Vocab
Taleb (249): A member of the Taliban
Vociferous (253): Crying out noisily
Kalashnikovs (252): A type of machine gun made in the U.S.S.R.
Constable (258): An officer of the peace, having police and minor judicial functions, usually in a small town, rural district, etc.
Spurious (258): not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source; counterfeit
Fawning (258): To seek notice or favor by servile demeanor.
Reconnaissance (262): A search made for useful military information in the field.
Gesticulate (265): To make or use gestures, esp. In an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
Article Finder
Here is an article from November 29 of this year that goes along with the section of the book that we read this week. In the chapter titled My Mother Osama, it discusses the hunt for Osama and other al-Qaida leaders. This article, Close Calls for al-Qaeda's No. 2, from Time magazine discusses the updates on the possible whereabouts of Bin Laden and his right hand Ayman al-Zawahiri. The article pays close attention to the CIA’s attempts to capture the two men and also other forces as well that are looking for them. In The Bookseller, Tajmir is working closely with a group that is in search of Bin Laden and others such as Zawahiri who are associated with al-Qaida. I thought that this article would be an interesting connector between the book and current events.
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