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...many as 200 people in Tripoli and north Lebanon were rounded up by Lebanese authorities last month and accused of ties to al-Qaeda, stockpiling weapons and planning attacks. "They were all innocent people," says Sheikh Ibrahim Salih, a prominent Salafist cleric in Tripoli. "They [the government] want to keep the Sunni street under control and to convince the Americans they are fighting terrorism...
Conventional wisdom might ask: After being the class of the conference the past three season, why wouldn’t Penn be the favorite to win again? Three reasons—Steve Danley, Ibrahim Jaaber, and Mark Zoller. All three were starters on the past three league champions, the latter duo emerging as the top two players in the Ivies this past season. Unfortunately for the Quakers—but fortunately for everyone else in the league—those three have played their final basketball games in Penn uniforms...
...stayed in Iraq while Saddam was in power. First there was the U.S.-backed Ayad Allawi, who was widely perceived among Iraqis as a CIA patsy and whose defense minister oversaw the disappearance of more than $1 billion during his eight-month tenure. Then the earnest but lackluster Ibrahim al Jaafari who managed to bring Sunnis into the constitutional debate but stood by as sectarian militias infiltrated the police force. Now Nouri al-Malaki faces pressure to defang his most significant political backer, Moqtada al Sadr...
...will mark the 37th time in the past 39 years that either Princeton or Penn has earned the Ivy League’s automatic berth to the NCAA tournament. This year’s Penn team just might be in position to make something of its invitation, too. Seniors Ibrahim Jaaber and Mark Zoller, the mighty Quakers who have terrorized the rest of the league over their four-year tenure in Philadelphia, bring the oft-hailed tournament experience to the Big Dance...
...shot over 50 percent—12 of 23—from behind the arc and forced 21 Crimson turnovers in the victory. Offensive stalwart Mark Zoller led Penn with 21 points, including three three-pointers, and six of Penn’s 22 assists. Senior guard Ibrahim Jaaber added 19 points and two steals. “I believe that Zoller and Jaaber are 1-2 for [Ivy League] Player of the Year,” Harvard coach Frank Sullivan said. “They are 1 and 2 in the league in terms of talent level...