fredag den 26. december 2008

The Middle East Redrawn


Religion ... udover penge (som for nogen er en religion) er der få andre ting som har påvirket menneskeligheden i så stor grad - og sammen med menneskene har det også påvirket de grænsedragninger som vi kender idag. Specielt i mellemøsten går det hårdt for sig og det er tvivlsomt om det nogensinde får en ende ...
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Religion ... apart from money (which for some is a religion) very few things have impacted on human life at such a large degree - and along with humans, borders have shifted too. Especially in the middle east is has been hot for centuries ... is is doubtful wether it will ever end ... 
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Redrawn Middle East Map

An article by Ralph Peters in the June 2006 issue of the Armed Forces Journalimagines a redrawn map of the Middle East, where borders are shifted and new states are created to address local — and, thanks to the attention given to the Israel-Palestine situation, less well-known — injustices: ethnic groups separated by international borders are united, stateless minorities are given homelands (e.g. Kurdistan). No more than a thought experiment, but one bound to generate controversy. [...]


Read more: http://www.mcwetboy.net/maproom/2006/09/the_middle_east.php

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