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Arab rebel soldiers appearing on panel show (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

iraqi

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'arab' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'rebel soldiers appearing on panel show' is the wordplay.
'rebel soldiers' becomes 'ira' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'appearing on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'panel show' becomes 'QI' (BBC panel show).
'ira'+'qi'='IRAQI'

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(Other definitions for iraqi that I've seen before include "Native of Baghdad, say" , "Citizen of Baghdad, say" , "Language" , "Middle Easterner" , "Probably a Muslim" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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