Arabian Gulf…Persian Gulf…Gulf of Basra? 14, December 2009
Posted by thegulfblog.com in The Gulf.Tags: Arabian Gulf, Gulf of Basra, Iran, Iraq, Persian Gulf
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As you no doubt know there’s a remarkable amount of kerfuffle over whether the name for the body of water separating Iran from their Arab neighbors is called the Persian Gulf or the Arabian Gulf. Yet, as if this weren’t one too many choices already, the Iraqi Foreign Minister has decided to stick his oar into the subject and has “discovered” that it “in fact” used to be called the Gulf of Basra. This is really such a curious debate when international law and historical precedent are really rather unequivocal on the matter.
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العرب يعرفون
وكان الخليج الفارسي السبب.
only******** PERSIAN GOLF*************
presian gulf for ever
Yes, indeed. Presian Gulf forever…
Persian Gulf for ever Beat It Arabs