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The Magistrate

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11. Which Everyone Has Forgotten, Too, Sir

Reply to bemildred (Reply #10)

Thu Aug 2, 2012, 05:17 PM

Aug 2012

Actually, if one looks close, there was quite an outbreak of Moslem opposition to Western incursion in the years after the Great War, running from Afghanistan to Morocco, and from 1919 to 1925.

One of the odder things to issue from it was the force that pretty much decided the Spanish Civil War, Millan d'Astray's brain-child, which Franco commanded for most of the Riff War.

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Indeed, Sir. bemildred Aug 2012 #2

They Might Well, Sir The Magistrate Aug 2012 #3

Yes Sir, there are four countries: Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Syria bemildred Aug 2012 #5

Not Sure About the Time Sequence, Sir, But Definitely Different From the Neighbors The Magistrate Aug 2012 #6

I got that idea from Farley Mowat, I think. bemildred Aug 2012 #7

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Yes Sir, that's it, that's what he was talking about. nt bemildred Aug 2012 #9

Brings to mind the Rif War. bemildred Aug 2012 #10

Which Everyone Has Forgotten, Too, Sir The Magistrate Aug 2012 #11

Yes Sir, "Rebels in the Rif" and Abd El Krim bemildred Aug 2012 #12

Hello, bemildred! Would you care to comment on Fozzledick's post regarding amandabeech Aug 2012 #14

Very little to add. bemildred Aug 2012 #15

Thank you very much. amandabeech Aug 2012 #16

Sir, would you care to comment on Fozzledick's post on this thread amandabeech Aug 2012 #13

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