Subject: Iraq, Co. Monaghan<br/>
Date: Mar 28, 2003 @ 01:03<br/>
Author: John Kelly (&quot;John Kelly&quot; &lt;johnkelly@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-168447191">Here&#39;s an interesting one, border and politically realted. Can two<br/>
bordered areas, in different parts of the world and unrealated to each<br/>
other, be the same shape? Seems so. In this year&#39;s St Patrick&#39;s day<br/>
parade in NYC, the County Monaghan association had to remove their<br/>
banner because  Monaghan is almost the same shape as Iraq. This was<br/>
thought offensive to some in the current situation and so the banner was<br/>
banned!<br/>
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The article:<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/28/29855.html">http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/28/29855.html</a><br/>
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Map of Monaghan<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.monaghantourism.com/towns.asp">http://www.monaghantourism.com/towns.asp</a></div>