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Bubiyan Island
Bubiyan Island (Arabic: جزيرة بوبيان‎) is the largest island in the Kuwaiti coastal island chain situated in the north-western corner of the Persian Gulf, with an area of 863 square kilometres (333 sq mi). The island is uninhabited.
It is separated from the mainland in the northeast by Khawr Abd Allah and from the mainland in the southwest by Khawr as Sabiyah. The latter channel trends around the northern end of Bubiyan Island, separating it from Warbah Island. 5.4 kilometres (3.4 mi) northwest of Ras al Barshah, the southernmost point, Bubiyan is linked to the mainland by a concrete girder bridge over the Khawr as Sabiyah channel, 2.38 kilometres (1.48 mi) long, built in 1983, which is for military use only^{[citation needed]}. During the Persian Gulf War of 1991 the bridge was destroyed, but has been rebuilt. The island itself has been converted to a military base in 1991 and serves as one ever since.
In November 1994, Iraq formally accepted the UN-demarcated border with Kuwait which had been spelled out in Security Council Resolutions 687 (1991), 773 (1992), and 833 (1993) which formally ended an earlier claim to Bubiyan Island.

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Iraq
Iraq (/ɪˈræk/ or ⁱ/ɪˈrɑːk/; Arabic: العراق‎ al-‘Irāq); officially the Republic of Iraq (Arabic: جمهورية العراق (help·info) Jumhūriyyat al-‘Irāq), is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert.
Iraq borders Syria to the northwest, Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, Jordan to the southwest and Kuwait and Saudi Arabia to the south. Iraq has a narrow section of coastline measuring 58 km (36 mi) on the northern Persian Gulf. The capital city, Baghdad is in the center-east of the country.
Two major rivers, the Tigris and Euphrates, run through the center of Iraq, flowing from northwest to southeast. These provide Iraq with agriculturally capable land and contrast with the steppe and desert landscape that covers most of Western Asia.
Historically, Iraq was the center of the Abbasid Arabic Islamic Empire. Iraq has been known to the west by the Greek toponym 'Mesopotamia' (Land between the rivers) and has been home to continuous successive civilizations since the 6th millennium BC. The region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers is often referred to as the cradle of civilization and the birthplace of writing, law and the wheel. At different periods in its history, Iraq was the center of the indigenous Akkadian, Sumerian, Assyrian, Babylonian, and Abbasid empires. It was also part of the Achaemenid, Hellenistic, Parthian, Sassanid, Roman, Rashidun, Umayyad, Mongol, Safavid, Afsharid, and Ottoman empires, and under British control as a League of Nations mandate.

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Kuwait
Kuwait, officially the State of Kuwait ⁱ/kuːˈweɪt/ (Arabic: دولة الكويت‎, Dawlat al-Kuwayt) is a sovereign Arab state situated in the north-east of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south at Khafji, and Iraq to the north at Basra. It lies on the north-western shore of the Persian Gulf. The name Kuwait is derived from the Arabic أكوات ākwāt, the plural of كوت kūt, meaning a fortress built near water. The country covers an area of 17,820 square kilometers (6,880 sq mi) and has a population of about 3.5 million.
Historically, the region was the site of Characene, a major Parthian port for trade between Mesopotamia and India. The Bani Utbah tribe were the first permanent Arab settlers in the region, and laid the foundation of the modern emirate. By the 19th century, Kuwait came under the influence of the Ottoman Empire, and after World War I, it emerged as an independent sheikhdom under the protection of the British Empire. Kuwait's large oil fields were discovered in the late 1930s.

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Persian Gulf
The Persian Gulf is located in Western Asia between Iran (Persia) and the Arabian Peninsula. It is an extension of the Indian Ocean.
The Persian Gulf was the focus of the 1980–1988 Iran-Iraq War, in which each side attacked the other's oil tankers. In 1991, the Persian Gulf again was the background for what was called the "Persian Gulf War" or the "Gulf War" when Iraq invaded Kuwait and was subsequently pushed back, despite the fact that this conflict was primarily a land conflict.
The Persian Gulf has many good fishing grounds, extensive coral reefs, and abundant pearl oysters, but its ecology has come under pressure from industrialization, and in particular, oil and petroleum spillages during wars in the region.
Historically and internationally known as the Persian Gulf, this body of water is sometimes controversially referred to as the Arabian Gulf or simply The Gulf by most Arab states, although neither of the latter two terms are recognized internationally. The name Gulf of Iran (Persian Gulf) is used by the International Hydrographic Organization.

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Warbah Island
Warbah Island (Arabic: جزيرة وربة‎) is an island belonging to Kuwait, located in the Persian Gulf, near the mouth of the Euphrates River. It is located roughly 100 metres (110 yd) east of the Kuwaiti mainland, 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) north of Bubiyan Island and 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) south of the Iraqi mainland. It is roughly 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) long and 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) wide with a total area of 37 square kilometres (14 sq mi). The island is essentially a large mud flat.
The island has no permanent inhabitants although the government maintains a coastguard post, named M-1 on the island which is partially funded by the United Nations.
In November 1994, Iraq formally accepted the UN-demarcated border with Kuwait which had been spelled out in Security Council Resolutions 687 (1991), 773 (1993), and 833 (1993) which formally ended an earlier claim to Warbah Island.
Near the island in early December 2002, in the lead-up to the invasion of Iraq, an Iraqi ship opened fire on two Kuwaiti coastguard patrol boats, causing them to collide. A US serviceman and two Kuwaiti coastguards were injured in the attack, no mention was made of the reason for the US serviceman's presence.

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Steve Jobs was controversial in life, and now his high-tech mega-yacht is associated with a controversy long after his death. The former Apple CEO's ship was impounded in Amsterdam in the middle of a financial battle over a disputed bill. Phillippe Starck, a French product designer and architect, has alleged that Jobs' heirs owe him 3 million euros for his work on Venus, the 256-foot yacht Jobs commissioned before his death ...   ... ....(size: 2.6Kb)

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Indian police officers baton charge protesters near the Presidential Palace in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012.

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A commission will be set up to probe the gang-rape and torture of a 23-year-old woman in Delhi and measures to ensure such crimes do not recur while laws will be amended to enhance punishment for rape, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said . He also appealed the thousands of protesters on the capital’s streets, demanding justice for the victim, to withdraw ... “The government is serious on the issue. ...  . . ....(size: 2.4Kb)

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A member of security escorts a U.S. convoy in to the Kabul police headquarters, where a an American advisor was killed in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Dec. 24, 2012.

Afghan policewoman kills US adviser in Kabul

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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan policewoman shot and killed an American adviser outside the police headquarters in Kabul on Monday, the latest in a rising tide of insider attacks by Afghans against their foreign allies, senior Afghan officials said. The woman, identified as Afghan police Sgt ... The woman was taken into Afghan custody shortly after the attack ... As many Afghans, the policewoman uses only one name ... Air Force Lt. Col ... Gen ... ....(size: 4.6Kb)

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Six in Iraq face trial over Kuwait port plot

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AFP - Six people are to go on trial suspected of planning attacks on a Kuwaiti port project in the Gulf that is disputed by Iraq, a judiciary official said on Wednesday ... Kuwait insists the port will not affect Iraq ... The $1.1 billion (835,000-million-euro) facility on Kuwait's Bubiyan Island is scheduled for completion in 2016. ....(size: 1.6Kb)

Iraq to try detainees accused of plotting attack on Kuwaiti port project

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01 Feb 2012

NASIRIYAH - Six people are to go on trial suspected of planning attacks on a Kuwaiti port project in the Gulf that is disputed by Iraq, a judiciary official said on Wednesday ... Kuwait insists the port will not affect Iraq ... The $1.1 billion (835,000-million-euro) facility on Kuwait's Bubiyan Island is scheduled for completion in 2016. ....(size: 1.6Kb)

Iraqi MP urges Kuwait to review war compensation

France24

09 Jan 2012

AFP - An Iraqi MP close to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki urged Kuwait to review the billions of dollars of war compensation it demands for Saddam Hussein's 1990 invasion, in comments published on Monday ... Baghdad has also raised objections to a sea port being built by Kuwait on Bubiyan Island that Iraq fears will strangle its shipping lines. ....(size: 1.8Kb)

Iraq calls on Kuwait to review war compensation

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09 Jan 2012

KUWAIT CITY - An Iraqi MP close to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki urged Kuwait to review the billions of dollars of war compensation it demands for Saddam Hussein's 1990 invasion, in comments published on Monday ... Baghdad has also raised objections to a sea port being built by Kuwait on Bubiyan Island that Iraq fears will strangle its shipping lines. ....(size: 1.8Kb)

Kuwait urged to review war compensation

Khaleej Times

09 Jan 2012

An Iraqi MP close to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki urged Kuwait to review the billions of dollars of war compensation ... 'Iraq has paid large compensation to our neighbour Kuwait ... Baghdad is required to pay a further $18 billion, the bulk of it to Kuwait ... Baghdad has also raised objections to a sea port being built by Kuwait on Bubiyan Island that Iraq fears will strangle its shipping lines. Tweet . ....(size: 2.1Kb)

Rocket attack on Iraq-Kuwait border escalates tensions

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29 Aug 2011

Relations between the two countries have slipped to their lowest ebb since the 1990-91 Gulf War after Kuwait began building the $1.1bn (£673m) Mubarak al-Kabir port on Bubiyan Island in May this year ... The rockets reportedly landed in Iraqi territory without reaching Kuwait ... ....(size: 1.7Kb)

Three rockets hit area near Kuwait-Iraq border

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26 Aug 2011

DUBAI - Three rockets have hit the border area between Kuwait and Iraq, Al Arabiya TV reported early on Friday quoting diplomatic sources ... The Dubai-based channel said the Katyusha rockets did not target the port. Kuwait is building the $1.1 billion port on Bubiyan Island ... Tweet . ....(size: 1.6Kb)

Kuwait port plans stir tension with old enemy Iraq

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24 Aug 2011

Kuwait announced plans back in 2007, when Iraq was deep in a sectarian war, to build the $1.1 billion Mubarak al-Kabir port on Bubiyan Island, one of the biggest islands in the Gulf ... It also competes with a port Iraq plans to build on al-Faw peninsula opposite Bubiyan Island ... Many Iraqis do not even accept that Bubiyan Island is part of Kuwait , although the Kuwaiti military has a garrison there....(size: 6.1Kb)

Kuwaiti plans to build new port ratchet up tension with old enemy Iraq

Star Tribune

24 Aug 2011

Kuwait announced plans back in 2007, when Iraq was deep in a sectarian war, to build the $1.1 billion Mubarak al-Kabir port on Bubiyan Island, one of the biggest islands in the Gulf ... It also competes with a port Iraq plans to build on al-Faw peninsula opposite Bubiyan Island ... "The vision is to make Bubiyan the crossroads of transport, sea, ......(size: 5.0Kb)

Kuwait, Iraq hold talks over controversial port

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16 Aug 2011

KUWAIT CITY - An Iraqi technical delegation has held talks in Kuwait over a seaport Baghdad claims would strangle its narrow shipping lanes in the Gulf, the Kuwaiti foreign ministry said on Tuesday ... Khour Abdullah is a narrow waterway that separates Iraqi and Kuwaiti shores off Bubiyan Island where the megaport is being built, and leads to Iraq's Umm Qasr port and other smaller ports ... ....(size: 2.1Kb)

Officials worry Basra falling behind region's oil powers

The Boston Globe

14 Aug 2011

BASRA, Iraq - Iraq will supply the world with its last barrel of oil, according to local lore, and that barrel will come from Basra ... "It's a lost cause.'' ... Meanwhile, despite attempts by Baghdad to stop the project, Kuwait is moving ahead with plans to construct a multimillion-dollar seaport on Bubiyan Island, a strategically important location at the northern end of the Persian Gulf ... ....(size: 3.9Kb)

Basra is wary of the neighbors from Iran

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13 Aug 2011

BASRA, Iraq - Iraq will supply the world with its last barrel of oil, according to local lore, and that barrel will come from Basra ... As the U.S ... Cooperation ... "It's a lost cause." Deals with Shell, BP ... Meanwhile, despite attempts by Baghdad to stop the project, Kuwait is moving ahead with plans to construct a multimillion-dollar seaport on Bubiyan Island, a strategically important location at the northern end of the Persian Gulf ... ....(size: 4.6Kb)

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Map of Kuwait showing Bubiyan Island

Bubiyan Island (Arabic: جزيرة بوبيان‎) is the largest island in the Kuwaiti coastal island chain situated in the north-western corner of the Persian Gulf, with an area of 863 square kilometres (333 sq mi). The island is uninhabited.

It is separated from the mainland in the northeast by Khawr Abd Allah and from the mainland in the southwest by Khawr as Sabiyah. The latter channel trends around the northern end of Bubiyan Island, separating it from Warbah Island. 5.4 kilometres (3.4 mi) northwest of Ras al Barshah, the southernmost point, Bubiyan is linked to the mainland by a concrete girder bridge over the Khawr as Sabiyah channel, 2.38 kilometres (1.48 mi)^[1] long, built in 1983, which is for military use only^{[citation needed]}. During the Persian Gulf War of 1991 the bridge was destroyed, but has been rebuilt. The island itself has been converted to a military base in 1991 and serves as one ever since.^[2]

In November 1994, Iraq formally accepted the UN-demarcated border with Kuwait which had been spelled out in Security Council Resolutions 687 (1991), 773 (1992), and 833 (1993) which formally ended an earlier claim to Bubiyan Island.^[3]

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^ Bubiyan Bridge at Structurae
^ "Kuwait Geography and Population". http://www.visit-kuwait.com/info/geography-population.aspx. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
^ "CIA World Fact Book - Iraq". everything2.com. 2007-01-14. http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1378818.

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