Khalid

[ khah-leed, kah-, khal-id, kal- ]

/ xɑˈlid, kɑ-, ˈxæl ɪd, ˈkæl- /

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Khalid ibn Abdul-Aziz al Saud, 1913–82, king of Saudi Arabia 1975–82 (son of ibn-Saud and brother of Faisal).

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Zubaydah indentified Khalid Sheikh Mohammed as the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks.
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Self-described 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was also kept at Cobalt after his March 2003 in Pakistan.
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Four days after Leila returned home from Syria, she received a call from her younger son, Khalid.
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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the man the U.S. says planned 9/11, was waterboarded 183 times by the CIA.
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Khalid al Najar, 27, was half dazed as he walked back toward Khan Younis with a plastic bag of clothes.
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Then there were greetings, and Khalid squeezed himself betwixt the others and was seated.
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And Khalid was called “the dervish of science” by one; “the rope-dancer of nature” by another.
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One day Khalid is conducted into the labyrinthine gloom and mould of the cellar.
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And kissing her hand, Khalid falters, “Forgiveness is for the sinner, and the good are for forgiveness.”
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In the dusk one day, Khalid visits Najma and finds her oiling and lighting the lamp.
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