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    When speaking of a "Fifth Column", you somehow imply that there are already four other columns. What columns must be thought of, or were originally thought of, in this context?

    Question #89620. Asked by Flem-ish. (Dec 09 07 5:55 PM)


    queproblema

    		The original four were Emilio Mola's four columns of soldiers who marched on Madrid in 1936 during the Spanish Civil War, and he boasted of a fifth column of supporters inside Madrid.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_column

    Dec 09 07, 6:07 PM

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