IRAQ 3?
To expand on Toadstool's point, there's an explanation (which I am led to believe is credible by a colleague who has a basic knowledge of Arabic) here.
(NB, for the fainter hearts amongst us, or those with small children reading over their shoulder, there is a cartoon at the bottom of the page involving a Da'esh fighter holding a severed head in his hand. The most disturbing thing about it is that the fighter looks like Robbie Coltraine playing Hagrid in the Potter franchise, but there y'go)
(NB, for the fainter hearts amongst us, or those with small children reading over their shoulder, there is a cartoon at the bottom of the page involving a Da'esh fighter holding a severed head in his hand. The most disturbing thing about it is that the fighter looks like Robbie Coltraine playing Hagrid in the Potter franchise, but there y'go)
Da'eash is in common use in Iran to describe IS
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In Turkish the 'G' is pronounced 'hard' when it begins a word but merely extends the letter 'A' when it follows; the 'I' without a dot over it is a short 'I''; if it has a dot it is a long 'I'. It is, more or less, an adaption of (but less complicated than, Arabic.)
Valmorna - I have yet to see the purpose of the silent g in Turkish (ğ); the hat on a (â) has been done away with (by Government edict). The few words, as you precisely point out, that have vowels together are foreign, despicable words like saat (Time - Persian) and maas (salary - Persian), and the frequently-heard Maalesef (unfortunately - Arabic).
When Atatürk (PBUH) brought in Latin script in c 1928, he could have got rid of the weird vowels and consonants that existed in spoken Turkish, whilst he was at it: İ ç ğ ı ö ü ş
Sadly, he didn't, thus the oft-heard Erdogan on Western media.
Remind me to get out more!
When Atatürk (PBUH) brought in Latin script in c 1928, he could have got rid of the weird vowels and consonants that existed in spoken Turkish, whilst he was at it: İ ç ğ ı ö ü ş
Sadly, he didn't, thus the oft-heard Erdogan on Western media.
Remind me to get out more!
Iraq continues to be enjoying bombs in markets, now going on 14 years.
https://www.iraqinews.com/iraq-war/1...baquba-market/
Whether or not this has anything to do with Al-Sadr's recent success at the polls is unclear. Being attributed to ISIS.
https://www.iraqinews.com/iraq-war/1...baquba-market/
Whether or not this has anything to do with Al-Sadr's recent success at the polls is unclear. Being attributed to ISIS.
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
Meanwhile, whilst everyone is distracted, things kick off in Iraq - doubtless Iran instigated…
A total curfew has been announced in Baghdad at 3:30PM. This comes after Sadr has announced his ‘resignation’ from politics & his followers have stormed the Iraqi presidential palace
A total curfew has been announced in Baghdad at 3:30PM. This comes after Sadr has announced his ‘resignation’ from politics & his followers have stormed the Iraqi presidential palace
Since toppling Sadaam, the US and Israel have had their knickers in a twist over Iran.
Own Goal
Own Goal
Meanwhile, whilst everyone is distracted, things kick off in Iraq - doubtless Iran instigated…
A total curfew has been announced in Baghdad at 3:30PM. This comes after Sadr has announced his ‘resignation’ from politics & his followers have stormed the Iraqi presidential palace
A total curfew has been announced in Baghdad at 3:30PM. This comes after Sadr has announced his ‘resignation’ from politics & his followers have stormed the Iraqi presidential palace
Own Goal
Iraq: a civil war in the making? Probably. Or maybe I should say "another civil war in the making."
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Storming the Green Zone vs the Capitol
The similarities are interesting:
- A disfunctional legislative body
- A body of disaffected people that have been left behind
- A charismatic leader