Arab League
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- Secretary General Amr Mussa
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Egypt
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- President Hosny Mubarak (wife Susan)
- Adviser Osama al-Baz
- Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif
- Newspapers: al-Ahram
- al-Akhbar
- al-Gomhuriya
- al-Gamaa al-Islamiya: Islamic Group
- Sharm el-Sheikh resort
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Iraq
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- former president Saddam Hussein (2nd ref: Saddam)
- Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
- Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani
- Moqtada al-Sadr and al-Mahdi Army
- Daawa Party
- Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution of Iraq (SCIRI)
- Association of Moslem Scholars (AMS)
- Shura Council or Sunni Ulema Council
- al-Iraqiya state television
Places
Please omit al- or an- prefix from place names. As a rule of thumb, place
names ending on vowel "a" are spelt -ah NOT -a, exceptions established
by long usage now are: Basra (NOT Basrah) and Baquba (NOT Baqubah)
- Abu Ghraib
- Amarah
- Arbil, NOT Erbil
- Babil (modern name for central province near ancient
city of Babylon)
- Babylon (ancient town, south of Baghdad, in province
of Babil)
- Baghdad NOT Bagdad
- Baquba NOT Bakuba or Ba'qubah (U.S. Army)
- Basra (NOT Basrah)
- Bayji (NOT Bedji)
- Diwaniyah
- Diyala
- Dujail
- Euphrates (river)
- Fallujah
- Habbiniyah (town west of Baghdad)
- Hadithah
- Halabja (Kurdish town in northern Iraq, where 5,000 were
killed in attack with nerve gas by Saddam Hussein's forces. killing
5,000)
- Hillah
- Iskandariya
- Jadriya (wealth Baghdad district) NOT El Dschadriya
- Karbala (NOT Kerbala, NOT Kerbela) holy city for Shiite
Muslims
- Kazimiyah
- Khalidiyah
- Khanaqin
- Kirkuk
- Kufa
- Kut
- Latifiya
- Mahmudiya
- Maysan NOT Mesan (southern province)
- Mosul
- Muqdadiyah
- Muthanna (southern province)
- Najaf (holy city for Shiite Muslims)
- Nasiriyah (southern town and river crossing, centre of
fighting during U.S.-led war)
- Qadisiyah (central province)
- Qa'im
- Qarada NOT Karrade (tough Baghdad district)
- Ramadi (city west of Baghdad)
- Rashid (Baghdad district)
- Salahaddin (province)
- Salhiya (Baghdad district where museum is)
- Samarra
- Saqlawiya
- Sulaymanyah (capital of Kurdish regional government)
- Suq as Shuyukh (southern town, near Basra)
- Talafar
- Tikrit (Saddam's home town and power base)
- Youssefiya (Baghdad suburb)
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Jordan
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- King Abdullah II, second reference "Abdullah"
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Lebanon
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- President Emile Lahoud
- Prime Minister Fouad Seniora NOT al-Seniora
- Hezbollah (party of God)
- Islamic Jihad (holy war)
- Christian General Michel Aoun and The Patriotic Front
- Druze - Progressive Socialist Party (PSP)
- Falangist
- Saad Hariri and the Future Current movement
- an-Nahar
- as-Safir
- Walid Jumblatt and The Democratic Front
- Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah
- National Syrian Socialist Party (NSSP)
Places
- Ain el-Hilweh
- Bekaa
- Borj Brajneh
- Chatila
- Miyeh Miyeh
- Rashidiyeh
- Shebaa Farms
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Libya
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- President Moamer Gaddafi
- convicted Lockerbie defendant Abdel-Basit al-Mikrahi
(second reference al-Mikrahi)
- acquitted Lockerbie defendant al-Amin Khalifa Fhimah
(second reference Khalifa)
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Palestinian Authority
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Organizations and People
- Palestinian Authority (PA), not "Palestinian National
Authority"
- Palestine Liberation Organization
- Palestinian Legislative Council, Palestinian parliament
- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, not "Chairman or
Leader"
- Hanan Ashrawi
Groups
- Fatah
- Hamas
- Islamic Jihad
- Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
- al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades
Media
- al-Quds
- al-Hayat al-Jadida (daily)
Places
- Ramallah
- Nablus
- Jenin
- Kalkilya
- Tulkarm
- Jericho
- Bethlehem
- Hebron
- Rafah
- Khan Younis
- al-Bureij
- Dir al-Balah
- Hebron
- Bethlehem
- Beit Jalla
- Beit Sahur
- Beit Hanoun
- Jabalya refugee camp
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Saudi Arabia
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- King Abdullah, second reference Abdullah
- Defence Minister Prince Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz
- Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal (2nd ref: Saud)
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Sudan
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- President Omar Beshir
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Syria
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- President Bashar al-Assad
- former vice-president Abdel-Halim Khaddam
- Foreign Minister Faruk al-Sharaa
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Tunisia
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- President Zine al-Abidine Ben-Ali (2nd ref: Ben-Ali)
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United Arab Emirates
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- President Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan
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Western Sahara
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- "Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR)": "President"
Mohammed Abdul-Aziz Polisario Front
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Yemen
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- President Ali Saleh
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