Palestinian killed a female Israeli soldier in the northern Israeli town of Afula, where a suicide bomber killed eight Israelis in April. Wahib Abu Alrub struck 19-year-old Liat Gabai in the head several times as she waited at the town's bus station. Abu Alrub said he committed the crime on behalf of the militant Islamic group Hamas to rehabilitate himself after being accused of collaborating with Israel...
...head of a body of troops which has already been named "The Doomed Battalion" by newshawks. All are sworn to die for their country. General Haptemikael himself is a veteran of Adowa. Already in Ogaden province was one of Ethiopia's most effective generals, the former Turkish Commander Wahib Pasha. Long exiled by Turkey's Dictator Kemal, "Old Eagle Beak," as he is known? to U. S. correspondents, still clings to his Ottoman fez and grey-green World War uniform. In his charge was one of Ethiopia's prides, a fleet of 20 U. S. motor trucks used to transport...
...This convoy," said General Wahib, "is an example of the tactics of the guerrillas in bush terrain where the effectiveness of poison gas and airplanes is minimized. We concede the menace of enemy starshells but the Ethiopians are masters of bayonet and sabre tactics. They are born artists with those weapons...
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