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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (272387)	12/30/2009 10:47:37 PM
From: SARMAN	Respond to of 281500

It would be hard to credibly assert that the "Great Arab Revolt", despite the romantic connotations assigned to it by Mr. Lawrence, was particularly "helpful". However, they did succeed in preventing thousands of Turkish soldiers from opposing the British advance into Palestine from the Sinai. Hmm, did they help or didn't they? Btw, during the third battle of Gaza, the British lost 18,000 men, killed, wounded, or missing. How many did the Arabs lose assisting the British? Whose war was it? However, what IS IMPORTANT is that ONLY CERTAIN ARAB TRIBES, primarily Bedouin, participated and they were aligned with the Hashimites, the tribe you refer to as "traitors" who can trace their lineage back to the Great-Grandfather of Muhammad (which gives them a bit of "pull" when it comes to hereditary leadership of the Arab tribes). Geez, their ancestors are rolling in their graves.