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Drop the "Al". Just "Qaeda". It's cleaner. (To be more serious: I actually haven't seen anyone refer to them just as "Qaeda". Is this a new thing or was I j
by IvyMike 13y ago
Drop the "Al". Just "Qaeda". It's cleaner.
(To be more serious: I actually haven't seen anyone refer to them just as "Qaeda". Is this a new thing or was I just not paying attention?)
- dandelany 13y agoWell, "al" just means "the" in Arabic, so it would be analogous to eg. referring to The New York Times in a headline like "New York Times reports..." So no, I don't think it's particularly odd.