Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Arabic term or phrase:
عيارات امتصاص زرقاء
English translation:
Sponge bullets
Arabic term
عيارات امتصاص زرقاء
| 5 +1 | Sponge bullets |
Assem Mazloum
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| 5 | blue absorption-type bullets |
Noha Kamal, PhD.
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| 5 | (Blue) rubber bullets / (blue) baton rounds |
Steve Booth
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| 4 | blue absorption cartridges |
Mohamed Salaheldin
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Nov 16, 2007 14:19: Assem Mazloum changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/130762">Maya Hage's</a> old entry - "عيارات امتصاص زرقاء"" to ""Sponge bullets ""
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Sponge bullets
smontour.livejournal.com/2007/04/28/ - 19k -
One Palestinian and one Israeli were also hit with a sponge bullet, ... with a poisonous substance sent to his office in Ramallah in an envelope...
www.vtjp.org/report/Israels_New_Weapons.htm - 86k -
against the construction of the Barrier in Bil’in (Ramallah). Many cases of tear gas ... A sponge bullet is a new weapon used by the IDF. ...
www.humanitarianinfo.org/opt/docs/UN/OCHA/WBN171.pdf -
According to a Palestinian who was hit by one before, sponge bullets stick .... the first-ever Palestine International Bike Race from Ramallah to Jericho, ...
www.palsolidarity.org/main/2007/05/06/when-settlers-attack/ - 110k -
emad has helped the people of Bil'in bring their story to the world. ..... According to a Palestinian who was hit by one before, sponge bullets stick into ...
joeskillet.livejournal.com/tag/bil'in - 89k -
Israeli army forces and Border Guard soldiers entered the village in response to stone-throwing and fired rubber bullets and sponge bullets at villagers. ...
www.aad-online.org/2005/English/OUTERS/aad8/aad8.htm - 184k -
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Native in: Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, French to Arabic, and 1 more.
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blue absorption cartridges
(Blue) rubber bullets / (blue) baton rounds
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Note added at 3 hrs (2007-11-11 18:20:58 GMT)
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should have said you do also get other colours but blue seems to be the most common
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