Baithak World May 08: France's Raj, Headlines, Daniel Pipes, McCain - Danzinger, Paul Szep, RealNews
France already controls 11 million square kilometers of the world's oceans, second only to the US. Now they want more, demanding the equivalent of three Germanys all in one gulp. It's part of a rush to divvy up the world's oceans by this time next year. France isn't alone. Fifty other states could potentially apply to expand their EEZs. In the medium and long term, they all hope to take advantage of untapped oil, mineral and natural gas resources under the ocean's depths.
The applicants are taking advantage of Article 76 of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, which allows states to establish a shelf limit beyond 370 kilometers. It's the same paragraph Russia used to justify its claim on a wide stretch of the North Pole. Russia argued that the so-called Lomonosov Ridge, an undersea mountain range that begins on land in Russia, reaches to the North Pole -- and therefore that the North Pole belongs to Moscow. Researchers were dispatched (more...) to the North Pole in a submarine last summer to prove the Kremlin's case.
The Raj Continues:France Eyes Massive Expansion of its Oceans
The applicants are taking advantage of Article 76 of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, which allows states to establish a shelf limit beyond 370 kilometers. It's the same paragraph Russia used to justify its claim on a wide stretch of the North Pole. Russia argued that the so-called Lomonosov Ridge, an undersea mountain range that begins on land in Russia, reaches to the North Pole -- and therefore that the North Pole belongs to Moscow. Researchers were dispatched (more...) to the North Pole in a submarine last summer to prove the Kremlin's case.
The Raj Continues:France Eyes Massive Expansion of its Oceans
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Self-appointed Arab witch-hunter Daniel Pipes organized the right-wing attack machine against Debbie Almontaser, principal of the Kalill Gibran International Academy in New York, which has 60% Arab students. She was ultimately fired by the city based on zero evidence. In a very patriotic test of democracy vs. fascism, democracy has lost. Joseph McCarthy and his blacklisters have won...and have a new set of Pipes. Here's the piece in the Times last Sunday.
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posted by temporal at 5/09/2008
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