Arab Legion
Americannoun
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Another international touch in Sert: it is thought to have become the home to possibly of thousands of retired mercenaries from Chad, part of the Islamic Arab Legion Gaddafi funded in 1980s, according to McGregor.
From Time • Mar. 4, 2011
Arriving at the Sea itself, you find two or three simple buildings, where a British officer of the Arab Legion presides over the “Dead Sea Fleet.”
From The New Yorker • May 6, 1955
The Arabs, under Brigadier Glubb, formerly of the British Army but now ranking as an officer of the Arab Legion, immediately began to shell the ancient Jewish quarter, which was isolated in the Old City.
From The New Yorker • May 6, 1955
Then the Arab Legion got here�they made it in 15 minutes.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Amenokal had seen much of desert war in his day and knew the horror of the new weapons possessed by the crack troops of the Arab Legion.
From Border, Breed Nor Birth by Reynolds, Mack
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