They seem to crop up everywhere in recent history that is an area of conflict today. All quotes from wikipedia.
Israel / Palestine - on Israel's creation from Palestine in 1947:
"On the date of British withdrawal the Jewish provisional government declared the formation of the State of Israel, and the provisional government said that it would grant full civil rights to all within its borders, whether Arab, Jew, Bedouin or Druze"
India / Pakistan - on the creation of these, also in 1947:
"The partition of India refers to the creation in August 1947 of two sovereign states of India and Pakistan when Britain granted independence to the former British Raj including treaty states "
Ghandi said of this:
"My whole soul rebels against the idea that Hinduism and Islam represent two antagonistic cultures and doctrines. To assent to such a doctrine is for me a denial of God."
GB also ran Iraq from 1919-1932, Iran on and off, Sudan (1924-1956) - the list is endless...
2006-07-14
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