Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] aeqasa resolution becoming a pivotal point in gulf realignments<br/>
Date: Jul 01, 2005 @ 13:48<br/>
Author: aletheia kallos (aletheia kallos &lt;aletheiak@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1647366476">in morning light this is actually quite stunning news<br/>
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note how the de jure aeqa delineation is projected<br/>
seaward from the mentioned khour al adeed shown on<br/>
this map as khawr al udayd<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/qatar_rel95.jpg">http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/qatar_rel95.jpg</a><br/>
& also how the de facto aesa border which is in<br/>
process of being normalized converges toward aeqa<br/>
after emerging at the bottom of the map<br/>
<br/>
& consider that the projected bridge obviously cant<br/>
touch any of the intervening continental saudi land<br/>
since the saudis would prevent the bridge if they<br/>
could<br/>
<br/>
but i have found no evidence that the uae has ever<br/>
ceded or intends to cede any of the offshore islands<br/>
or waters to saudi arabia<br/>
<br/>
or at least not any more of them than absolutely<br/>
necessary<br/>
<br/>
so the sea may not necessarily follow the land as much<br/>
as usual in this case<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
in any event the causeway route will have to be at<br/>
least 25 or 30 miles long<br/>
since it must skirt ras abu qumayyis as well as cross<br/>
or skirt the ghaghah islands at a minimum<br/>
<br/>
& <br/>
the very existence of the project presses the<br/>
prospective aeqasa tripoint as close to ras abu<br/>
qumayyis as the reluctant saudis can be squeezed to<br/>
allow<br/>
<br/>
& <br/>
the uae is not likely to normalize aesa unless the<br/>
saudis do at least make some accommodation for the<br/>
bridge at this time<br/>
<br/>
so this is going to be at least as interesting from a<br/>
multipointing perspective as the bwnazmzw bridge<br/>
project<br/>
even without all the broader geopolitical implications<br/>
<br/>
yum  <br/>
<br/>
--- aletheia kallos &lt;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:aletheiak@...">aletheiak@...</a>&gt; wrote:<br/>
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