Word: zaid
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...Pakistani in his mid-20s, Abu Zaid (his nom de guerre), gave up a chance to study medicine in the U.S. to the dismay of his parents. Instead, he enrolled in an Islamic militant training camp in the mountains northeast of Islamabad. There he learned how to handle a gun and explosives instead of a stethoscope. "We are not fanatics," he insists in a soft, earnest voice, "but we believe it's better to sacrifice ourselves than live in an unjust world." But where is the justice in indiscriminately killing thousands of office workers, firefighters and airline passengers - Christians, Jews...
...jurisdiction. Since then, however, the law has been changed to allow suits against certain states, including Libya. While they have been on hold pending the outcome of the Scottish criminal case, they are likely to get some impetus from the guilty ruling. According to plaintiff's lawyer Mark Zaid, $1 billion in Libyan assets are frozen in the U.S. and could be seized in case of a judgment; the plaintiffs are demanding far more than that...