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To: The Scourge of Yazid
"The Ethiopian Pol Pot."

Mengistu.

He has a boulevard named after him in Harare.

11 posted on 08/16/2004 10:44:06 AM PDT by happygrl
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To: happygrl
The Derg...

AAARRGGHH!

November 23, 1974-"Bloody Saturday"

It still grates on me that those vermin who rule Iran actually have a "Khaled Islambuli" street in the middle of Tehran, named in honor of the cockroach that assassinated the late President Anwar Sadat of Egypt.

Of course, they renamed it "Intifada" street when Hosni Mubarak threatened not to travel to Iran on a state visit.

What a wonderful bunch they are.

12 posted on 08/16/2004 10:11:52 PM PDT by The Scourge of Yazid (I'm Burkean. Or Swiftian. One or the other. I'm not sure yet. Maybe both, now that I think about it.)
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To: happygrl

I'm afraid it follows the now established pattern in many African countries of naming streets or buildings after tyrants, former tyrants, assassins and other assorted filth. I presume these act as "reminders" to make the
rulers of the countries concerned feel more confident about not being alone in their perpetration of atrocities, intimidation or corruption.


15 posted on 08/17/2004 3:58:37 PM PDT by Andika
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