hawasim
n.— «Saddam had called this war the Harb Al Hawasim, the Final War, and Iraqis immediately renamed looted goods in Iraq Hawasim.» —“Beyond Fallujah” by Patrick Graham in Iraq Harper’s June 1, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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