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Sadiq al-Ahmar was born on 6 October 1956, in the village of al-Khamri, located in the
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186:Sadiq bin Abdullah bin Hussein bin Nasser al-Ahmar
327:. Al Jazeera English. 26 May 2011. Archived from
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355:"Tribal chief raises stakes in fight for Yemen"
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371:. CNN. 25 May 2011. Archived from
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1395:Libyan civil war (2011–present)
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639:National Association for Change
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160:Abdullah ibn Husayn al-Ahmar
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1135:Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
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905:Mohamed Hussein Tantawy
749:Syrian National Council
699:Women to drive movement
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389:. Reuters. 27 May 2011.
357:. The Associated Press.
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885:Ali Jawad al-Sheikh
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1012:Mauritania:
975:Samir Rifai
920:Wael Ghonim
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468:Arab Spring
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290:References
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419:Aljazeera
172:(brother)
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