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27030, but Kuwait was part of Iraq, Lebanon part of Syria
Posted by zewari, Fri Mar-25-05 02:24 PM
so how could those respective situations be a blow to the panarab movement? the brits separated them to prevent the people in Iraq and Syria from having coastal access (thus increasing their economic potential)

i'm sure there are other reasons as well, but as i understood, this was the dominant one...


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