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Edival Marques Quirino Pontes also known as Netinho [2] (born October 11, 1997) is a Brazilian taekwondo athlete. He won the bronze medal in the 68 kg at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, the silver medal in the men's lightweight event at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships held in Guadalajara, and a gold medal at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, in the under 63 kg weight category.
The Rif region receives more rainfall than any other region in Morocco, with some portions receiving upwards of 2,000 mm (78.74 in) of precipitation a year. [ citation needed ] The western and central portions are more rainy and are covered in forests of Atlas cedar , cork oak and holm oak , as well as the only remaining forests of Moroccan fir ...
Arabic name: Personal (Ism): Ahmad al-Kabīr al-Rifāʽī: Patronymic (Nasab): Ibn Ali ibn Yahya ibn Thabit ibn Ali ibn Ahmad al-Murtada ibn Ali ibn Hasan al-Asghar ibn Mahdi ibn Muhammad ibn Hasan al-Qasim ibn Husayn ibn Ahmad al-Salih al-Akbar ibn Musa al-Thani ibn Ibrahim al-Murtada ibn Musa al-Kazim ibn Ja'far al-Sadiq ibn Muhammad al-Baqir ibn Ali Zayn al-Abidin ibn Husayn ibn Ali ibn Abi ...
The charging handle is the same as in the FAL, though it is not the folding version featured in the para-FAL. The 5.56 variant accepts an M16 compatible STANAG magazine, [5] while the 7.62 accepts FAL magazines. There is a magazine release button on the right side of the weapon, as well as a paddle magazine release between the magazine and the ...
The Battle of Annual was fought on 22 July 1921 at Annual, in northeastern Morocco, between the Spanish Army and Rifian Berbers during the Rif War.The Spanish suffered a major military defeat, which is almost always referred to by the Spanish as the Disaster of Annual (Spanish: Desastre de Annual) which is widely considered to be the worst defeat suffered by the modern Spanish Army.
During the Rif War of 1921-1926, the leadership of the Ait Waryaghar was concentrated in the Al-Khattabi family and, in particular, in Muhammad bin Abd el-Krim al-Khattabi. Its centre was the small locality of Ajdir in the bay of Al Hoceima .
Abd el-Krim founded an independent Republic, the Rif Republic, which operated until 1927 but had no formal international recognition. [12] France and Spain did not recognize the Republic and collaborated to destroy it. They sent in 200,000 soldiers, forcing Abd el-Krim to surrender in 1926. He was exiled in the Pacific until 1947.
Spanish newspaper La Correspondencia de España published an article called Cartas de un soldado (Letters of a soldier) on August 16, 1923 which backed the usage of mustard gas. [ 15 ] According to military aviation general Hidalgo de Cisneros in his autobiographical book Cambio de rumbo , [ 17 ] he was the first warfighter to drop a 100 ...