04-10-2012, 07:21 PM
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It's 42
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Originally Posted by Barefootsies
It sounds like a Russian land grab to me (see WWII). Good call.
They know the strategic importance of middle east influence. Take over Iran, checkmate.
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[S]pheres of influence
Due to these factors the British and Russians called for a convention to eliminate the zones of conflict and agreed to institutionalise their respective positions in the Middle East by dividing Iran into "spheres of influence" [46]. The Anglo-Russian convention, which was signed on August 31, 1907, divided Iran into three zones. Russia took the Northern part, bounded on one side by her own border and the Caspian Sea and on the other by an arbitrary line starting from Qasr-i Shirin, passing through Isfahan, Yazd and ending at a point on the Iran-Afghan frontier. The British zone paralleled the Persian Gulf and came into contact with the Indian empire on the east. The neutral zone across the centre of the country, was tacitly recognises as being open to British interests [47]. ...
http://www.iranchamber.com/history/a...on_iran2.ph p
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It wouldn't be the first time this happened ... |
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