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Entry: Hitchens' Haj Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/hitchens_haj#7061 Post contents: "It is also a strange thing that he wishes to perform ethnic cleansing on the descendants of those Moors." Now that's another good point. Further-moor (sorry, couldn't resist), the descendants of the Moors quite probably include some of our writers of Irish descent- of whom I am one - especially any with dark hair such as I inherited from my Grandmother (nee) Reilly. A good bit of the dark colour in the Irish gene pool came from Spaniards, including some who washed ashore after the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588. "Fitzgerald" in at least some instances meant "son of Geraldo". But then the Spanish name "Geraldo" was of Germanic origin, the root "ger" meaning "spear", so the Irish name "Fitzgerald" basically means "Son of a Spear-Chucker." (wry smile and a wink here...) Sent at: 2008 07 24