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Abu Nidal, 2002 News
Palestinian terrorist, was found dead in Baghdad in August. Many questioned the determination that his death was a suicide when it was revealed that there were four bullet wounds in his head…Abu Zubaydah, 2002 News
al-Qaeda chief of operations and top recruiter, was captured by Pakistani police forces during a bold raid in Faisalabad in March. Under intense interrogation by U.S. intelligence officials…Abu Abbas 2004 Deaths
Abu AbbasAge: 55 former leader of the terrorist group Palestine Liberation Front who organized the 1985 hijacking of the Achille Lauro, an Italian cruise ship. During the operation, hijackers…Ahmad Abu Laban Biography
imamBorn: 1946Birthplace: HaifaDied: Feb. 1, 2007 (Copenhagen) Denmark's most promiment Muslim leader. He was at the center of the controversy in 2006…Abu'l Hasan al-Uqlidisi
(Encyclopedia) Abu'l Hasan al-Uqlidisi, c. a.d. 920–c. a.d. 980, Arab mathematician working in Damascus and Baghdad. He wrote (952–53) a treatise on arithmetic and Arabic numerals that is the first…Buraimi
(Encyclopedia) BuraimiBuraimib&oomacr;rīˈmē [key], group of small oases, SE Arabia, on the border between Abu Dhabi and Oman. In the 1950s the area, rich in oil, was claimed by Saudi Arabia.Hagi
(Encyclopedia) Hagi Hagi häˈgē [key], city, Yamaguchi prefecture, W Honshu, Japan, on the delta of the…The Koran/Sura CXI — Abu Lahab
Sura CXI — Abu Lahab Mecca — 5 Verses In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful LET the hands of ABU LAHAB[46] perish,and let himself perish! His wealth and his gains shall…Bar-Hebraeus, Gregorius
(Encyclopedia) Bar-Hebraeus, GregoriusBar-Hebraeus, Gregoriusbär-hēbrēˈəs [key], 1226–86, Syrian scholar, bishop of the Jacobite Church. Partly Jewish in ancestry, his original name was Abu-al-Faraj…Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen), 2003 News
Palestinian politician, was named prime minister in March by President Yasir Arafat. Palestinian reformists lauded the appointment, while the militant groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad said…