The Amu Darya (Persian: آمودریا‎, Āmūdaryā; Pashto: د آمو سيند, da Āmú Sínd; Arabic: جيحون‎, Jihôn or Jayhoun; Hebrew: גּוֹזָן‎, Gozan, Uzbek, Amudaryo, Greek: Ώξος, Oxus), also called Amu River, is a major river in Central Asia. It is formed by the junction of the Vakhsh and Panj rivers. In ancient times, the river was regarded as the boundary between Ariana (Afghanistan) and Tūrān.

In antiquity, the river was known by the Sanskrit name Vaksu, which now survives in Vakhsh, a tributary of the river.

In ancient Afghanistan, the river was also called Gozan, descriptions of which can be found in the book "The Kingdom of Afghanistan: a historical sketch By George Passman Tate".

In classical antiquity, the river was known as the Ōxus in Latin and Ὦξος Oxos in Greek — a clear derivative of Vakhsh — the name of the largest tributary of the river. In Middle Persian sources of the Sassanid period the river is known as Wehrōd (lit. "good river").

The name Amu is said to have come from the medieval city of Āmul, (later, Chahar Joy/Charjunow, and now known as Türkmenabat), in modern Turkmenistan, with Darya being the Persian word for "river".

Syed Zaiduzzaman Hamid, better known as Zaid Hamid, is a Pakistani security consultant and political commentator. His byline in newspaper articles has been Zaid Zaman.

Zaid was born in Karachi, in 1964. His father, Col. Zaman Hamid (Retd), served in the Pakistan Army. Zaid spent his early life in Karachi. He received a Bachelor of Engineering (BE) degree in Computer Systems Engineering from NED University, Karachi in 1980's.

Through his TV programmes, Hamid has claimed that a nexus between India's RAW, the CIA and is responsible for the destabilization of Pakistan. He also claims that the November 2008 Mumbai attacks, were part of a plan hatched by "Hindu Zionists"", and that it was an attempt by the Indians to stage an attack just like the Americans executed the September 11 attacks.

A number of noted Pakistani journalists, writers and Islamic scholars have criticized Hamid and have described his views on politics and security as conspiracy theories.

Delfo Zorzi, presently known as Roi Hagen (波元路伊, Hagen Roi^?), is an Italian-born Japanese citizen accused of terrorism in his country of origin.

Delfo Zorzi/Roi Hagen was born in Arzignano, near Vicenza, Italy, on July 3, 1947, joined neo-fascist organization Ordine Nuovo in 1966, and later became head of the organization's chapter in Mestre, the city where his family dealt in furs.

In 1968 he moved to Naples to study Asian languages. He graduated with a thesis on Bushidō, a Japanese code of conduct and a way of life loosely analogous to the European concept of chivalry.

He came under investigation for the Piazza Fontana bombing after witnesses indicated him as the material executor of the crime, the man who built the explosive device and on December 12, 1969 left it at the offices of Banca Nazionale dell'Agricoltura ("National Agrarian Bank") in Piazza Fontana, Milan, Italy.

In 1974 he moved to Japan and in 1989 he took Japanese citizenship with his present name, Roi Hāgen.

Re-tried in absentia for the Piazza Fontana bombing, he was at first sentenced to life imprisonment, but was later acquitted in appeal for lack of evidence on March 12, 2004. On May 3, 2005 the supreme Court of Cassation definitively acquitted Zorzi from the accusation.