There should be several situations in Africa that are analogous to
IRSYTR/Kurdistan. The current international boundaries there are largely
relicts of the colonial era with little regard for ethnic regions.
Lowell G. McManus
Leesville, Louisiana, USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "aletheiak" <aletheiak@...>
To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 4:43 PM
Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: IQSYTR
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> thats an interesting point
> whether one agrees with it or not
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> & it might also be fun to look for iqsytr classmates
> in similarly integral tricountry areas around the world
>
> like say afirpk
> baluchistan perhaps
> etc
>
> sort of like azcanv in the usa really being just
> mohave stan
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> or manyvt really being just
> williams college stan
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> or algatn really being just
> tva stan
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> etc if any
>
> for it is easy to overreach in the excitement for less & less
> authenticity of stanhood
> like say by assigning ilinmi & ilmiwi to
> lake michigan stan
> which i think would overdilute your basic nicety too much
>
> for it seems any list of truly integral triareas like iqsytr
> on any given level
> must be rather short & sweet at best
> & probably always subject to some degree of arbitrariness
> but perhaps still worth a look & a try
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> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "sdrawkcabdom"
> <sdrawkcab8@h...> wrote:
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>> This tripoint is not as 'important' in my view - it's Kurdistan
>> rather than three different countries.
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>> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "aletheiak"
> <aletheiak@y...>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > this was a couple of years ago
>> >
>> > --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "acroorca2002"
>> > <orc@o...> wrote:
>> > > --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Jesper Nielsen"
>> > <jesniel@i...>
>> > > wrote:
>> > > > Possible tripoint island at IQSYTR:
>> > > >
>> > > > http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/EART/iraq/200k/J38_25.jpg
>> > >
>> > > bravo
>> > > it looks plausible from here
>> > > & could be unique in the world
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>> > but on second thought
>> > since all 3 of the pertinent ibs numbers for iqsytr
>> > namely 27 & 100 & 163
>> > place the boundaries on the thalwegs here
>> > without qualification or exception
>> > it would not appear so plausible after all
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>> > & in any case
>> > not nearly so plausible as a bggrtr tripoint on kavak island
> now
>> > appears
>> > which really stands to be unique in the world to the best of
> our
>> > knowledge
>> > despite being contradicted also by all 3 of the pertinent ibs
>> > numbers
>> > namely 41 & 49 & 56
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