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• n  the leader of an Arab village or family
• n  a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance

• The sheik got his fondest wish: a "martyr's" death.
• The sheik's sponsor in America was Shalabi, Abouhalima's boss at the Afghan recruitment center in Brooklyn.
• Remember that Arab sheik who set Beverly Hills agog with his mint-green, late baroque-kitsch mansion? Now his father, Sheik Mohammad Al-Fassi, 47, head of an international .

• tribal sheik
• sheikh
• tribal sheikh
• Arab chief
• dandy
• dude
• fop
• gallant
• beau
• swell
• fashion plate
• clotheshorse

News & Articles

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• U.S. drawn into proxy war with Syria
  Associated Press Hezbollah supporters raise their hands in salute as Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah speaks via a video link from a secret place Friday. Nasal said he has made a “calculated” decision to defend Syria and is ready to bear all consequences.
  June 15, 2013 - Texarkana Gazette
• Hezbollah chief: group will keep fighting in Syria
  Hezbollah's leader says the Lebanese militant group will keep fighting in Syria "wherever needed." Sheik Hassan Nasrallah says he has made a "calculated" decision to defend Syria and is ready to bear all consequences.
  June 14, 2013 - Fox News
• Lebanon's Hezbollah says to keep fighting in Syria
  BEIRUT — The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah group vowed Friday to keep fighting in Syria "wherever needed" and said his Shiite Muslim group has made a "calculated" decision to defend the Syrian regime no matter what the consequences. The comments by Sheik Hassan Nasrallah in a speech to supporters in southern Beirut signaled for the first time the Iranian-backed group will stay involved in the ...
  June 14, 2013 - Boston Herald

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in Washington Post
  I am absolutely convinced that Khalid Sheik Mohammed will be subject to the most exacting demands of justice,Obama said. "The American people insist on it, and my administration will insist on it."
• Dana Perino in Forbes
  This is a sheik who was one of the first to come forward to want to work with the United States to repel al-Qaida from al-Anbar Province,said White House spokeswoman Dana Perino. "Remember, al-Qaida was killing some of the sheiks' children...