The Taba Hilton is in the formerly disputed area. If it weren't for the hotel
(which used to be the Sonesta), the issue would have been resolved much sooner.

Asher
--- Arif Samad <fHoiberg@...> wrote:

>
> This is slightly off topic but I thought this was the
> best place to ask the question.
> In the newspaper articles I read on the terrorist
> attacks, they always mention that Sinai was returned
> by Israel to Egypt in 1982. That got me to thinking.
> Taba border strip was an area less than a square mile
> that was returned in 1989. Does anybody know if the
> places that were attacked last week were in the
> one-time disputed area or not?
> Also, when I went to Ireland this year, I crossed into
> NI on a bridge over a river. I now want to collect a
> list of divided bridge on rivers not near the sea.
> Any help would be appreciated.
> Arif
>
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