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2005-02-23 Arabia

UAE-Saudi tensions emerge over border row, trade links with US

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Posted by Fred 2005-02-23 00:00:00 AM|| || Front Page|| [17 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The UAE is puny. If the House of Terrorists (or Saud) was capable of Muslim brotherhood (ikhwan) they could give up a little of the camel kingdom.

Posted by ITolYouSoLucy 2005-02-23 4:20:36 AM|| 2005-02-23 4:20:36 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Historically, it's been the Gulf Arabs, with their boats and the accompanying necessity for hard work (catching fish is work, when you're doing more than drowning worms) have been richer and more civilized than the sand Arabs of the interior.

Dilmun was nearly as old as Uruk, and had trade relations with the Harappan civilization of the Indus valley. It was reputed to be the home of Utu-Napishtim, who discovered the secret of immortality. Naturally, having all that gold and those jewels lying around, the sand Arabs came by regularly and despoiled them, sometimes killing all the women and raping the men.

The more things change...

Posted by Fred 2005-02-23 9:04:27 AM|| 2005-02-23 9:04:27 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Historically, it's been the Gulf Arabs, with their boats and the accompanying necessity for hard work (catching fish is work, when you're doing more than drowning worms) have been richer and more civilized than the sand Arabs of the interior.

Or, fish, and shellfish are edible, sand is not.

Posted by BigEd 2005-02-23 3:35:31 PM|| 2005-02-23 3:35:31 PM|| Front Page Top

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