I'm not talking about the urbanized Arabs, mostly Jordanian, Egyptian and Syrian refugees who make up the bulk of today's terrorist cannon fodder. They're denied any real exposure to serious riflery in their own homelands, and aren't really trusted by their own factionous leaders in their settlements, as per the recent skirmishes between Hamass and PLOppy factions in Gaza.
I meant the Bedouin, such as those sons of King Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca, those with Lawrence fighting the Turks: Prince Faisal bin Husayn, Rustum Haidar, Nuri as-Said, Tahsin Qadri: men of the Howitat, Ajili, Harif, Rala, and Beni Saha. In Libya, the remains of the Senussi, sons and grandsons of Idris.
With cast-off Japanese Arisakas, leftover 7,65 Mausers from the Boer War and rifles taken from dead Turks and Germans, they chased the Turks out of their own Arab lands, admittedly with *some* British-supplied leadership and logistical support.
But nobody had to teach them how to shoot.
"But nobody had to teach them how to shoot."
I guess those people ( the Lawrence of Arabia type arabs)came from a warrior society and were acustomed to the use of weapons of various types. Some Arabs were using guns back in the days of matchlock muskets onwards. Before that they used arrows and bows.
They were a warrior society.
The other bunch are not. They are just fanatics and as you say, cannon fodder.