Ex-RoNiN

95% Don't overdo it mate, its more like 70%, and then only in the Kyklades. Its less in the Dodekanissa and almost not at all in the Ionian Sea.

Agreed Btw, damn it's nice to see that 'Linda' and the 'library' made it into ArmA That tractor is EVIL

Next time you post a thread like this, all of your accounts will be deleted permanently In case you didn't know - you're not allowed to have two accounts (which, technically, you did and thus risked a permanent ban), and you're certainly not allowed to fill the forums with these sort of requests - we have a Private Messaging system for exactly this reason. Read the rules and be good now

The church has a ridiculous amount of influence in Greece Hopefully they will shut up before the cameras arrive.... Whilst we're at it, the Eurovision threads have been closed since 2003 (I just checked) so I don't see a reason to change this tradition

<span style='font-size:11pt;line-height:100%'>The fall of Souli The city of Souli, in the mountains near today's Yiannina, decided in the 18th century that they would not pay any more taxes to the Ottoman Empire. Furthermore, they were protecting no less than 66 Greek villages in the area from the Ottomans. In return, those villages supported the "Souliotes", or residents of Souli. At times they even demanded a tribute from the Turks in order to not attack them! However, the Ottoman Empire which had started declining at that stage, ignored this matter for almost twenty years. It was 1752, when Mustapha Pasha of Yiannina was given the order to destroy Souli. The Turkish army marched against Souli, but they were beaten decisively. For another four decades, the now near-autonomous state was ignored by the Ottoman Empire — until Ali Pasha came into power. The army raised by Ali Pasha made its first appearance near Souli in 1792 and was soundly defeated. Eight years later he attempted another attack against Souli but was defeated again and left. In 1802, he led 18,000 men in an effort to take Souli by surprise. But a surprise with such a large force was impossible and the Souliotes ambushed them and inflicted heavy casualties. Ali Pasha then decided to change his tactics. Rather than marching and assaulting a natural mountain fortress, such as Souli, he decided to besiege the city instead and began preparations to have Souli cut off from the outside world. In the beginning the Souliotes were not troubled by the siege. But month after month the siege tightened, fields and crops were lost, and the people and their animals suffered from lack of food. The international community became concerned with the matter and in April 1803, supplies were delivered by the French to the harbour of Parga. But Ali took advantage of the occasion, convincing the non-Greek inhabitants of the area that they were facing an international conspiracy that would develop into a threat against them all. It was no longer a personal matter between the Pasha and the Souliotes. Thousands of Turks and Albanians seized the supplies in Parga and reinforced his army. He began building towers at the exits of the valley, attempting to construct a giant trap. The following autumn, the giant trap was completed, but Souli would not fall. He needed the help of someone from the inside. Many patriots and heroic fighters had come out of the Gousis family. But the family also produced Pelios Gousis, who imagined life rather differently. Ali’s men located Pelios and Ali’s second son, Veli Pasha, was sent to meet and strike a secret deal with him. On a pre-agreed night, the Turkish-Albanian forces ambushed the army that Pelios had led into the trap whilst supposedly attempting to break out of the valley. In the darkness and the confusion, the Souliotes were forced to retreat within the fortified enclosure of the church of Aghia Paraskevi in Kougi. By the break of daylight, Veli’s forces were inside Souli, whilst the besieged in Aghia Paraskevi were continuing to fight. Of the 400 who were fighting in Kougi, a small minority managed to brake through the encirclements with scimitars in their hands and managed to escape to safety in the mountains. But most, led by Samuel the monk, realising the dire situation they were in, put fire to the munitions and blew themselves up, along with a good number of Ali’s men. For the remaining survivors, there was only one solution left - surrender. The treaty of surrender was signed on December 12, 1803, which allowed the Souliotes to leave their weapons behind and go wherever they pleased. On December 15, men, women and children were divided into three groups headed to either Zalongo, Vouganeri or Parga. They had not started out when Ali gave the order to hit them as a means of punishment for their uprising against the Empire. The group heading towards Parga managed to escape. The group headed to Voulganeri ended up wandering through the mountains until spring. But the enemy caught the first group at Zalongo, where the Souliotes were ambushed and hit hard. It was an uneven battle. Forced to retreat, some of the men survived. The women and children, encircled by the Turks, turned towards the steep cliff. The date is December 15, 1803. What happened next is very well described by a Turkish colonel, Souleiman-Aga, of Ali Pashas army: “[The] Women of Souli, held their hands and performed a dance, showing unusual heroism, and the agony of death awaiting set the rhythm. At the end of each chorus, women expressed a long piercing cry, whose echo died out in the depth of the frightening abyss of the cliff, where they fell off with their babies.†Dancing and singing, they chose to fall off the cliff holding their babies in their arms, instead of becoming enslaved by the Turks. A monument was built there, as a tribute and a symbol in the memory of the sacrifice of these women of Souli. Every second Sunday of October, celebrations are held to pay tribute to the sacrifice. A poem/song/dance was written to commemorate the sacrifice of Souli. It can be found at the following website: http://www.helleniccomserve.com/zalongopoem.html Sources: http://www.dimos-zalogou.gr/Monuments/Zalogo(EN).htm, http://www.helleniccomserve.com/zalongoarticle.html</span>

Yea go there

I will give you 3 days to read and understand the board rules.

Too O-T for O-T

I have added your database to the research thread which is pinned at the top of this forum DATABASE IS HERE! Thanks for providing this link

Deicide's collection of gun reference pictures.

Deicide's collection of gun reference pictures.

Perma-banned for linking to racist material.

Completely pointless.

Hey chris, long time no see Does the museum have a link, or do you have an address/name? Cheers!

Don't flame bait.

Cows and spamming. Now where have I heard that before Ok, FINAL WARNING. Stick to the topic - small talk/spam/unrelated posts in this thread will from now on be punished with WL boxes and post restrictions. It is unfortuante that it had to come to this, but then you had over 160+ pages to get the idea Hey that wasnt fair Quoting my warning makes my giving you your PR a lot easier. See you in 3 days.

If you want to discuss the politics of this conflict, we have a perfectly fine Iraq Thread that deals with those issues. If you want to discuss OFP community members in Iraq, this is the place. If you are incapable of separating the two, you may lose the privilidge of having either thread.

As Messiah said.

Hi, please use this thread. Thanks

Ohohoh, wrong forum

Ohohoh, wrong forum

We need to post in the correct forum, too.

Someone with your history should then realise that, instead of posting spam, it would be better to not post at all in such a case.