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// Gromit Oh dear, did you fail to spot that Svejk didn't ask a direct question?// Stop being pathetic. Svejk linked to a genuine news item which is researchable . You posted about a television programme that you haven't even seen.
10:51 Fri 30th Oct 2015
That would be poetic justice. He who lives by the sword...
However, the language throughout this report is very speculative.
// ...is said to have died... ...claimed he was killed... ...It is believed... ...purports he was executed //
Good news if true, but the report is unconvincing. I do not know if Lebanon TV is a reliable source for truthful reporting.
However, the language throughout this report is very speculative.
// ...is said to have died... ...claimed he was killed... ...It is believed... ...purports he was executed //
Good news if true, but the report is unconvincing. I do not know if Lebanon TV is a reliable source for truthful reporting.
"Having 2 towns with the same name. We wouldn't do that, would we?"
But they aren't in the same country
This is interesting, from wikipedia:
Tripoli (Libya) is also known as Tripoli-of-the-West (Arabic: طرابلس الغرب Ṭarābulus al-Gharb), to distinguish it from its older Phoenician sister city Tripoli, Lebanon known in Arabic as Ṭarābulus al-Sham (طرابلس الشام) meaning "Levantine Tripoli". It is affectionately called The Mermaid of the Mediterranean (Arabic: عروسة البحر ʼarūsat el-baḥr; lit: "bride of the sea"), describing its turquoise waters and its whitewashed buildings. Tripoli English pronunciation: /ˈtrɪpɵli/ is a Greek name that means "Three Cities", introduced in Western European languages through the Italian Tripoli. In Arabic: طرابلس it is called Ṭarābulus (About this sound pronunciation (help·info), Libyan Arabic: Ṭrābləs About this sound pronunciation (help·info), Berber: Ṭrables, from Ancient Greek: Τρίπολις Trípolis). Compare Sanskrit, "tri" meaning the number 3, and "pura" meaning a fortress, castle, city or town. Hence, in Sanskrit "Tripura" also means "Three Cities".[3]
But they aren't in the same country
This is interesting, from wikipedia:
Tripoli (Libya) is also known as Tripoli-of-the-West (Arabic: طرابلس الغرب Ṭarābulus al-Gharb), to distinguish it from its older Phoenician sister city Tripoli, Lebanon known in Arabic as Ṭarābulus al-Sham (طرابلس الشام) meaning "Levantine Tripoli". It is affectionately called The Mermaid of the Mediterranean (Arabic: عروسة البحر ʼarūsat el-baḥr; lit: "bride of the sea"), describing its turquoise waters and its whitewashed buildings. Tripoli English pronunciation: /ˈtrɪpɵli/ is a Greek name that means "Three Cities", introduced in Western European languages through the Italian Tripoli. In Arabic: طرابلس it is called Ṭarābulus (About this sound pronunciation (help·info), Libyan Arabic: Ṭrābləs About this sound pronunciation (help·info), Berber: Ṭrables, from Ancient Greek: Τρίπολις Trípolis). Compare Sanskrit, "tri" meaning the number 3, and "pura" meaning a fortress, castle, city or town. Hence, in Sanskrit "Tripura" also means "Three Cities".[3]