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Al-Qaeda

Osama bin Laden's Network of Terror by Laura Hayes, Borgna Brunner, and Beth Rowen Al-Qaeda's leader, Osama bin Laden Related Links Remembering September 11 Al-Qaeda Offshoots…

January 2005

WorldRelief Pours into Asia (Jan. 2): Helicopters based on American aircraft carriers off the Indonesian coast begin dropping tons of supplies to survivors of the tsunami that devastated 11 Asian…

June 2006

World UN Declaration Calls for More Action on AIDS (June 2): General Assembly urges countries to triple annual spending to $23 billion a year by 2010 for AIDS and HIV prevention, education, and…

September 2006

WorldIraqi Casualties Have Risen Sharply (Sept. 1): Pentagon report finds that since the new Iraqi government was established in May, civilian and security forces casualties have increased by 51%.…

Zarqawi, Abu Musab al-

(Encyclopedia) Zarqawi, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Abu Musab al-äˈb&oomacr; m&oomacr;säb äl-zärkäˈwē [key], nom de guerre of Ahmad Fadhil Nazzar al-Khalaylah, 1966–2006, Islamic terrorist leader,…

Abu Zubaydah

Al-Qaeda leaderBorn: 1973Birthplace: Saudi Arabia Zayn al-Abidin Muhammed Husayn Abu Zubaydah is a Palestinian long believed to be one of Osama bin Laden's top lieutenants. Experts think Abu…

Iraq Crisis, 2004

by Borgna Brunner 1920s–1999 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 Next: 2005 Jan. 15, 2004 Tens of thousands of Shiites hold…

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 over…

Abu Bakr

(Encyclopedia) Abu BakrAbu Bakräˈb&oomacr; bäkˈər [key], 573–634, 1st caliph, friend, father-in-law, and successor of Muhammad. He was probably Muhammad's first convert outside the Prophet's…

Abu Qir

(Encyclopedia) Abu Qir or AbukirAbukirboth: ăˌb&oomacr;kērˈ, əb&oomacr;ˈkər [key], village, N Egypt, on a promontory in the Nile River delta. Admiral Horatio Nelson's victory over the French…