re news that i missed in article may ncsu edu hernlem chess ncsu edu brad hernlem writes in article optima cs arizona edu bakken cs arizona edu dave bakken writes in article c mm a kb bony bony com jake bony bony com jake livni writes in the ny times on sunday may in an article on somalia a reporter writes but last year iran quietly took over four islands belonging to the united arab emirates and deported their people with hardly a protest from the united states does anyone know what this is referring to i seem to have missed it spiked no doubt there was something in the nyt and other sources about this for a few days it is an ongoing border disupute and when the iranians kicked out the uae people it was briefly reported this was many moons ago i don t recall reading of any public us comment if it were a strong protest i probably would have seen it those islands would be abu musa and the greater and lesser tunbs i presume i don t know about a fourth the latter two islands belong to iran and so according to the ny times the islands belong to the united arab emirates could not be taken over the major row is over abu musa which has been jointly administered by iran and uae the dispute goes back to the early s when britain evacuated the island and iran under the shah reclaimed the island which had historical ties to iran no british objection was raised at that time it is my understanding that uae residents of abu musa are currently free to travel to and from the island and that iran is desiring diplomatic resolution of the dispute why is it then that when the british iranians and uae refer to occupied territory they mean territory in dispute in israel but not in their own affairs jake livni jake bony bony com ten years from now george bush will american occupied new york have replaced jimmy carter as the my opinions only employer has no opinions standard of a failed president
