Word: gibraltarism
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...fact Ireland, and the legend was inspired by the fate of the Dogger Bank, which sank into the North Sea in 6,100 B.C. SPRING 2005 A diving expedition led by French archaeologist Jacques Collina-Girard will try to prove that Atlantis lies just west of the Straits of Gibraltar. His team believes Plato exaggerated the city's splendors, and will look for signs of prehistoric civilization rather than temples of gold...
...irresponsible ? not being the Prime Minister, people won't take notice of what I say, so I'll be more free to say nasty things." - By Simon Elegant Sick Ship Sails GREECE A British cruise ship carrying 430 passengers suffering from a highly contagious form of gastroenteritis sailed for Gibraltar after being refused permission to dock at the Greek port of Piraeus. Greek authorities did permit two British doctors carrying emergency medical supplies to board the Aurora, which was carrying a total of 1,900 passengers and more than 800 crew. The vessel was only days into a tour...
...Qaeda agent captured by Moroccan authorities in June 2002 has been identified as an officer in Saddam’s secret police. Abu Zubayr had worked in terrorist training camps in Afghanistan prior to Sept. 11, and later plotted to target U.S. and British ships in the Strait of Gibraltar. During interrogations, he has purportedly said that Iraq provided chemical weapons, and weapons training, to al Qaeda...
...resistance from the Pakistani Frontier Corps. After one Pakistani militiaman was shot dead, the U.S. troops were ordered back to Afghanistan, according to an Islamabad antiterrorist official.- By Tim McGirk Dire Straight THE MEDITERRANEAN As terror concerns increased with the hostilities in Iraq, the 13-km-wide Strait of Gibraltar south of Spain got a new security system. NATO began quietly escorting allied civilian ships through the Strait to prevent a repeat of the attack on the U.S.S. Cole in October 2000 - when 17 U.S. sailors died - on a softer, commercial target. British Lieut. Commander Harvey Burwin, a Naples - based...
...been described as "like a big brother" to Mohammed VI, did not attend the young King's wedding amid the Perejil drama. Both nations' foreign ministers adopted the "Who, me?" line. The Western Sahara is perhaps the biggest barrier, and one which brings up the issue of another rock - Gibraltar. Spain walked out of then Spanish Sahara in 1976, soon after Franco died, leaving Morocco and Mauritania to divvy up the country, rich in phosphate deposits and fishing grounds. The Spanish were in pre-democracy turmoil and washed their hands of the Saharawi people, most of whom now live...