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    Default Looking for Colonel St. John "Jack" Philby

    Quote Originally Posted by Ken White View Post
    Moving right along...
    Anyone done any reading or research on Colonel St. John "Jack" Philby?
    A scrimmage in a Border Station
    A canter down some dark defile
    Two thousand pounds of education
    Drops to a ten-rupee jezail


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    Default One leader, One authority, One mosque: submit to it, or be killed

    From a long, mainly historical explanation, by Alistair Crooke: 'You Can't Understand ISIS If You Don't Know the History of Wahhabism in Saudi Arabia':http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alasta..._5717157.html?
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    Default Part 2: One leader, One authority, One mosque: submit to it, or be killed

    In this article 'Middle East Time Bomb: The Real Aim of ISIS Is to Replace the Saud Family as the New Emirs of Arabia'.

    There are several paragraphs about Colonel St. John "Jack" Philby.

    Link:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alasta...b_5748744.html
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