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Unread 12-03-2004, 02:00 PM   #605
bobkoure
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Originally Posted by Lothar5150
Bob I think you have Iraq and Iran confused. Iraqis are very very Arab. However, Iran's population is Persian
Right, I know about the Persians (Darius the Great, who lost to Alexander, right?). I also remember at least one student in Beruit referring to the people who lived in Iraq as "Iraqis and Arabs and Kurds" (we'd been takling about the nonsense borders left behind by the Brittish empire...)
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