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2005-06-10 Iraq-Jordan

African al-Qaeda joining Iraqi insurgents

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Posted by Dan Darling 2005-06-10 15:48|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 North Africans? They should be fairly easy to pick out from the natives in Iraq.

Posted by trailing wife 2005-06-10 16:41|| 2005-06-10 16:41|| Front Page Top

#2 North Africans are overwhelmingly Arabs. sub-Saharan Africa is normally used to refer to areas populated by black Africans, who would stick out like the proverbial sore thumb in Iraq. However, the NYT has chosen to use the term as literally meaning south of the Saharan Desert, which would include some Arab populated areas on the southern fringes of said desert.

Posted by phil_b 2005-06-10 17:21|| 2005-06-10 17:21|| Front Page Top

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