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Thread #84415   Message #1557796
Posted By: John MacKenzie
06-Sep-05 - 02:32 PM
Thread Name: BS: Anti-Christian Pogrom in the West Bank
Subject: RE: BS: Anti-Christian Pogrom in the West Bank
Oh dear you've got Carol going on her favourite subject now, I shall not fan the flames but would like to point out that the word 'pogrom' is a Russian word meaning riot, and it was applied to a series of attacks by Russian civilians on Jewish people in the mid 19th century, which the authorities refused to do any thing to stop. Since that time it has come to mean almost solely attacks against Jews.
Giok