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Maps of Iraq and military strategy.

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  • 26-03-2003 1:13pm
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    Just incase your getting a bit miffed with Sky news' floor map I found these on a texan university website, they have great detail of oilpipelines, dams etc which may give you a liitle insight when you hear various sites being mentioned on various news-channels, it may give you an idea perhaps of why strategicly they are fighting in various places

    http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/iraq.html#iraq_detailed.html

    Also have a look at this one

    http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/east_central_iraq_rel_1992.jpg , note the hugh Dam justbefore Karbala, and various barrages. There was a mention of the possiblity of Hussein flooding cities/towns just before war broke out, as far as my limited knowledge of Geography and surveys goes, rivers follow the easiest path, and spread out when they cross lowland, which may give you an idea of the height of the terrain in comparison to surrounding areas


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