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Tuesday, May 29th, 2012

Posts Tagged geography

Mohammed Moved the Mountain But Fox News Redraws the Map of the Region

By | 07.30.09 | 1:02 pm

By 1916, the allies had opened up the Arabian Peninsula as a front in the First World War by convincing the Arabian tribes that Britain and France supported their independence from the Ottoman Empire. From deep behind Ottoman lines, the revolt kindled by legendary British officer T.E. Lawrence disrupted Ottoman More…

Palin’s Geography Lesson

By | 09.25.08 | 4:35 pm

In her interview with Katie Couric, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin again points to her state’s proximity to Russia as evidence of her national security cred. She offers, “As Putin rears his head and comes into the airspace of the United States of America, where do they go? It’s Alaska. More…