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To: Velveeta
Shaheen means delicious in Arabic.

You're thinking about Saqr which means Falcon.

Another similar word, shaheed, means martyr.
388 posted on 02/06/2004 4:02:24 PM PST by StillProud2BeFree
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To: StillProud2BeFree
Thanks!

To the Pakistanis it looks like it means "Royal White Falcon" with reference to that specific missile.

See post #387
394 posted on 02/06/2004 4:22:08 PM PST by Velveeta
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