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German rapper-turned-jihadist injured fighting in Syria
AFP News ^ | September 9, 2013

Posted on 09/09/2013 9:55:35 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

A German rapper who converted to Islam and joined jihadist rebels fighting to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad has been injured in an air strike, a jihadist group said on Monday.

The jihadist, formerly known as Deso Dogg, was hiding at an anti-regime fighter's house that "was hit by an air strike and helicopter shelling", said a statement posted on Facebook by a group that identified itself as the People of Abraham.

As a result of the strikes, Deso Dogg or "Abu Talha al-Almani and several other brothers were injured, while several Muslim children were killed", the statement said.

(Excerpt) Read more at france24.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Germany; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: arabspring; desodogg; failure; humanshield; islam; islamists; jihadist; leadingfrombehind; music; rap; rapmusic; rapper; syria
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To: RedMonqey
"And "Austrian' isn't a language but a variety of German, comparable to "American" is to English. "

Hey, you did get it after all!

41 posted on 09/11/2013 8:44:14 PM PDT by Flag_This (Term limits.)
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To: Flag_This
My local community college has a course in Austrian this semester, but it's too late to enroll so I won't link the schedule. In the meantime:

It's a fun language, in the same language family as Australian (as should be obvious.)

42 posted on 09/11/2013 8:49:20 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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To: Revolting cat!

Classes and books can really only take you so far. I’ve gained my mastery of languages by immersing myself in the culture. Take austrian, for example - I bought myself some lederhosen and moved to Canberra for a couple of weeks. I speak the language like a native now.


43 posted on 09/11/2013 9:12:37 PM PDT by Flag_This (Term limits.)
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To: Flag_This

Pardon my ‘Smartass reply”.

Got distracted when reading your second post and failed to completely comprehend it.

Brain fart....

Please accept my apology....:-)


44 posted on 09/12/2013 1:37:46 PM PDT by RedMonqey ("Gun-free zones" equal "Target-rich environment.")
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To: RedMonqey

You don’t have anything to apologize for. Text-based communication leaves lots of opportunities for misunderstandings. I usually use the /s tag to avoid any confusion, but sometimes I get lazy.

Thank you for clearing things up.


45 posted on 09/12/2013 6:26:41 PM PDT by Flag_This (Term limits.)
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