Inside the aircraft were twenty-three Navy SEALs from Team Six, which is officially known as the Naval Special Warfare Development Group, or DEVGRU. A Pakistani-American translator, whom I will call Ahmed, and a dog named Cairo a Belgian Malinois were also aboard.

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Last Wednesday I went to see Ahmed Yusif, a senior adviser to Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniya.

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Three years ago, I met a Swiss Islamic convert named Ahmed Huber, who began his life as a devotee of Adolf Hitler and moved on to praising former Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini, who led that nation's Islamic revolution and vigorously opposed U.S. policies.

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"It's depressing and I'm kind of disappointed, " says Ahmed.

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I'm struck by the tidiness of Um Ahmed's tent.

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"I condemn the deaths of Ammar Mohamed Zado, Ahmed Adnan al-Ashlaq, Lawrence Fahmy al-Naimi, Bassel al-Shahade and Ahmed al-Assam, citizen journalists who lost their lives while trying to inform the Syrian people of the tragic events taking place in their country, " she said in a written statement.

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"I think it will be a similar company, " said Redwan Ahmed, analyst with Oriel Securities in London.

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"I was waiting (for) someone to shoot me at this moment, " Ahmed said, adding he couldn't see outside from where he called.

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While in Afghanistan, I travelled several hours north of Kabul to the Panjshir Valley, and met with Ahmed Kushah, a nephew of the assassinated Ahmed Shah Massoud.

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"I went to the club to celebrate and join the relatives of those killed, " says Ahmed, who lost friends in last year's attack.

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