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Old July 15, 2002, 02:12 AM   #1
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CEUTA, Spanish North Africa — Spanish warships headed for North Africa yesterday after a humiliating day for Madrid, with a dozen Moroccan troops invading a disputed island and Britain effectively shelving talks on Gibraltar.
The drama in the western Mediterranean began after the troops landed on the uninhabited island of Perejil, which has been regarded as Spanish for more than 400 years.
Tried to find a picture of Perejil with a Google Images search - didn't find any landforms but did see a lot of cilantro and some broccoli.

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Old July 15, 2002, 09:06 AM   #2
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Reminds me a bit of the Falklands.

That should have tought Morocco a lesson. Even if it is an insignificant body of land it tends to be a bad idea to embarass a stronger power like that, they don't tend to like having fingers poked into their eye and they react.
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