Cika wannan jumla: A matsayin wakilin kasa da kasa, ya rufe yakin basasa a Lebanon, Algeria, da Siriya, rikicin Iran-Iraq, yaƙe-yaƙe a Bosnia da Kosovo, mamayewar Soviet na Afghanistan, juyin juya halin Musulunci a Iran,
mamayewar Saddam Hussein na Kuwait, da mamayewar Amurka da mamayewar Iraki. Mai magana da Larabci, yana cikin 'yan jaridun Yammacin Turai kaɗan da suka yi hira da Osama bin Laden, wanda ya yi sau uku tsakanin 1993 da 1997.