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War pigs are pigs reported to have been used in ancient warfare as military animals. In combat, they were mostly employed as a countermeasure against war elephants . Historical accounts of incendiary pigs or flaming pigs were recorded by the Greek military writer Polyaenus [ 1 ] and by Aelian . [ 2 ]
' Pig ') is a male pig exhibited at Kabul Zoo in Kabul, Afghanistan. The animal achieved fame as the only pig in Afghanistan, a predominantly Islamic country where the eating of pork is not permitted. As a result, Afghanistan has no pig farms. [1] Khanzir was given to Kabul Zoo by the People's Republic of China in 2002. [2]
Moccus has been connected with pigs and boars on the basis of this theonym, which has been assumed to derive from a reconstructed Gaulish root word moccos, meaning pig or wild boar. [6] This word is not otherwise attested except in personal names, such as Moccius , Moccia , Mocus , Mocconius , Cato-mocus (literally, war-pig, along similar lines ...
An Urdu language word meaning egg, for the pure-white uniform of traffic police in urban Pakistani areas like Karachi. Askar/Askari A Somali term meaning “soldier” which is often used by Somali immigrants to the United Kingdom to refer to police. It is commonly used by rappers in UK drill. Aynasız
But - and I don't mean to cause offense - given that the original war pig page was drawn mostly from a video game(!!!), I have to wonder if these revisions are being held to the same rigorous non-standards of the original entry. Again, not meaning to cause offense, but it does seem odd. 67.181.14.236 01:35, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
The goal is to halt the movement of goods which could help the blockaded nation's war effort. Booby trap; Breach: a gap in fortified or battle lines. Breakout: exploiting a breach in enemy lines so that a large force (division or above) passes through. Bridgehead and its varieties known as beachheads and airheads. Camouflet
Vancouver's 1798 map, showing some confusion in the vicinity of southeastern Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands, and Haro Strait. The Pig War was a confrontation in 1859 between the United States and the United Kingdom over the British–U.S. border in the San Juan Islands, between Vancouver Island (present-day Canada) and the Washington Territory (present-day State of Washington).
Razakar is a Persian term meaning volunteer. [3] The former Bangladesh government denoted all collaborators of the Pakistan forces as Razakars. [2] This includes leaders, members of East Pakistan Central Peace Committee and even the Chakma King Maharaja Tridev Roy. [2] In Bangladesh today, Razakar is used as a pejorative term meaning "traitor ...