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Re: Haditha
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Originally Posted by gem
According to International Law a nation is entitled to temporarily occupy a nation or a territory for reasons of it's own security, but is not allowed to secure those nations or territories for it own corporate or private use as Israel has done in Palestine since 1967.
Also, the Ottoman empire was dissolved in 1918.
The current incarnation of Israel was not created until 1948- and the excerpt and link below reveal some of the consequences of the British defeat of the Ottoman empire.
I found this paragraph further down in the article interesting too:
Who is the real aggressor and violator here?
Gem
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I'm getting tired of giving ME history lessons to people whose only knowledge of the region comes from 4 paragraphs derived from a google search, so I'll pass on this one. 
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