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William Boykin, 2004 News
U.S. Army general, violated military rules when he spoke in uniform at churches and before religious groups, portraying the war on terror in religious terms. He called the God of Islam “an…John Walker Lindh, 2002 News
20, American Taliban soldier, reached a deal with U.S. prosecutors in July in which he avoided a life sentence by pleading guilty to serving in the Taliban's army. In exchange, the…Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen), 2003 News
Palestinian politician, was named prime minister in March by President Yasir Arafat. Palestinian reformists lauded the appointment, while the militant groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad said…King Hamad Al Khalifa
Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa is the latest head of the family that since 1783 has ruled the country of Bahrain, an archipelago of 30 islands tucked in a gulf between Saudia Arabia and Qatar. King Hamad,…Pervez Musharraf, 2001 News
Pakistani general, declared himself president and formal head of state in June, less than a month before a summit meeting in India with Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee. He promptly…John Walker
Name at birth: John Philip Walker LindhRaised in suburban Washington, D. C. and central California, John Walker was captured in Afghanistan in November of 2001, calling himself Abdul Hamid and…Jonah
Jonah is the reluctant biblical prophet whose story appears in the book named for him. The short, fast-moving story opens with God instructing Jonah to go east from Israel to Assyria to "cry out"…Mauritania Department of State Background
U.S. Department of State Background Note Mauritania Index: History Government and Political Conditions U.S.-Mauritanian Relations HISTORYFrom the 3rd to 7th centuries, the migration of Berber…Imad Mugniyah Biography
Hezbollah terroristDied: February 12, 2008 (Damascus, Syria) Best Known as: one of America's most wanted terrorists Mugniyah was one of the world's most…Russian Roulette
1999 News of the World Russian President Boris Yeltsin's increasingly erratic behavior led to his appointment of three different prime ministers in 1999. After sacking Yevgeny Primakov in May…Trending
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