Apparently New Zealand troops were involved in the battle of el Alamein which turned out to be a critical battle in WWII. They took part in a place called Alam el Halfa in Egypt.
The word el in Arab is like the English the and Maori te an important little word but never mind that. Us Westerners don't have to worry about such distinctions as Arabic is the language of little brown people with a miserable religion sitting on top of our oil ( I really had a conversation with a kiwi lady who actually thought it was our oil which those nasty Muslims were holding on too, amazing).
June 26, 2012 at 5:15 am |
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