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Old 03-28-2008, 18:35 PM   #1501 (permalink)
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South Territory of Baja California 1974
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Old 03-29-2008, 01:50 AM   #1502 (permalink)
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Right on. To think that all of the off-road races to La Paz were actually not in a State of Mexico until 1974 was rather surprising to me.

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Old 03-29-2008, 03:47 AM   #1503 (permalink)
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Sorry , Rusty . Forgot the Baja part.
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After demanding Syria from the Ottoman Empire, for assisting against the Greek War of Independence.....

This war, against the Ottoman Empire, was won by the son of an Albanian, who had previously conquered Egypt, when it revolted against the Ottoman Empire.


Who was this Albanian and name the war he started.
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Muhammad Ali, viceroy of Egypt
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Old 03-30-2008, 07:46 AM   #1506 (permalink)
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Who was this Albanian and name the war he started
Are you pointing towards the invasion of Syria[First Turk-Egyptian War]or the confrontation with the Ottoman Caliph[Battle of Nazeb]?
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Are you pointing towards the invasion of Syria[First Turk-Egyptian War]

Correct. Your turn.
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Old 03-30-2008, 19:27 PM   #1508 (permalink)
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No no no that was the rumble in the jungle surely?
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No no no that was the rumble in the jungle surely?
*nods* The Battle of Rope-A-Dope
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Correct. Your turn.
"One more such victory and the cause is lost".....who said it originally and which is the victory being referred to?
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Pyrrhus after beating the Romans at Asculum

Casualties were horrendous on both sides.

This led to the phrase a Pyrric victory, one where the winner loses almost as much as the winner.
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one where the winner loses almost as much as the winner.
AR,I'm gonna chalk this one up to Red Sox opening day fever .
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Pyrrhus after beating the Romans at Asculum

Casualties were horrendous on both sides.

This led to the phrase a Pyrric victory, one where the winner loses almost as much as the winner.

Spot on,your question
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AR,I'm gonna chalk this one up to Red Sox opening day fever .

Kiss my broad A$$!!!!!
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There was another Jackson who fought for the Confederacy in Virginia during the American Civil War.

What was his real name, what was he more commonly known as and why?
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