At http://tinyurl.com/mkcz you will find a very long 1999 paper on
border-monitoring technologies prepared by the Sandia National Laboratories for
the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Here's what it says about the location of the
IQJO boundary:

> The eastern boundary of Jordan was not established until 1932 when the rulers

of Iraq and Jordan exchanged letters agreeing to draw a boundary line. In 1984,
the southern section was modified to allow Iraq to gain territory for a military
airfield and to extend Jordan's territory near Saudi Arabia.

This seems to explain the difference between the former and "de facto"
boundaries shown on some maps.

Lowell G. McManus
Leesville, Louisiana, USA

----- Original Message -----
From: "acroorca2002" <orc@...>
To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 4:36 PM
Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: IQJOSA

> well there must have been some special agreement for the air
> base to be in the wrong country
> since there was no known overt dispute there
>
> so it does seem strange that this is considered a de facto line
>
> but maybe the sliver & other additions to iraq were only leased
> or held by some oral agreement
> or other special arrangement not technically de jure
>
> seems unusual tho
> & would be nice to know more particulars