[Graymatter]

Ok! (Checked muh notes.) Gul was Sumerian for destroy, wreck, mess up. It got into Semitic languages, e.g. "al-gul" the demon. Our "ghoul" from the same.

Anybody wants the skinny on the giant tribes of Gath and thereabouts, try this page:

http://www.stevequayle.com/Giants/Mid.East/Giants.Mid.East6.html

[NukeMan]

Hey, nice link! Thanks.

[colorado tanker]

Gul was Sumerian for destroy, wreck, mess up

Well, that explains why Star Trek used it as a Cardassian military title. Nasty buggers.