Jihad and the British empire
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The Battle of Tel El Kabia
Colonel arrawby pasha was a precursor of general nassa in the 19 fifties. He led an egyptian revolutionary movement to overthrow a client regime. The liberal prime minister, william gladstone, authorizes a full scale military expedition. It was meant to insure that interest payments on massive debt would continue to be paid by bankers in london and paris. But instead it pushed us back to a choice between european imperialism or barbaric medi at jeharism.
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