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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Al Jawf, Saudi Arabia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		it is the capital of Al Jawf Province.
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	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Al_Jawf%2C-Saudi-Arabia (701 words)

	Discount Flight to Ar Riyad, Find Ar Riyad Tickets
		jawf, al madinah, al qasim,, ash sharqiyah (eastern province), 'asir,.
		in fact the saudi daily al riyad very recently reported on iranian threats on qatar.
		shamaliyah, jawf, madinah, qasim,, ash sharqiyah ([ astern province ].
	www.cheap-tickets-flights.com /ar-riyad.html (1028 words)

	Al-Jawf Air Base
		The northern province of al-Jawf is one of 14 emirates, the primary Administrative Regions of the country.
		Al Jawf [Al-Jouf, Jowf variants) was formed with the 1993 union of Al Qurayyat and Al Jawf regions.
		The airport in Al Jawf, which also hosts a military air base, was the second to be shut in as many weeks.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/gulf/al-jawf.htm (262 words)

	AL JAWF REGION
		Al Jawf is the frontier province of northern Saudi Arabia.
		The oasis town of Al Jawf is now known by its former name of Domat Al Jandal, (literally, “Domat of the Stones”), the Dumah as mentioned in the Old Testament and was referred to as Adumatu by the Assyrians of around 500 BC.
		The east west traders would carry Frankincense from the Sultanate of Oman and other exotic goods brought from India and the Far East, unloaded at the gulf ports and transported overland by camel train to the Gulf of Aqaba, the ancient city of Petra and north to the eastern shores of the Mediterranean.
	www.angelfire.com /ar3/jawf-ksa/al_jawf_region.htm (484 words)

	Kidnappings in Yemen since 1996
		He was abducted by the Al Ali bin Falah branch of the Jahm tribe, demanding the release of six tribesmen who were jailed and sentenced to amputation of hands and feet for kidnapping Faisal Muthanna Omar, head of the Supreme Court committee.
		Initial reports said the kidnappers were from the Jahm (Al Za'id) tribe, but the Yemen Times later said the Dhu Junah branch of the Murad tribe were responsible.
		The kidnappers were demanding the death penalty for three men from another tribe who were convicted of raping a 13-year-old al-Hada boy (instead of the actual sentence of 100 lashes and 5-10 years in prison).
	www.al-bab.com /yemen/data/kidnap.htm (3531 words)

	Jizan Province (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Jizan is a province of Saudi Arabia, located along the southern Red Sea coast, just north of Yemen.
		Geographically, most of the region is a low plain forming part of the Great Rift Valley and until the escarpment of the 'Asir mountains is reached, practically featureless.
		The climate of Jizan Province is the hottest in the world: the region is an extension of the Tihama region of Yemen.
	www.tocatch.info /en/Jizan_Province.htm (224 words)

	General Information About Yemen
		The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is situated in the north of Yemen, in the south the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean, in the west -the Red Sea.
		The area of the Republic of yemen is 555000 Km2 (excluding the Ruba al -Khali).
		It is formed from hill rocks and water slopes to it from the mountainous areas, and its edges are interweaved to the Ruba al-Khali from the north side.
	geocities.com /TheTropics/6552/about.htm (708 words)

	CBSNews.com: Print This Story
		Al-Dandani, a member of Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda terror network, was being pursued for his alleged involvement in the suicide bombings of Westerners' housing compounds in Riyadh on May 12, which killed 25 people as well as nine attackers.
		The kingdom is the birthplace of al Qaeda leader bin Laden, and home to 15 of the 19 hijackers who took part in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.
		The interior minister said last month that he thought al Qaeda was involved in the Riyadh suicide bombings, in which nine assailants blew up vehicles at housing compounds for expatriates.
	uttm.com /stories/2003/06/26/world/printable560618.shtml (590 words)

	GN Online: Yemeni killed in tribal attack
		Shiekh Al Shaif, chief of the Bakil tribe, the second largest tribe in Yemen, told reporters after the attack that Al Qaida was behind the assault.
		However, officials ruled out Al Qaida was behind the attack, saying that it was only an act of revenge act between the Al Shaif tribe and another from Barat district.
		Tribal sources told Gulf News that the supporters of Shiekh Al Shaif were blockading the tribe of Al Ashabi in Barat district, the tribe of the attackers.
	www.gulf-news.com /Articles/print.asp?ArticleID=67086 (335 words)

	info: Provinces_of_Saudi_Arabia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Saudi Arabia is divided into 13 provinces (mintaqat, singular - mintaqah).
		Provinces Main article: Provinces of Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia is divided into 13 provinces (mintaqat, singular - mintaqah).
		Na'if bin Abd Al-Aziz - Minister of Interior and responsible for the 13 provinces of Saudi Arabia Turki bin Abd Al-Aziz - Deputy Commander of the National Guard The Sudairi Seven are the heart of the...
	www.info-assicurazione.com /Provinces_of_Saudi_Arabia.html (680 words)

	al-Jawf -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		It is bordered by the manat (provinces) of al-Hudud ash-Shamaliyah to the northeast, al-Jawf to the east, and Tabuk to the south, and by Jordan on the north.
		Perhaps the best-known gangster of all time, Al “Scarface” Capone was the most powerful mob boss of his era.
		He dominated organized crime in the Chicago area from 1925 until 1931, when he was imprisoned for federal income tax evasion.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9043445 (756 words)

	DCP: 30 degrees north, 39 degrees east
		As well, there were fields of olive trees, which the al-Jawf province has grown for thousands of years, and a lot of new plantings in straight lines over the sandy hills.
		We refuelled at the small agricultural town of Mayqū`, which as the only town of any size for a long way is the centre for the local farms, Bedouin camel and goat herders, as well as the many long distance trucks.
		This town, and most of the fertile area in al-Jawf province, lies at the bottom end of Wādiy al-Sirḥan which is an extensive 20 km wide valley stretching 380 km down from Jordan, which was an important trade route during the Nabatean period at the end of the 1
	www.confluence.org /confluence.php?id=7632 (885 words)

	It's Happening Global Discussion Forum - Yemen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Unlike his colleagues, Supreme Court Judge Hammoud Al Hitar, who is also a senior cleric, wasn't concerned about being labelled a US agent for cajoling the radicals into repenting and pursuing a more moderate religious path.
		Abdul-Karim Al Iryani, a former prime minister who is an adviser to the president, said that in many cases poverty was the reason the men joined Al Qaida.
		Four people were killed and six others were injured in A'ns district, Dhamar province, when a man opened fire on worshipers inside the mosque while they performed Friday prayer at 1:00 PM local time, the Yemeni ministry of interior said Saturday.
	www.itshappening.com /showthread.php?t=10785&page=5&pp=15 (5734 words)

	The main tourist regions in Yemen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		It is the historical capital of the Yemen Republic, and is situated at the center of the Yemeni plateau being between two mountains at Sana'a Basin.
		Shabwa Province: it was once the capital of Hadramout State, and a very important commercial location for the Shebaen kingdom during the first century BC Its prosperity rose more and more due to the inscence and Arabic gums trade.
		The whole region is known to be one of the main roots of Yemen's civilization rich for its historical heritage, and in particular, the architectural art of which the province acquired its fame.
	www.yemeninfo.gov.ye /ENGLISH/CULTURE/Tregions.htm (4990 words)

	PoliticalPosts.com Political News and Editorials (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		In a country where weapons reportedly are common and the people increasingly hostile to the West, and with the knowledge that Al Qaeda cells are operating here, there is widespread fear that a U.S. invasion of Iraq would spark an outbreak of terrorist strikes.
		"Al Qaeda has the ability to commit spectacular acts here," said a Western security expert with close ties to international intelligence agencies and years of experience in the Middle East.
		Authorities can't say for sure how extensive Al Qaeda's reach is in Saudi Arabia or the region, but government officials, diplomats and security experts have said the terrorist network has active members here and in other Persian Gulf nations.
	www.politicalposts.com /news/index.asp?id=171839 (1953 words)

	Gallery of Guns - Shooting Times - News Center
		Dar Al Salaam (The House of Peace), which was established in 1997 to fight for gun control--has put up billboards calling on the people to stop carrying guns and using weapons for revenge attacks.
		Early last December, a clash between two tribes in the Al Jawf province northeast of Sana'a erupted, leaving 28 dead and 33 wounded.
		Analysts point to the absence of any regulation of the sale of weapons as one of the reasons the rebel group was able to arm itself and create a fortress that was not easy to defeat.
	www.galleryofguns.com /NRA/shootingTimes/articles/displayarticles.asp?id=6837 (1196 words)

	CNN.com - Saudis: Key Riyadh suspect dead - Jul. 3, 2003
		The incident occurred in the northern province of al-Jawf, 900 km (560 miles) north of the capital Riyadh and about 160 km from the border with Iraq and Jordan.
		That discovery, said the official, may have been a final straw of sorts for Saudi religious leaders, who denounced the plot for its double hypocrisy in allegedly plotting a terror attack in Mecca and in waging a holy war against infidels using Islam's holiest book.
		U.S. and Saudi officials have blamed the Riyadh attacks on the al Qaeda terror network, which has also been blamed for the September 11, 2001, attacks in the United States and the bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen in 2000 that killed 17 American sailors.
	www.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/meast/07/03/riyadh.bombing.suspect (566 words)

	No attention paid by health officials - Epidemics kill dozens of children - front - Yemen Times
		Locals in Al-Jawf province, 520 km northeast of Sana’a, told media that two children died from xerosis symptoms while media reported 15 child deaths last Sunday and Monday from cholera.
		Some media outlets mentioned that the polio campaign encountered problems convincing Dhamar province locals to vaccinate their children for the second consecutive year.
		Some Dhamar residents stopped vaccinating their children because of a fatwa by a Wahabi Sheikh who advocated boycotting vaccination since it is unclean and comes from the West.
	yementimes.com /article.shtml?i=917&p=front&a=1 (801 words)

	Regnum Crucis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Al Miqrin recently returned to Saudi Arabia and is believed to have established a terrorist training camp in a remote area of west-central Saudi Arabia.
		Al Gore endorsing Dean — Gore just stabbed Lieberman in the back, IMO, since back in the 2000 election Joe was the guy that he thought of as being fit to replace him if he was killed after they won the presidency.
		Iran is an ideal transit station for Al Qaeda because it borders Afghanistan and Pakistan to its west and Iraq and Turkey to its east.
	regnumcrucis.blogspot.com /2003_12_07_regnumcrucis_archive.html (13419 words)

	Daily Alert - April 9, 2003
		At least 14 al Qaeda members are said to be in Mexico, working with Mexican organized crime groups and attempting to infiltrate into the U.S. to conduct attacks.
		Additionally, intelligence officials said captured al Qaeda operations chief Khalid Shaikh Mohammed recently told U.S. officials that al Qaeda was planning to carry out a firebombing attack on Washington's Metrorail.
		The Saudi royal family's close alliance with the U.S. is the main factor behind an upsurge in support for an emerging jihad movement in the country.
	www.dailyalert.org /archive/2003-04/2003-04-09.html (1810 words)

	International Crisis Group - Conflict prevention and resolution
		Clashes between security forces and Zaidi rebels continued in northern province of Saada with at least 16 rebels and 10 police killed.
		At least 25 killed in inter-tribal fighting Al-Jawf province eastern Yemen 2-3 December.
		One killed in further clash Zamar province southern Yemen 15 December.
	www.crisisgroup.org /home/index.cfm?action=cw_search&l=1&t=1&cw_country=117&cw_date= (2443 words)

	Dar Al Hayat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Sources confirmed to Al-Hayat that the Saudi authorities had delivered the four captives the previous day to Sanaa airport; two were convicted of participating in the detonation of the Limburg, the French tanker that was facing the Hadramout coast at the end of last year.
		These two men held the Saudi nationality, and had been arrested in one of the tribal areas in Al Jawf province, after a search operation that had lasted two months.
		Sources from the local authority in Al Jawf province (North of Sanaa) told Al-Hayat that it had no information regarding the delivery of the suspects.
	english.daralhayat.com /arab_news/08-2003/Article-20030819-19642056-c0a8-01ed-0021-f370ba80d840/story.html (226 words)

	Yemeni Election Official Among 3 Killed
		Muslih Sharian, head of the supervisory election committee of Al-Jawf, was shot dead in an attack on a newly established electoral office in the province, about 170 kilometers east of the capital Sanaa, officials said.
		The ruling General People’s Congress candidate for the council of Al-Jawf Province was killed in the clash as well as the head of the local election committee.
		Eight other people were injured in the confrontation in the province.
	www.arabnews.com /?page=4§ion=0&article=76925&d=26&m=8&y=2006 (373 words)

	Al-JAWF: Land of mosques and temples - Yemen Times
		Outstanding are the villages of Al- Marashi, Rajouza and Souq Al-Anan.
		The houses of Souq Al- Anan are colorfully decorated on the outside, with ornamental decorations around the windows as well as white gypsum motifs.
		It is to the south of AL-Khalak province, about 5 kilometers to the west of the main paved road that links AL-Jawf governorate to Sana’a, the capital, and governorate of Mareb.
	www.yementimes.com /article.shtml?i=896&p=lastpage&a=1 (711 words)

	Stratfor: The Mysteries of Saudi Troop Deployments [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]
		Unconfirmed rumors surfaced last year that Osama bin Laden and his supporters were using the mountainous deserts of Wadi Rum, south of the ancient Jordanian city of Petra, as sanctuary.
		Riyadh's unwillingness to cooperate in the hunt for al Qaeda and the number of Saudis allegedly involved in the Sept. 11 attacks have strained relations between the United States and Saudi Arabia.
		In the northern city of Sakakah -- in the Al-Jawf province mentioned by bin Laden -- there were conflicting reports of a protest numbering either 300 or 3,000, during which rioters threw stones at police and security forces were forced to use tear gas to restore calm.
	www.mail-archive.com /antinato@topica.com/msg05903.html (1148 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| A skirmish at sea
		The governor of Yemen's northern Al-Jawf province was shot and wounded Tuesday as tribesmen fired at a government convoy which was also carrying two ministers about 100 kilometres north of Sanaa.
		Sporadic fighting between tribesmen and Yemeni security forces was reported in the oil-rich provinces of Mareb and Al-Jawf following the government's decision to increase prices on 19 June.
		Government reinforcements were sent to the two provinces last week after oil pipelines were blown up by tribesmen.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /1998/387/re8.htm (975 words)

	Expert: keep Yemeni mummies buried - Yemen Times
		One of the leather-shrouded mummies found recently in Al-Jawf province.
		“They came from Al-Jawf province,” museum officer Muhammad Al-Sayani said, pointing to the two mummies, “however, we don’t know from which part of Al-Jawf.
		Abdullah led an expedition that discovered a group of mummies in Sana’a province’s Shibam Al-Gharas in the 1980s.
	yementimes.com /article.shtml?i=922&p=culture&a=1 (481 words)

	Business Middle East - EIU Online Store (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		In 2004 the Al Salam bank was established, with the UAE-based Amlak Finance as one of its founders.
		Al Salam subsequently raised US$31m in an IPO in Dubai.
		Al Areen Holding Company has selected Banyan Tree Hotels and Resorts to manage the Al Areen Resort and Spa in the company’s US$750m mixed-use development outside of Manama.
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	AhlulBayt Discussion Forum -> Mumar Ghadhafi was right
		Resentment at corruption and ostentatious displays of wealth by members of the Saud family is also more widespread than two years ago, according to Dr. Muhammad al-Massari of the exiled opposition group, the Committee for the Defence of Legitimate Rights.
		This is the same town where Sheikh Abdulrahman Al-Sahibani, an Islamic court president, was shot dead after he sentenced a mujahid to some months in prison for having fought in Afghanistan for the Taliban.
		Qasim, although the conservative Islamic heartland of Saudi, is not the centre for recruitment.
	www.shiachat.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=7880 (1193 words)

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