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The Saluki (Arabic: سلوقي) is a standardised breed developed from sighthounds – dogs that hunt primarily by sight rather than strong scent – that was once used by nomadic tribes to run down game animals. [2]
In 1999, during the South Lebanon conflict a clash broke out between Israel Defense Forces troops and Hezbollah fighters in Wadi Saluki in which two IDF soldiers and three Hezbollah fighters were killed in the fighting. Hezbollah announced that the incident was revenge for the assassination of their commander Ali Hassan Deeb.
The Saluki men's basketball team garnered national attention by advancing to the Sweet Sixteen in 2002 and 2007. In the 2006–2007 season, the Salukis, coached by Chris Lowery , reached their highest ranking in the AP Coaches Poll and the ESPN/USA Today Poll with a position of #11, before dropping to #14 after losing the MVC to Creighton prior ...
A second train, the Saluki, was added on October 30, 2006, in response to increased demand on the Illini and other Illinois Service trains in the 2005–2006 fiscal year. [15] The Saluki was named for the mascot of Southern Illinois University , which is located in the train's southern terminus of Carbondale. [ 16 ]
The Battle of Wadi Saluki also known as the Battle of Wadi al-Hujeir was a battle within the framework of Operation Change of Direction 11 that took place at the end of the Second Lebanon War between the armored forces of the 162nd Division, 401st Brigade, and infantry of the Nahal Brigade and the Combat Engineering Corps and Hezbollah fighters, in the area of river Saluki and the villages of ...
SIU's sports mascot is the Saluki. A Saluki is one of the oldest dog breeds, dating back over 6000 years and is an Egyptian hunting dog. They are sight hounds and can run in excess of 42 mph. The greyhound, afghan, borzoi and whippet are derived from Saluki. [2] SIU's teams originally competed under the team name "Maroons" from 1913 to 1951. [2]
The Saluki Radio Network are radio stations in the U.S. states of Illinois, Missouri and Kentucky that broadcast Southern Illinois Salukis sports events. The network is managed by Learfield IMG College .
Arabian Greyhound circa 1915. The Sloughi has existed for centuries in North Africa, primarily in Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya and Egypt. [6] The word sloughi is likely a Berber pronunciation of the Arabic saluki, the similarly-looking and -behaving Arabian sighthound; the two breeds likely share a common ancestor. [6]