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"It is pity to learn that the president of Somalia is masterminding the overthrow of the regime," says Ahmed Abdi "Yasir", a Somali living in the northern Kakuma refugee camp with thousands of others.
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Of course, Mr. Dundee says nothing about the accession to office of Yasir Arafart, a notorious terrorist, whose crimes greatly surpass anything done by Mr. Begin and Mr. Shamir.
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Two days after Mission College student Yasir Afifi found a surveillance-tracking device on his car, the twenty year old Arab-American student was confronted by six FBI agents and police officers -- who asked for the pricey gadget back.
Student's Car Secretly Tracked For More Than 3 Months The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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INTERVIEW WITH HISTORY, Oriana Fallaci: I never made good on my teen fantasy of having an affair with the diminutive hellraiser, but I did the next best thing and spent a lot of quality time with this collection of interviews, in which Fallaci made Yasir Arafat, Henry Kissinger and the Shah of Iran (among others) deeply and profoundly regret the day they opened their doors to her.
Fifteen books that given the way my life has turned out I probably shouldn't have read 2009
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His candidacy was much more impressive than that of the assorted terrorists (e.g. Yasir Arafat and Sean MacBride)
The Volokh Conspiracy » “Obama Effect” Spurs Record Number of Nobel Peace Prize Nominations 2010
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Further discussion has appeared in the obscure publication the New York Times, in a 2002 op-ed by the little-known political figure Yasir Arafat:
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Beginning in May 1995, Yasir Arafat, having entered into negotiations with Israel, took to defending himself before Arab audiences by alluding cryptically to the treaty of Hudaybiyah, signed by the Prophet Muhammad in 628 C.E. Dusting off their history books, American commentators mostly concluded that, in invoking an agreement signed but then subsequently broken by Muhammad when circumstances changed, Arafat was signaling that he, too, did not really mean to keep his pledge.
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On Sunday, SPLM-N Secretary-General Yasir Arman said Sudan's ruling National Congress Party NCP "has banned the SPLM as a political party and arrested many civilian leaders of the SPLM."
More fighting in Sudan border area, key town quiet Reuters 2011
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"Most people, including me, initially thought Pakistan was fighting a U.S. war," said 26-year-old Yasir Ali, who saw the show for the first time this month.
Pakistan's Army Is Ready for Its Close-Up Tom Wright 2011
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His candidacy was much more impressive than that of the assorted terrorists (e.g. Yasir Arafat and Sean MacBride) and totalitarian oppressors (Le Duc Tho) who have won the award previously.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “Obama Effect” Spurs Record Number of Nobel Peace Prize Nominations 2010
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