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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Starving rebels eat lion from a Damascus zoo
2013-12-01
Posted by:Au Auric

#6  #5 a corpulent female tavernkeeper ("ale-wife")

Also terminal station of Boston's Red Line (and one of the cooler things about the place, I always thought).
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220   2013-12-01 18:08  

#5  Alawites also known as Alawis (ʿAlawīyyah Arabic: علوية‎) are a prominent mystical religious group centred in Syria who follow a branch of the Twelver school of Shia Islam. Alawites revere Ali (Ali ibn Abi Talib), and the name "Alawi" means followers of Ali. The sect is believed to have been founded by Ibn Nusayr during the 8th century

Alewives The alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) is a species of fish. The front of the body is deep and larger than other fish found in the same waters, and its common name is said to come from comparison with a corpulent female tavernkeeper ("ale-wife")
Posted by: Victor Emmanuel Speaking for Boskone   2013-12-01 12:45  

#4  A lion? What's wrong with eating Alawites?
Isn't that a fish?
Maybe only on the seacoast and not inland.
Posted by: Skidmark   2013-12-01 12:34  

#3  The AlQ alliance against Assad looks near collapse.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2013-12-01 09:18  

#2  Zoo eats zoo.

Almost seems somewhat appropriate.
Posted by: Besoeker   2013-12-01 07:46  

#1  A lion? What's wrong with eating Alawites?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2013-12-01 02:33  

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