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70Middle East War Scenario, Part I
Oct, 2009---The thirty-six anniversary of a Mid-East war that changed the world---bringing the world to the precipice of nuclear war and economic collapse. On October 6, 1973, during the Jewish holy day of...
93Ten Most Amazing Places in the Middle East
Pamukkale, TurkeyPamukkale, or "Cotton Castle," is a natural phenomenon of wonder-like beauty. Hot-spring waters rich in calcium oxide have, over thousands of years, cascaded down the slopes of Caldag,...
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70Operation Orchard: The Israeli Attack That Destroyed Syria's Nuclear Site
In 2000, the Mossad, the Israeli secret service received intelligence data that Syria may be embarking on a nuclear weapons site with direct technical help from the North Koreans and paid for by the...
0 comments66Middle East War Scenario, Part II
On the thirty-sixth anniversary of the Yom Kippur War, between the Arab states and Israel, the ominous sounds of war continue to escalate in the Middle East. As with that war, the potential for a new and more...
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74Friendly Syria-Backpacking the Middle-East
We entered the border to Syria from Turkey at approximately 8:30 AM, and for the next 8 hours, we sat on a bright red, hard-plastic bench, waiting for our visas. The official policy concerning an American's...
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61The Origin of the Golden Hamster
In 1930 Mr. I. Aharoni, a professor of the Department of zoology, Hebrew university, Jerusalem, decided to explore and animal Burrell near Syria. At the end of the 8 foot tunnel he came upon a mother...
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78The Yom Kippur War
The 1973 Yom Kippur War was a war of retribution of the Arab world against Israel in a long series of wars that date back 6,000 years. It is based on the concept of retribution that guided both sides, found in previous wars and hostilities based in history and religious scriptures of both.
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66Sana'a Girls of Arabia
Founded by Noahaccording to thelegend, or by theSabeans in the 2ndcentury AD in theheart of a fertileplain, the old cityof Sana’a is stillsurrounded by itspise walls.Classified by UNESCOas part of...
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67The TRNC: Desperate for Recognition
I only visited Cyprus once. That was in the old navy days and the Greeks and Turks were at each others throats, as they have been since times immemorial, and still are today. These races just despise one...
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73Your Nukes Our Lives!
In 1940 to 1995, USA and Russia started the hectic race to acquire all kinds of weapons, especially nuclear weapons thinking that this would be a deterrent factor against each other. It’s true that...
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