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2014-06-23 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Report: French-Arab Arrested during Hamra Raid

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Posted by trailing wife 2014-06-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11 views ] Top

#1 I didn't realize French was one of the classic intelligence languages. I learn more and more.

Posted by Shipman 2014-06-23 08:26|| 2014-06-23 08:26|| Front Page Top

#2 But of course, Shipman! All those lovely Francophone countries in sub-Saharan Africa, not to mention in the Maghreb -- Morocco and Algeria and all -- and then of course there's Lebanon. Mr. Wife found his high school French a lifesaver in Morocco, where the Arabic is as different from what he'd learnt in Cairo and Jeddah as Cantonese is from Mandarin.

Posted by trailing wife 2014-06-23 14:01|| 2014-06-23 14:01|| Front Page Top

#3 Well maybe he picked up snatches of it in the belly of an air force Neptune or some such.

My understanding, such as it is, is that the proprietor of this blog studied the classics, Vietnamese and Russian. But then again, maybe he traveled thru Rhode Island a lot, it's hard to know, a mystery. Only Atomic Conspiracy knows for sure, and he ain't talking.

Posted by Shipman 2014-06-23 15:53|| 2014-06-23 15:53|| Front Page Top

#4 I understand French used to be a sort of lingua franca in many parts of the world.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2014-06-23 18:03|| 2014-06-23 18:03|| Front Page Top

#5 lingua franca I guess you can say that here.

Posted by Shipman 2014-06-23 21:05|| 2014-06-23 21:05|| Front Page Top

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