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- Nov 07, 2020
Abu Quotes
A name that shows up in very different stories.
These Abu quotes include a personal memory of growing up partly in Abu Dhabi alongside stops in Greece and Kuwait. See our After quotes for related reflections.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
The face of terrorism in Iraq is dead. Abu Musab al Zarqawi brutalized, tortured, and killed thousands of innocent people, forcing Iraqis to live in fear. The Iraqi people finally had enough, and gave up his whereabouts to the Iraqi security forces.
- Good News
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- Nov 07, 2020
The elimination of the barbaric terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is good news for the world.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
4Shbab has been dubbed Islamic MTV. Its creator, who is an Egyptian TV producer called Ahmed Abu Haiba, wants young people to be inspired by Islam to lead better lives. He reckons the best way to get that message across is to use the enormously popular medium of music videos. 4Shbab was set up as an alternative to existing Arab music channels.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 2005, the last year of his life, Ahmad Abu Adass was 22 and still living with his parents in Beirut, Lebanon. He was kind and liked people, his friends later told investigators, but none of them thought he was very sophisticated.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
In October 2008, American commandos launched a cross-border raid into Syria to capture an Islamic militant known as Abu Ghadiya. He was accused of being one of al Qaeda in Iraq's main smugglers of fighters and money between Iraq and Syria.
- Avoid
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whether or not Americans supported George W. Bush, they could not avoid learning about Abu Ghraib.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
I truly believe Abu Dhabi is one of the world's best film locations, and I can't wait to come back.
- High Level
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't know anyone at the highest levels who approved Abu Ghraib. If President Barack Obama for a moment thought that somebody at a high level had approved it, he would go after them.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
The rise of ISIS starts with a Jordanian thug named Abu Musab al-Zarqawi who founded ISIS' parent organization, al Qaeda, in Iraq. What gave Zarqawi the opportunity to create al Qaeda in Iraq? It was, of course, George W. Bush's decision to invade Iraq in 2003.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am encouraged by the news today that United States special operations personnel found, identified and killed the terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the operational commander of the al-Qaeda led insurgency in Iraq. Al-Zarqawi was the public face of the insurgency.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
Dubai has got very little oil; it is Abu Dhabi that has got the oil. Dubai has very small resources, and it is running out, so the government's plan has been to relieve Dubai of any dependency on oil at all by 2010.
- Clear
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- Nov 07, 2020
Regrettably, it has become clear that torture of detainees in United States custody is not limited to Abu Ghraib or even Iraq. Since Abu Ghraib, there have been increasing reports of torture.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The actions we took in the aftermath of 9/11 were harsh but necessary and effective. These steps were fully sanctioned and carefully followed. The detention and interrogation of top terrorists like Abu Zubaydah, Khalid Sheikh Muhammed and Abu Faraj al-Libbi yielded breakthroughs which have kept this country safe.
- Ghraib
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- Nov 07, 2020