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  Mushir - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A Mushir was the senior of all Naval officers and the rank was rarely bestowed.
However the rank of Mushir in Iraq is known as "Muhib" and the latter is used in all official and non-official adressing.
In Saudi Arabia, the rank of Mushir is typically held ceremonially by the Saudi Royal Family.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mushir   (238 words)

  
 Middle East Information - MEIC Issues and analysis of the Middle East: Conflicts, News, History, Religions and ...
Mushir was a founding member of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, the party that controls the eastern Kurdish zone in Iraq, and a close confidante of the Jalal Talabani, the party leader.
Mushir as a quintessential grass-roots guerrilla, saying he was one of seven fighters who began with two rifles among them, but, through daring and organizational skill, gathered more men and arms and became commanders in the fight against Mr.
Mushir was writing a letter they had discussed in the session, the Ansar negotiator picked up a Kalashnikov rifle and shot him in the head, the senior security official said.
middleeastinfo.org /article1888.html   (973 words)

  
 CTV.ca - Kurdish political leader murdered in Iraq- CTV News, Shows and Sports -- Canadian Television
The commander blamed the Ansar al-Islam organization for the Saturday night attack on Gen. Shawkat Haji Mushir, a member of the political leadership of the party, which controls the eastern section of the Kurdish autonomous region of northeast Iraq.
The death of Mushir "was a loss to the nation, he was a loss to peace.
Mushir, a founding member of the Patriotic Union in 1976, "was one of the most skilful members of the PUK, both as an organizational man and as a Peshmerga (soldier),'' Sheik Mustafa said.
www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/print/CTVNews/1044803813533_40213013/?hub=World&subhub=PrintStory   (439 words)

  
 OSMAN - LoveToKnow Article on OSMAN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
OSMAN (1832-1900), Turkish pasha and mushir (field marshal), was born at Tokat, in Asia Minor, in 1832.
Appointed to command the army corps at Widin in 1876 on the declaration of war by Servia, he defeated Tchnernaieff at Saitschar and again at Yavor in July, invaded Servia and captured Alexinatz and Deligrad in October, when the war ended.
Osman was promoted to be mushir, and continued in the command of the army corps at Widin.
85.1911encyclopedia.org /O/OS/OSMAN.htm   (490 words)

  
 The Advocate - Kurdish lawmaker assassinated in Iraq
Mushir was a founding member of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, the party that controls the eastern Kurdish zone in Iraq.
Last month, party leader Jalal Talabani described him as a quintessential grass-roots guerrilla, saying Mushir was one of seven fighters who began with two rifles among them and through their organizational skills became commanders in the fight against Hussein.
In recent years, Mushir had become an emissary in negotiations to reconcile with tribes that had once backed the Iraqi dictator, to end the Kurdish civil war in the 1990s and to seek better relations with Islamists.
www.stamfordadvocate.com /news/nationworld/chi-0302100155feb10,0,3714779.story   (469 words)

  
 Valley News Web Story Layout   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
As Mushir's coffin was carried through a crowd of hundreds gathered at a cemetery on a rocky hill yesterday, the anger in the troubled region over its long battles with various enemies echoed across this city.
Subsequently, Mushir, a respected mountain fighter turned politician who was skilled at peace negotiations, met secretly with Ansar representatives at least twice in efforts to reach a surrender agreement.
As Mushir leaned over a table to write a letter for Teezha, the security official said, Teezha shot Mushir with a Kalashnikov rifle.
www.vnews.com /02102003/922294.htm   (717 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Middle East | Gunmen kill Iraqi Kurdish leader
There were emotional scenes at the funeral of Shawkat Haji Mushir - a ceremonial send-off befitting his status as a member of the Kurdish parliament as well as a veteran Pashmurgher guerrilla fighter.
PUK officials say it was a carefully-planned ambush, mounted by the Ansar al-Islam, the radical Islamic faction with which the PUK has been violently at odds over the past two years.
In the wake of Mr Mushir's death, a senior PUK official said it showed, once again, that the Ansar is a terrorist group which has to be eliminated.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/middle_east/2742937.stm   (437 words)

  
 JS Online: Deaths of Kurdish general, security officials blamed on militants linked to al-Qaida
PUK Interior Minister Faraydoon Abdul Qader said Mushir was killed Saturday night after being lured to a secret meeting on the pretext of discussing the defection of Hemin Banishary, a member of Ansar al-Islam's leadership council.
Qader said he believed Ansar al-Islam targeted Mushir because of his efforts to win defections and because he was working on reconstruction programs aimed at alleviating the poverty that helps produce recruits for the group.
Mushir's slaying was the heaviest blow to the PUK since Ansar al-Islam in December slaughtered dozens of PUK fighters in a surprise assault.
www.jsonline.com /news/gen/feb03/117149.asp?format=print   (427 words)

  
 The Telegraph - Calcutta : Metro
He called himself Mushir Ali, and said he had lived in a nearby village, Kakori and had died in a road accident while carrying mangoes in his horse-cart.
The researchers thought it was significant that Naresh’s favourite game as a child was to tie a rope to his bed and pretend to drive a horse-cart.
When Naresh’s parents took him to Kakori, he said he recognised Mushir Ali’s family, friends and relatives.
www.telegraphindia.com /1050410/asp/look/story_4592540.asp   (1566 words)

  
 Bjørn Stærk blog - See no evil, fear no evil
Gill Doyle wonders why this story about Ansar al-Islam's assasination of Shawkat Hajji Mushir, a prominent PUK member, and several other people, haven't made big news in Norway.
Mushir met with an Ansar delegation at least two other times to discuss the possibility of mass defection, once in the village Sirwan, which is under Kurdish government control, and in Beyara, where Ansar has a headquarters, people familiar with the negotiations said.
Mushir was writing a letter they had discussed in the session, the Ansar negotiator picked up a Kalashnikov rifle and shot him in the head.
blog.bearstrong.net /000009.html   (1585 words)

  
 Online Story
Mushir and Suha rushed out to their compound wall to get a fading glimpse of the auto-rickshaw as it turned around a bend and disappeared.
Mushir was older by three years and wanted to show how much he knew about the world.
Mushir had heard his parents whispering to each other that they were running out of food in the house.
www.pitara.com /talespin/stories/online.asp?story=13   (596 words)

  
 RFE/RL Iraq Report
Mushir, who served as the PUK's chief intermediary with Ansar, had been writing a letter negotiating the defection of 121 fighters from Ansar's Fatah Brigade when he was gunned down, "The New York Times" reported on 11 February.
Mushir's assassination came amidst a surge of kidnappings and killings of PUK officials and their family members in recent weeks by the radical group.
On 9 February, Ansar militants assassinated Shawkat Haji Mushir, a senior PUK military commander, in an ambush in Halabja.
www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/library/news/iraq/2003/6-140203.htm   (3953 words)

  
 Kurdistan Observer
Mushir's slaying marked a weekend of killings and kidnappings as the Islamic group announced that its attacks were a response to the secular Kurdish government's attempts to ''destroy the steel lines of the holy warriors, and make them mercenaries and servants.''
Those slayings were orchestrated the same night two PUK soldiers were shot and their bodies burned at a checkpoint near the city of Chamchamal.
Mushir was assassinated, according to PUK security officials, as he attempted to negotiate the surrender of Ansar fighters who indicated they wanted to defect.
home.cogeco.ca /~observer/12-2-03-live-always-final-words-mushir.html   (1227 words)

  
 Online Story
Mushir suddenly remembered the event of the morning.
And when Mushir described it and the song that flowed out of its speaker, they laughed at him.
Mushir swung the bag with his water bottle and biscuits over his shoulder and just as the rickshaw crossed his gate he broke into a run and shouted with a whoop of joy: "I will follow you!"
www.pitara.com /talespin/stories/online.asp?story=13&page=2   (644 words)

  
 THE MUBARAK PUBLIC LIBRARY, January 20, 2000
It was during the mushir's unencumbered tenancy that the two sumptuous apartments were merged into one.
The autopsy reports stated suicide but in a country that had become used to writing and reading between the lines, the general consensus in the street was that the former general had been ostensibly liquidated.
With the mushir's demise the former Villa Credit Foncier went from state of siege to the house of wounded pride.
www.egy.com /landmarks/00-01-20.shtml   (830 words)

  
 Al-Ahram Weekly | Region | Losing paradise
Mushir Al-Fara's family owns 76 dunums of land squeezed between the minuscule Jewish settlement of Kfar Darom in the centre of the Gaza Strip and the vast Gush Qatif settlement bloc that occupies its southwestern finger.
Mushir's older sister is a doctor who divides her time between her regular work in Gaza City and helping the homeless in Qarrara.
From a ridge of towering date palms and dunes topped with wild grass, she points out a three-storey Palestinian house now commandeered by the Israeli army and a by-pass road occasionally used by speeding army jeeps and heavily armoured settler coaches.
weekly.ahram.org.eg /2001/523/re4.htm   (840 words)

  
 Fleet Admiral   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
During the reign of Saddam Hussein the Iraqi Navy maintained a Fleet rank known as Mushir.
A Mushir was the senior of Naval officers and the rank was rarely The sleeve insignia was the same as British Admiral of the Fleet.
The highest rank of the Republic of Korea Navy is known as Wong-Su The rank exists on paper only has never been held by an officer the South Korean Navy.
www.freeglossary.com /Fleet_Admiral   (848 words)

  
 HOBART - LoveToKnow Article on HOBART   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
In command of the Turkish squadron he completely dominated the Black Sea, blockading the ports of South Russia and the mouths of the Danube, and paralysing the action of the Russian fleet.
On the conclusion of peace Hobart still remained in the Turkish service, and in 1881 was appointed Mushir, or marshal, being the first Christian to hold that high office.
His achievements as a blockade-runner, his blockade of Crete, and his handling of the Turkish fleet against the torpedo-lined coasts of Russia, showed him to be a daring, resourceful, and skilful commander, worthy to be ranked among the illustrious names of British naval heroes.
www.1911ency.org /H/HO/HOBART.htm   (862 words)

  
 Kurdistan Observer
State Department spokesman Richard Boucher expressed Washington's condolences to the family and colleagues of Shaukat Haji Mushir, a leading member of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), who was killed on Saturday.
Mushir and five others were killed on Saturday near the Iraqi Kurd zone's southeastern town of Halabja in an ambush by members of the Islamic group Ansar al-Islam with whom he was meeting ostensibly to negotiate their defection.
Ansar al-Islam, which means Supporters of Islam, have for over a year been battling the PUK from a tiny, mountainous area between Halabja and the Iranian border.
home.cogeco.ca /~observer/10-2-03-us-condemns-murder-of-puk-leader.html   (1133 words)

  
 Magazinet: Den kristne avisen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Ingen andre trenger å følge den, sa en av Hamas-talsmennene, Mushir al-Masri, i Gaza by.
Mushir al-Masri holdt likevel døren på gløtt for en tilnærming til Israel.
Hvis Sharon i løpet av tre måneder frigir alle de rundt 8.000 palestinerne som sitter i israelsk fangenskap og ikke bare 900 av dem, kan en våpenhvile bli aktuell også for Hamas, sa han.
www.magazinet.no /default.asp?menuid=&linktype=2&linkid=19501   (190 words)

  
 Aljazeera.Net - Palestinian panel to supervise pullout   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The Palestinian Authority and the resistance movement Hamas have agreed to form a joint committee to oversee Israel's Gaza pullout.
The agreement between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority was reached on Tuesday during meetings between President Mahmoud Abbas and senior Hamas officials, said Hamas spokesman Mushir al-Masri on Thursday.
Hamas leader Mushir al-Masri said both organisations had "agreed on forming a committee to oversee the withdrawal and ensure that no one will benefit from the public properties, except the Palestinian people.
english.aljazeera.net /NR/exeres/4C84C489-AE04-4F0A-82D4-FE63E2C31C5A.htm   (573 words)

  
 Kurdish Political Leader Killed in Iraq (phillyBurbs.com) | Middle East
Gunmen posing as defectors from an Islamic extremist group killed a political leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and two other Kurdish officials, a party commander said Sunday.
The region, protected by U.S. and British aircraft patrolling a "no-fly" zone, was established by oppressed Kurds in 1991 after the Gulf War.
Mushir, a founding member of the Patriotic Union in 1976, "was one of the most skillful members of the PUK, both as an organizational man and as a Peshmerga (soldier)," Sheik Mustafa said.
www.phillyburbs.com /pb-dyn/news/40339.html   (534 words)

  
 Kurdish chief shot dead   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The commander blamed Islamic extremists from the Ansar al-Islam organisation for the attack last night on General Shawkat Haji Mushir, a member of the political leadership of the party, which controls the eastern section of the Kurdish autonomous region of northeast Iraq.
Gen. Shawkat Haji Mushir, a senior PUK commander who served as chief intermediary with Ansar, claimed that there are about 150 al-Qaida fighters with the group; U.S. intelligence officials estimate that there may be several dozen.
Shaukat Haji Mushir, a leading member of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, was killed along with five other people near the Iraqi Kurdish zone's southeastern town of Halabja as he met with Ansar members to negotiate their defection.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/839279/posts   (3135 words)

  
 Àrea de Normalització Lingüística - Ajuntament d'Alcúdia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
En Mushir, un noi catalano-palestí, ha obert una finestra a Palestina a través de la xarxa amb la pàgina Mushirapalestina.com.
A través de la finestra del Mushir es pot passejar pels carrers de Jerusalem i el Mur Occidental, veure com els assentaments jueus prenen cada vegada més terreny dins la ciutat vella, observar la Cúpula de la Roca i quin aspecte tenen els carrers d'aquesta ciutat mil·lenària, bressol de les tres religions monoteistes.
Alhora, en Mushir ha obert un espai al diàleg i la comunicació amb els fòrums, on es deixen sentir les curiositats dels visitants que volen saber com es viu la situació de conflicte en pròpia pell o altres qüestions que afecten més la vida quotidiana.
www.normalitzacio.net /noticia/index.php?sec=noticia&n=664   (338 words)

  
 Abbel Boy
Alex, the Canadian journalist, told Mushir the Spanishtinian heartthrob to tell his story of crossing into Israel.
After drinks I followed Alex and Mushir and a law student named Omar to their apartment to watch the Portugal/Holland soccer game.
Omar is an itriguing person to me because he is so thoroughly American and yet has a certain understanding of things because he has close family in the Middle East.
www.pamolson.org /Week4.htm   (2166 words)

  
 Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Mushir   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
This is an extract from The Middle East Open Encyclopedia, made possible through the Wikimedia Foundation.
Iraq Museum International always displays the most recent published revision of the source article, Mushir; all previous versions may be viewed here.
They link directly to authoring tools for you to start writing a particular article.
www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref?title=Mushir   (358 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
In a statement issued soon after the strike the al-Aqsa Brigades vowed to break off from its commitment to a truce with Israel, saying a response to Israel’s assassinations is on the way.
Shortly after the publication of Mashaal’s comments by Reuters early Friday evening, Mushir al-Masri, a spokesman for Hamas in Gaza, reiterated the Islamic group’s commitment to abide by a nine-month-long truce, which ends in January.
“Hamas confirms that calm is still on, as of this moment, and this is a national consensus," said Mushir al-Masri, spokesman for Hamas in Gaza.
www.ynetnews.com /articles/0,7340,L-3182013,00.html   (461 words)

  
 KARACHI: SHC seeks army's comments -DAWN - Local; 29 November, 2004
KARACHI, Nov 28: Justice Mushir Alam of the Sindh High Court sought comments from the army authorities in a petition moved by residents of four villages in Bin Qasim Town, Karachi.
The petitioners have been dispossessed of their tube wells and dairy and poultry farms.
Justice Mushir Alam asked the Deputy Attorney General, Sajjad Ali Shah, to obtain comments from the respondent army authorities and submit them in the court on the next date of hearing.
www.dawn.com /2004/11/29/local11.htm   (188 words)

  
 Childhood, lost | The San Diego Union-Tribune
"As he tried to escape, Mushir was brought to a halt by a bullet fired by my uncle.
Almost as an afterthought, something hardly worth mentioning, he lets us know that his village discovers that cousin Mushir, the recipient of vigilante justice, was not a traitor after all.
His clandestine trips to the city that fueled the rumors of collaboration were to rendezvous with his forbidden lover.
www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20050102/news_lz1v2rifle.html   (622 words)

  
 The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Delhi and neighbourhood
With the arrest of one Mushir Khan, a resident of 56, Rashid Extension, Preet Vihar, special staff of East district police have unearthed a racket of issuing fake degrees and diplomas.
The court said, “Since the conduct of the then Timarpur SHO and the officials of the observation home does not fall within the purview of discharge of their official duties, no sanction was required from the government to prosecute them.”
The accused Mushir Khan claimed to have done his MA and Ph.D. from Jamia Millia University.
www.tribuneindia.com /2005/20050527/delhi.htm   (3677 words)

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