Arab Legion
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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
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
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
But the Arab Legion, which the British created and supported for him, made Abdullah a power among the ill-organized Arab armies of the Middle East.
From Time Magazine Archive
"But at this rate, it'll still take a month for us to equal the Arab Legion in Tamanrasset."
From Border, Breed Nor Birth by Reynolds, Mack
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