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Syrian blood etches a new line in the sand

Posted by seumasach on July 25, 2012

Pepe Escobar

Asia Times

25th July, 2012

Once upon a time, early in the previous century, a line in the sand was drawn, from Acre to Kirkuk. Two colonial powers – Britain and France – nonchalantly divided the Middle East between themselves; everything north of the line in the sand was France’s; south, it was Britain’s.

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