With the emir were the Crown Prince and defense minister, Sheik. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
‘Scherirah,’ continued Alroy, ‘this noble emir is your charge. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 18 - Part VII] Reference
He is now said to be, according to U.S. forces, the so-called emir of Baghdad. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 14, 2005] Reference
Al Qaeda was now glad to claim credit for Zarqawi, who was dubbed an "emir," or prince. From Wordnik.com. [Death of a Terrorist] Reference
Bin Laden responded by anointing him "emir" of Al Qaeda in Iraq, and lavishly praising his newfound protege. From Wordnik.com. [Terror For Export] Reference
The bearded man, speaking in American-accented English, said that he was the "emir" (director) of the facility. From Wordnik.com. [Joanne Mariner: The CIA's "Disappeared"] Reference
Iraq: Al-Qaeda's beheading 'emir' captured, say reports. From Wordnik.com. [The Jawa Report] Reference
Chechen rebel warlord and self-styled "emir" of Russia's seething North. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Turkey, Georgia, UAE financed Caucasus rebels: Russian TV] Reference
"In a private residence in Michurin village in Grozny a so called emir of Gudermes. From Wordnik.com. [RIA Novosti] Reference
Magomedov, 29, who named himself "emir" of anti-Russian fighters in the Dagestan area. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Turkey, Georgia, UAE financed Caucasus rebels: Russian TV] Reference
Doku Umarov, the "emir" of a self-declared Islamist state encompassing the North Caucasus. From Wordnik.com. [NY Post: News] Reference
The insurrection's leader, Doku Umarov, proclaims himself an "emir," an Islamic military leader. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference
She fled her home a few weeks later to marry Magomedov, 29, who named himself "emir" of anti-Russian fighters in the Dagestan area. From Wordnik.com. [Bossip] Reference
It turns out that al Qaeda's "emir" in Britain, "Sheikh Umar Rabie al-Khalaila", is a guy in his early 20s from the Manchester area. From Wordnik.com. [The Jawa Report] Reference
"emir" of anti-Russian fighters in the Dagestan area. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Turkey, Georgia, UAE financed Caucasus rebels: Russian TV] Reference
But the emir, who was schooled in England, disagrees. From Wordnik.com. [Front Lines: The Unveiling] Reference
Of its 45 members, 30 are elected and 15 appointed by the emir. From Wordnik.com. [Front Lines: The Unveiling] Reference
Based on experience, the emir assumed Saddam could be placated with money. From Wordnik.com. [Schwarzkopf] Reference
But the emir overruled them and ordered the troops back to their garrisons. From Wordnik.com. [Schwarzkopf] Reference
The emir, she says, "is clever enough to anticipate the needs of his people.". From Wordnik.com. [Hillary Clinton, Stand Back] Reference
Politically, it's passive: the emir is popular, and there is no history of dissent. From Wordnik.com. [Will Tiny Emirates Pave The Way?] Reference
The emir goofed when he sent a similar letter to other nations, inviting them to sign up. From Wordnik.com. [War Path] Reference
The Kuwaiti resistance will insist on reviving the Parliament the emir shut down in 1986. From Wordnik.com. [More Than A Madman] Reference
"This is what the emir wants, and we trust him," she explained through an Arabic translator. From Wordnik.com. [Front Lines: The Unveiling] Reference
The emir will come under intense pressure to fulfill a 29-year-old promise of democratic reform. From Wordnik.com. [The Blunderer From Baghdad] Reference
"The commanders said he was a great emir, who was fighting for freedom for Muslims around the world.". From Wordnik.com. [The Jihad Next Door] Reference
This is only the third time Qataris have voted at all since the emir decided to open things up in 1999. From Wordnik.com. [Front Lines: The Unveiling] Reference
If Al Maki, for example, doesn't win by popular vote, then the emir might appoint her or another woman. From Wordnik.com. [Front Lines: The Unveiling] Reference
The emir of Afghanistan (Raad Rawi) playfully carves up a map of Scotland – it is triumphantly absurd. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Game: Afghanistan] Reference
The union between the gazelle-like Sheikha Mozah and the burly 53-year-old emir is not a traditional Gulf marriage. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary Clinton, Stand Back] Reference
Washington wrote a letter for the Kuwaiti emir to sign, in which he asked the United States to help him by blockading Iraq. From Wordnik.com. [War Path] Reference
Nearby sat the event's principal architect, Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser Al Missned, the second wife of the emir, out of three. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary Clinton, Stand Back] Reference
Bashir served as emir of Jemaah Islamiya, then Southeast Asia's largest and most lethal jihadist organization, from 1999 to 2002. From Wordnik.com. [Changing Convictions on Bashir] Reference
The ruling emir has pushed for women's political rights for years; ironically, the democratically elected legislature has thwarted him. From Wordnik.com. [Equality, of a Sort] Reference
Its citizens enjoy free speech (as long as they don't insult their emir, naturally) and boast a Parliament that can actually pass laws. From Wordnik.com. [Equality, of a Sort] Reference
Years later Kuwait's emir declined to sign al-Ghazali's death warrant and commuted the sentences of four of the six convicted plotters. From Wordnik.com. [Saddam’s Files] Reference
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