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		fifilura 29 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: U.S. bombs Iranian nuclear sites A fifth column is a group of embedded traitors. I am not sure the word is suitably used here. Franco (loosely). "We'll be marching towards Madrid in four columns. The fifth column is already in the city".

ebb_earl_co 29 days ago [–]

As in Francisco Franco? Thank you for the definition and some bonus etymology!

fifilura 29 days ago | [–]

Yep same guy, during spanish civil war in the 1930s

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