Posted June 21, 2018
The Hatfields and McCoys of the Middle East are at it again.
Saudi Arabia is going ahead with plans to turn Qatar into an island, by digging a moat (60km canal) on Saudi land, and fill in the remaining space with nuclear waste dumps and a military base.
Not sure how happy Saudi soldiers will be to get stationed in the isolated crescent, right next to the nuclear waste dump.
"Qatar Island": Saudis Launch Massive Canal Project To Cut Off Neighbor
Before:
Planned:
Oh, and just for good measure (and salt in the wound) the Saudis plan to build beach resorts on the new Saudi side of the canal. Complete with a beachside view of the nuclear waste dumps and military base. Hmmmm, not sure if they thought this bit through yet.
Anyway, Qatar prolly can't do too much to stop this, since it will all be done on Saudi land.
/ Side note: good thing the U.S. / Mexico border is too long to try this stunt.
https://community.oilprice.com/topic/2609-saudi-arabia-plans-to-physically-cut-off-qatar-by-moat-nuclear-waste-and-military-base/