those are the headlines more news after sykes pekoe lines in the sand. between november nine hundred fifteen and main one nine hundred sixteen britain and france agreed a secret deal for dividing the ottoman empire the european allies when the first world war and so. now we can draw. a young british politician sir mark sykes and the french lawyer turned diplomats. drew borders that best suited their own interests the psychs pekoe agreements. it's cut across a separate deal the british had already made with sharif a saint of mecca to support him in creating a hashemites arab kingdom in return for his leading to an arab revolt against autumn and. the south of anatolia eastern turkey and the syrian coast down so beirut were put under direct french control while basra and baghdad were placed under direct british control. mosul and damascus were under french protection and called area eight the rest of mesopotamia and the southern levant were put under british protection and called area b. . jerusalem was designated as an international zone. but soon after th

call for the division of iraq it was almost as though they hadn't studied the lessons of the post sykes pekoe periods. so fail to convert our. new. tool even with a by the. by the valley so for timely i started seen how to start of. the start at the. cli. that. here was that area. sunni leaders in iraq began to warn against the intervention of neighboring shiite iran into internal affairs of their country. they feared a sectarian war which would lead the country into a spiral of violence and arguably make division the only option. when you're confused. why the in the town when a mob kind of you're on my idea the iraq war here i mean. what i meant. to know which and that. would use a million but i thought he has such an ear when brady are. here why they leave the house or. if it's not part of year. someone ab initio. was in. sofia what do you do and if you are a dude why. did you miss here all of that is. what. you. when i sat down with that ship bellows i want to get them all one has it all and one under the limit so will hold. them out i'm so ill if you don't want to see the old boy as he wa

those are the headlines more news after sykes pekoe lines in the sand.

sykes pekoe lines in the sand on jesse.t's a daunting climb to one of the holiest sites in bhutan tiger's nest ball astri seems to defy gravity every few cities is expected to complete the pilgrimage to ensure peace and happiness when it became a democracy in two thousand and eight the time put happiness at the center of all political policy inspiring the un to pass a resolution urging other nations to follow betimes example but how do you measure it many brits are nice happiness is what we ensure it if that is quantifiable of advice simply turning its pursuit into policy bhutan has done what no other country has. the story of one of the most successful p.r. campaigns in the us. study after study has demonstrated that israeli perspectives dominate american media coverage what part of this case you get through your thick head is hamas a terrorist organization the only thing that you're going to say is what we want and if you don't say it when i go at you speak it would be very hard for ordinary americans to know that they're

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