From: sehari@iastate.edu (Babak Sehari)
Subject: Re: Abu-Musa and "THE GULF: Britain's days of empire"
Originator: sehari@vincent2.iastate.edu
Organization: Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Ames, Iowa.
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 00:35:33 GMT

In <1992Oct5.141354.9230@fmg.bt.co.uk> ghbr@fmg.bt.co.uk (Hossein Bagherzadeh Rafsanjani) writes:
>
>


Note:  IPS, is also known as Iraq Propaganda Service.  One quick linguistic
analysis of following "news report", revels the person who wrote the article
has arabic or Persian native language. Repeated mistakes includes:

            - Not capitalizing the beginning of sentences.

            - Sentences are too long for English style, more compatible
              with arabic or Persian styles.

            - Each paragraph contains only one sentence!  This a known
              Arabic or Persian style.  No English style supports
              this style.




>Following my earlier message regarding the subject of Abu-Musa, I
>found the following in misc.activism.progressive which also refers to
>the Iranian government`s action in taking control of this island and
>its likely longer term effects on the politics of the region.

>-hossein
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>   /** mideast.gulf: 27.0 **/
>   ** Topic: THE GULF: Britain's days of empire **
>   ** Written 10:42 pm  Sep 27, 1992 by pnmideast in cdp:mideast.gulf **
>   From: <pnmideast>
>   Subject: THE GULF: Britain's days of empire 

>   /* Written 12:05 am  Sep 27, 1992 by newsdesk in cdp:ips.englibrary */
>   /* ---------- "THE GULF: Britain's days of empire " ---------- */
>   Copyright Inter Press Service 1992, all rights reserved.  Permission to re-
>   print within 7 days of original date only with permission from 'newsdesk'.

>   Title: THE GULF: Britain's days of empire live on beyond the no-fly zone

>   an inter press service feature

>   by john roberts

>   london, sep 24 (ips) -- twenty years after britain supposedly
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^             ^^^^^^
               London, Sept.     Twenty

>   brought its imperial forces home from the gulf, its military
>   involvement in gulf matters seems as great as ever.
^^^^^^
This paragraph contains only one sentence!

>   british fighter jets patrol the new air exclusion zone over
    ^^^^^^^^
            British
>   southern iraq, its warships routinely patrol gulf waters, it is
>   accused by iran of stirring up a major border dispute and it bids
>   constantly for arms sales to the region's conservative monarchies.


!!!!!  This paragraph too contain only one sentence!!!!


>   the latest pitch, made during a visit to kuwait on a gulf tour,
^^^^^^^
         The latest

>   came from british defence secretary malcolm rifkind, who signed a
>   ''statement of joint intention'' with the kuwaiti authorities this
>   week, which is expected to lead in the near future to a major
>   purchase of british weaponry by the kuwaiti government.

!!!!!The paragraph contains only one sentence!!!!!

>   the british military role in the region was further underlined
   ^^^^^^
         The British

>   by rifkind's deputy, armed forces minister archie hamilton, who
>   declared that britain was prepared to consider expanding its
>   defensive shield over northern iraq in the event of any assault by
>   iraqi president saddam hussein against the iraqi kurdish minority.

!!!!! The paragraph contains only one sentence !!!!!!!

>   hamilton's remarks were significant in that they did not
   ^^^^^^^^^
             Hamilton's
>   represent a response to a sudden emergency, but simply constituted
>   a routine answer to the routine question of what would britain do
>   were saddam to launch his long-feared offensive against the kurds.

!!!!More than one verb in one sentence paragraph again -:) !!!!!

>   yet it is this routine presence of british forces that is
   ^^^^^^
         Yet, it is
>   starting to attract attention. in the last two weeks, iran has
>   blamed britain and the united states for stirring up trouble in
>   the gulf by criticising iranian control over abu musa, a strategic
>   island guarding the gulf entrance to the strait of hormuz.


!!!! One sentence paragraph again !!!!!

>   abu musa was seized by iran in october 1971 while britain was
    ^^^^^^^^^
              Abu musa

>   completing what was supposed to be its final withdrawal from the
>   gulf. abu musa was seen as part of the emirate of sharjah, which,
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^                           ^^^^^^^^        
                         Abu musa had been seen               , which

>   under britain's decolonisation plan for the gulf, had been joined
>   with five other statelets to form the united arab emirates.

>   iran's occupation was followed by a compromise under which it
    ^^^^^^
          Iran's

>   agreed to share sovereignty, so that the island's inhabitants
>   would remain citizens of sharjah and subject to its laws, while
>   iran would be able to maintain a garrison on the island -- and
>   would secure half the revenues from any oil and gas produced in or
>   around the island and its territorial waters.

!!!!! One sentence paragraph again !!!!!

>   but last april, iran imposed restrictions on the island's
^^^^^^^^
       New paragraph started with but! and also not even capitalized !

>   inhabitants and it has since, taken over direct control of their
>   affairs, forcibly severing their links with sharjah. (more/ips)

>   the gulf: britain's days of empire live on beyond the no-fly zone(2-e)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
           The Persian gulf: Britain's

>   the gulf: britain's days of empire (2)
                                      ^^^^
                                        Where is "."

>   initially the uae believed this was a problem best solved by
    ^^^^^^^^^
       Initially, the

>   quiet bilateral diplomacy. but, gulf sources say, iranian control
                              ^^^^^
                              ; however,
>   over the island is now absolute and arab states set it as a sign
>   of iranian expansionism and a portent of a future revival of
>   iranian efforts to dominate the gulf.

>   rather than attack the gulf states over the question, teheran has
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
      Rather than attacking

>   consistently said the crisis is a product of western imperialism.
>   yet the gulf states now appear more determined than ever to
>   strengthen their military links with the west.

>   rifkind followed his trip to kuwait by a call on bahrain, where
    ^^^^^^^                      ^^^^^^              ^^^^^^^
    Rifkind                       Kuwait via Bahrein
          
>   british tornadoes were based during the gulf war and which is also
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        British Tornadoes

>   likely to purchase british weapons.

>   bahrain is regarded as a weather vane in the gulf. it recently
^^^^^^^^^^^                                            ^^^
          Bahrein                                         It
>   warned that because iranian power was now getting so much
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

>   stronger, the gulf cooperation council (gcc) countries might have
>   to consider a rapprochement with iraq as a counterbalance.

>   this is not likely to happen. instead the traditional monarchies
   ^^^^^^^^^
             It is not likely to happen!

>   of the gulf are looking to the coalition that fought the gulf war
>   to defend them. talks with egypt and syria have been resumed,
              ^^^^^ ^^^^^      ^^^^^     ^^^^^   
                   him  Talks     Egypt     Syria
>   largely as a result of the abu musa crisis, on closer military
>   cooperation with the gcc.

>   this is the so-called ''six-plus-two formula'' which envisages
    ^^^^^^^
       This is called

>   that in times of direct threat to the gulf the six nations of the
>   gcc would have their military forces augmented by egypt and syria.

>   but for weapons, and instant protection, the gulf states are
^^^^^^^
    Start of sentence with but! Not even But or However!
so on ... I believe this "news" has been written by Saddam's daughter!-:)






>   still looking to the u.s. and britain. the united kingdom
>   currently maintains a small flotilla in the gulf, the so-called
>   'armilla patrol', and has six reconnaissance variants of the
>   tornado aircraft (and two aerial takers) based in saudi arabia to
>   patrol the skies over southern iraq.

>   in turkey, it has eight jaguar strike aircraft (and another two
>   refuelling planes) stationed as part of a joint us-french- british
>   force to protect the kurds.

>   kuwait has yet to decide what it wants to purchase from britain.
>   but saudi arabia has bought british tornado jets, as well as
>   smaller jets that double as trainers and strike aircraft, and
>   kuwait's requirements will be similar. the british will also be
>   keen to try to sell kuwait its new challenger ii main battle tank.

>   the result of the rifkind visit to the gulf could be some very
>   considerable arms sales indeed, while his presence in kuwait,
>   particularly at a time when it is wary of renewed claims by iraq
>   to kuwaiti territory, can be taken as a clear demonstration that
>   britain anticipates maintaining its military presence in the
>   region for quite some time to come. (end/ips/ip/jmr/rj/92)

>   ** End of text from cdp:mideast.gulf **
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