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| | DIARY AND COMMENTARY |
 | | It began at Marathon (490 BC) and continues today: Thermopylae, Salamis, Plataea, Arbela, the Punic Wars, the Mithradatic Wars, the wars of Rome and Parthia, the siege of Constantinople, Manzikert, the Crusades, Lepanto, the sieges of Vienna, Gallipoli...all are but episodes in this 2500 year-long war. |
 | | The highly secretive group of Assassins (perhaps from the word hashish, as the moslem killers allegedly used the drug) was formed in Iran in the 1090s AD. |
 | | Since 640 AD this long war of East against West has been waged by Islam. |
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