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Subject: who was the egyptian general in 1948?
rwporter    10/25/2007 9:03:00 PM
i was looking for the egyptian general that i believe was very respected by the israelis during the war for independence. if i remember right, he was very dark complected almost an african black..i believe i saw him in a photo of peace negotiations with the israelis in a tent in the desert. does anyone know who im talking about?
 
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Shirrush       10/26/2007 4:21:59 AM
T'wasn't easy, but googling it up in Hebrew was the way to it.
There's a wiki on Major-General Ahmad Ali al-Mwawi, but where did you find a photo? It seems that History remembers only the victors.
 
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jastayme3       10/27/2007 5:18:27 AM

T'wasn't easy, but googling it up in Hebrew was the way to it.
There's a wiki on Major-General Ahmad Ali al-Mwawi, but where did you find a photo? It seems that History remembers only the victors.


 Would it were so. I bet he would like to be forgotten.
And we still remember Xerxes.

 
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rwporter       10/28/2007 12:21:08 PM
i saw his pic in a book...during truce negotiations in a tent in the sinai and i believe it was in 1948.  i believe they said he might have been born in sudan...not sure.
 
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