Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: IQJOSA<br/>
Date: Sep 08, 2003 @ 04:11<br/>
Author: Lowell G. McManus (&quot;Lowell G. McManus&quot; &lt;mcmanus71496@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-2008572047">I prepared a simple web page at www.mexlist.com/bp/iqjo.htm to illustrate how<br/>
the current IQJO boundary might have evolved.  The map on the left is from the<br/>
Sandia paper cited earlier.  The map on the right is one that I have devised to<br/>
illustrate the scenario that I suggest.<br/>
<br/>
The black lines on my map are the traditional boundaries intersecting at the<br/>
black IQJOSA tripoint.  For some reason (perhaps nothing more than the<br/>
availability of more accurate maps), the tripoint was moved from the black one<br/>
to the red one, thus creating the alternate red boundaries, which are shown as<br/>
the &quot;de facto&quot; boundaries on various maps that we have recently seen.  Then came<br/>
the 1984 agreement to provide for the Iraqi military airfield.  In that<br/>
agreement, Jordan swapped &quot;A&quot; to Iraq in exchange for &quot;B,&quot; thus establishing the<br/>
boundaries shown in blue.  The Ruwayshid Airfield is indeed in &quot;A.&quot;<br/>
<br/>
I can&#39;t prove this scenario, but it seems reasonable, and it answers the<br/>
question as to what territory Jordan gained (in respect to the red boundary)--or<br/>
retained (in respect to the black boundary).<br/>
<br/>
Lowell G. McManus<br/>
Leesville, Louisiana, USA<br/>
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<blockquote><span title="qreply"> ----- Original Message ----- <br/>
From: &quot;m06079&quot; &lt;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:barbaria_longa@...">barbaria_longa@...</a>&gt;<br/>
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Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 5:57 PM<br/>
Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: IQJOSA<br/>
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&gt; ahh nice<br/>
&gt; i hadnt noticed that<br/>
&gt;<br/>
&gt; not only 2 iqsas but a dogleg of iqjo also<br/>
&gt; rather than the simple wye shaped iqjosa trijunction we saw on<br/>
&gt; your first map this morning<br/>
&gt;<br/>
&gt; plus another addition to iqjo obviously<br/>
&gt; the extra reach created between the parallel iqsas<br/>
&gt;<br/>
&gt; so 2 more perfect mysteries<br/>
&gt; perhaps related to the iqjo sliver<br/>
&gt; which has now been pretty much explained by lowell<br/>
&gt; tho i dont see how jordan gained any territory<br/>
&gt;<br/>
&gt; & what you are calling parallel iqsas may actually converge into<br/>
&gt; another sliver shape off frame to the southeast for all we know<br/>
&gt; unless there is an online continuation of this map<br/>
&gt;<br/>
&gt; but clearly there are now not just 2 but 3 probable iqjosas </span></blockquote></div>