It
almost sounds too insane to be believed, but Saudi Arabia’s move to
further isolate neighboring Arab rival Qatar by literally turning it
into an island is but the latest in an intense year long feud between
the two countries that has already produced its fair share of bizarre
headlines.
Tiny but
ultra-wealthy Qatar is a peninsula which shares a 37.5 mile border
(60km) with Saudi Arabia on the kingdom’s northeast side and juts
out from the Arabian peninsula about 100 miles into the Persian Gulf.
Saudi
media revealed this week the kingdom is quickly moving forward with
ambitious plans to dig a 200 meter wide and 15-10 meter deep canal
the entire length of the land border, effectively creating ‘Qatar
island’ — as some Mideast news sources are already calling it.
Of
course, the Qataris don’t appear to have a say in their own
country’s geographic fate, and the Saudis and Emirates further plan
to locate nuclear waste sites and a military base along the proposed
canal to boot.
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