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fifth columnGroup within a country secretly aiding an enemy attacking from without. The term originated in 1936 during the Spanish Civil War, when General Mola boasted that Franco supporters were attacking Madrid with four columns and that they had a ‘fifth column’ inside the city. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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One of the Foundation's directors is Mike Trace, Tony Blair's former deputy drugs czar, who was forced to resign from his new job at the UN after the Mail revealed he had been a self-described fifth columnist at the heart of the British Government, working covertly to undermine the UN drug conventions which commit member states to the goal of eradicating drug use. was arrested in the farming village of Teigh, Rutland, as fear swept the country about pro-Nazi fifth columnists, particularly members of Oswald Mosley's What racing needs is a strategy to counter the whip loonies, a method too of dealing with the Quislings and Fifth Columnists in the racing media who claim to favour a ban because they think it's good for their public image. |
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