Kasos
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Kasos (also Kassos; Italian: Caso) is a Greek island in the Dodecanese. Its population is 990 (2001).Kasos, often spelled Kassos, is the southern most island in Aegean. It was, in ancient times, a safe harbor for the Philistines and to this day is still regarded as an island where ship owners could locate a sea savy crew.
It has a very rich and proud history of seamanship and it's naval skills were feared by surrounding countries as they waged war on their nieghbors and Kassoit's intervened.
Actually, they were too good.....at one point in 1825, the Pasha of Turkey was so furious of the Kassoits that he dispatched his naval fleet to this tiny island and slaughtered the population. Thankfully some escaped to Crete and others committed suicide rather than to suffer and ravaged at the hands of the Turks.
Technically, Kassos was not part of Greece until 1948 when it was officially annexed. Talk about lost cousins....
Kassoit's have a laissez faire policy about everything. As a people they are somewhat larcenous, drink a lot of coffee and laugh a lot.
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