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To: Stoat

I’m dead certain there was no pork.

Al Khobar was the Eastern Provence city where many international business people lived, including many Americans. It was however Saudi. They like pizza too.

When the Gulf War came, a close associate traded paper back to troops for Ham MRE’s. There was also ham and pork in the “pork room” a cooler situated in a special room all by itsself in an Aramco commissary for American families. It is likely gone now because the Americans are also gone.


35 posted on 02/11/2009 2:55:51 PM PST by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . The original point of America was not to be Europe)
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To: bert
I’m dead certain there was no pork.

I'm sure you're absolutely correct, but the hypothetical point I was trying to make was that the local muslim community wouldn't have accepted the same sort of radical, complete change in menu that's being done in this Birmingham neighborhood as evidenced by your description of the special 'pork room' that was created in order to be sensitive to local religion and traditions.  Such interest in getting along with Western cultures is not a typical hallmark of muslims.

37 posted on 02/11/2009 3:05:22 PM PST by Stoat (Palin / Coulter 2012: A Strong America Through Unapologetic Conservatism)
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