"Al-Qa’ida." Only one apostrophe. It represents the consonant "Ain," pronounced something like a dog growling.
"Al-Qaida" (Al-Kayda)(sic) means "air conditioner." (That was a joke.)
Pat Lang
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Alan Farrell
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- Tit for tat until it all goes boom
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- Iran launches air attacks on Israel
- ISW on the developing Ukrainian defense industrial base and Russias strikes on the Ukrainian energy infrastructure