... al-Qaida fighters. But al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden vouched for al-Baghdadi in a 2007 audio tape in which he said "Emir Abu Omar would rather have his neck severed than betray the Muslims." Even if al-Baghdadi does exist, it was unclear what ...

... Afghanistan and Pakistan, where fighting has been on the rise. A U.S. statement said Abu Qaswarah became the movement's emir, or chief, for northern Iraq in June 2007 and served as second-in-command of al-Qaida in Iraq behind the group's shadowy ...

... stumped by the names of foreign leaders has, as president, huddled with 19 presidents, chancellors, prime ministers and emirs to plot an international response to the Sept. 11 attacks. For the crisis-stunned president who, in the early hours of ...

... of his brother's secret contacts with prior Israeli governments. Equally uneasy are the Saudi monarchy and lesser kings, emirs, sheiks and sultans in the Arab oil-producing world. They will be watching anxiously to see whether Hussein's death spells ...

... alliance, was not attended by four Gulf leaders and was overshadowed by threats of a U.S.-led attack on Baghdad. Qatari emir Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani opened the summit in Doha with Sultan Qaboos of Oman, the only other leader at the annual meeting ...

... but they are not Arabs. With the Qatari emir at his side, Powell added at a news conference ... Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, the Qatari emir, pledged his country's unqualified backing ... in the efforts to combat terror," the emir said in Arabic. Powell sought again to ...

... behind oil-rich Abu Dhabi and the trading center of Dubai. The emir, or ruler, of Sharjah - "His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin ... removed from democracy as Americans might assume because the emir has "the respect of the people" and they grant him his authority ...

... of information about the terrorist leader known variously as Osama bin Muhammad bin Laden, Usama bin Laden, the Prince, the Emir, Abu Abdallah, Mujahid Shaykh, Hajj, the Director, the Contractor, and still more names. "The fact we haven't been ...

... sub-Saharan Africa. Education of Africa's young and women, he said, "must enlighten the new millennium." Qatar's emir, Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, opened the summit's second day by urging the United Nations to get more involved in Mideast ...

... of Conway, driver of a 1989 Pontiac Grand Prix; Edna Jolivette, 41, of Conway, driver of a 1992 Buick Park Avenue; and Emir H. Henthorn, 71, of Lincoln City, Ore., driver of a 1998 Isuzu truck, were all southbound on Harkrider Street when the ...