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...including those against imprisoned Iranian Jews and slavery in Mauritania MTV 1, by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, against rapper Eminem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Worlds Collide | 9/18/2000 | See Source »

...next move may be the Diallos'. In the fictional life he created to persuade immigration officers to let him stay in America, Amadou Diallo claimed he was a refugee from "ethnic cleansing" in the West African nation of Mauritania, that soldiers had tortured his uncle to death, that they had murdered his parents. Now, his parents, alive, have come back to seek justice for their dead son. After some squabbling, they have settled on how they will administer Amadou's estate. It could be worth a lot, especially if a civil suit against the police department succeeds. It will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New York: Black and Blue | 3/6/2000 | See Source »

...good bet for finding the brains behind the bomb plot, investigators believe, may be a third man Canadian authorities were watching: Slahi. Born in Mauritania, he moved to Montreal last fall from Germany. U.S. officials found he had been in contact with Haouari. When his name was run through the databases, it turned out he was the brother-in-law of one of bin Laden's closest associates, a man cryptically known as "the Mauritanian." Washington experts say that man is a member of bin Laden's Shura, or advisory council, and there are indications that he may know something...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bin Laden's Boys? | 2/7/2000 | See Source »

...found out before things went wrong again. Slahi, aware he was under surveillance, fled to a Montreal mosque, where the Canadians lost him. U.S. intelligence officers tracked him to Senegal, but before a team could be dispatched to interview him, he was let go. He is being detained in Mauritania, but U.S. officials are worried that they will be denied access...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bin Laden's Boys? | 2/7/2000 | See Source »

...foot-6 and weighed 150 lbs. And about his supposed resemblance to a sexual predator suspected of raping more than 50 women. And the fact that Diallo, who hailed from the African nation of Guinea, lied on his application for political asylum, falsely claiming he was fleeing persecution in Mauritania. Then if all else fails, lash out at Sharpton and the busload of semi-professional protesters he imports from New York City each day to chant "No justice, no peace! No justice, no peace!" in the park across the street from the courthouse. Harp on everything except this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: At Diallo Trial, a Mother's Burdensome Vigil | 2/7/2000 | See Source »

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