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Above deck: One X user said of al-Haddad: “He can board my ship anytime”. Glossary
Yemeni - From Yemen, a country of nearly 33 million bordering Saudi Arabia on the Arabian peninsula.
TikTok - A Chinese social media company featuring short videos with one billion monthly users.
Che Guevara - An Argentina Marxist revolutionary, who was a major figure of the Cuban revolution. He died in 1967.
Revolution - A sudden change in the way things are done.
Jesse James - A 19th Century American outlaw, bank and train robber and gang leader.
Outlaw - A person who has broken the law and who lives separately from the other parts of society because they want to escape legal punishment.
Instant - Straight away.
Napoleon Bonaparte - The French military commander and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led successful campaigns during the Revolutionary Wars.
Average - Typical or usual.