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To: buwaya

**One policeman was shooting at the amok, who seemed to shrug off the bullets **

Juramentados?


14 posted on 06/04/2007 4:05:11 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (When someone burns a cross on your lawn the best firehose is an AK-47.)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

“Juramentado” is the common Spanish term, in reference to the same phenomenon of “Amok”, that being the term in native languages. Both terms are common in the Philippines.

This was used to describe that aspect of Moro (Philippine Muslims) behavior, but its certainly not exclusive to the Moros.


17 posted on 06/08/2007 1:32:31 PM PDT by buwaya
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