quisling

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  • "If Israel succeeded in dismantling the government of Gaza, and then handed over the coastal enclave to the PA, then most Palestinians and Arabs and Muslims would view the PA as a quisling entity very much like defunct Israeli puppet South Lebanese army." —  Palestine Blogs aggregator
  • A "private" session with the quisling, Joe Boy Leiberman? —  Wake Up From Your Slumber - The Truth Will Set You Free
  • I've some advice for the quisling-elect and I have a sweet HD video camera. —  MidnightBlue
  • The original national flag planned in 2004 for Iraq by a group of Bush administration neocons (influenced by their task masters in Israel) and a few quisling-type Iraqi nationals, who were brought into Baghdad by U.S. military power, looked nothing like those of Iraq's neighbors.
  • The president's first phone call was to that Palestinian quisling, the unelected and deeply unpopular Mahmoud Abbas. —  WHAT REALLY HAPPENED
 

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  1. After Vidkun Quisling (1887-1945), head of Norway's government during the Nazi occupation (1940-1945).
 

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