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Question: ...what would have happened to Saddam Hussein during the Arab Spring ?
#1
He would have been overthrown in a relatively peaceful way (see Tunisia)		  
#2
Protests and riots would have degenerated into a civil war or close to a civil war - Saddam eventually bows out		  
#3
Protests and riots would have degenerated into a civil war or close to a civil war - Western countries eventually intervene and help overthrowing it (see Libya)		  
#4
Protests and riots would have degenerated into a civil war or close to a civil war - but the international community would fail to take any action and the fighting would continue for months (see Syria)		  
#5
Protests and riots would have degenerated into a civil war or close to a civil war - but Saddam would eventually crush the opposition		  
#6
Some protests would have erupted, but not enough to succeed (see Saudi Arabia)		  
#7
Some protests would have erupted, but Saddam would manage to placate them through moderate reform (see Morocco)		  
#8
No significant protest would have erupted		  
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« on: February 27, 2012, 04:42:45 PM »
Why is it spelled Irak in French? It seems odd, seeing as that k isn't a French letter (if it were fully Gallicized, it would be Irac). Is the letter qaf transliterated as k in French?
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« Reply #1 on: February 29, 2012, 12:38:04 AM »
Quote from: Hank4Senate on February 28, 2012, 08:09:43 AM
Quote from: Antonio V on February 28, 2012, 07:26:41 AM
Quote from: Χahar on February 27, 2012, 04:42:45 PM
Why is it spelled Irak in French? It seems odd, seeing as that k isn't a French letter (if it were fully Gallicized, it would be Irac). Is the letter qaf transliterated as k in French?

I honestly have no idea. Iraq would make more sense, indeed.

I don't know about French, but in Polish it's "Irak" too, although under a proper scholarly transliteration qaf would stay. But, heh, the same should go for Qaddafi, who was "Kadafi" in Polish.

More I'm studying Arabic, the more I'm annoyed with bastardisations.

Of course, Polish uses the letter k, so that makes sense. French doesn't.
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