Subject: microstates and such<br/>
Date: Mar 14, 2006 @ 06:55<br/>
Author: Brendan Whyte (Brendan Whyte &lt;bwhyte@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1423570664"><blockquote><span title="ireply">&gt;<br/>
&gt;there does remain here however an earnest & nonmarginal interest in <br/>
&gt;the multipointing<br/>
&gt;you mention & imply<br/>
&gt;if you would care to add anything more specific to those parts of <br/>
&gt;your comments<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>there&#39;s an 8mile gap between the Egyptian border at Taba and the <br/>
Hejaz border south of Aqaba, but an interesting history of the town <br/>
is recounted, including Aqaba being the site for a brazen crusader <br/>
attempt to ravage Araby, after using camel caravans to carry <br/>
prefabricated boats from Amman to the coast, and assemble them there.<br/>
It failed, but only after intervention by an Egyptian fleet.</div>