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On Mon, 9 Apr 2007, Jonathan King wrote:
On 4/4/07, Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
Can you see this?:
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2007/03/29/world/0329-for-webBRITAIN.jpg
I think that image is freely available. If it isn't, I can put it on my
server for you.
I can see it, but I don't understand why you're pointing it out because
there obviously could also be a disagreement about where the boat was,
as well.
The major point of showing that map was that "Iran" changed their claimed
position after it was pointed out that the first claim was within Iraqi
waters (according to some international agreement).
I suspect that the British have a much better idea where their ships
were than anybody in Iran did, and it is likely they had the position
pretty close to exactly right. But the tolerances here are not that
large; I think even on your map, the differences in position are less
than a mile.
It has been said several times that the British vessel was 1.7 nautical
miles (about 2 ordinary miles) inside Iraqi waters. So the differences in
the positions are of about 3-4 miles, but yes they were all near the
boundary.
Mike
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