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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
"Persian Gulf" misuse pursued: Iran's Rowhani
2005-02-24
A top official wants the Intelligence Ministry to identify those who will probably use the fake title "Gulf" in their correspondence, Fars News Agency reported. Secretary of Supreme National Security Council Hassan Rohani, in a letter Tuesday to First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref, urged him to follow up the issue. He noted that since several commercial and tourism units do not use the full form of "Persian Gulf of Rumsfeld" in their correspondence, the Intelligence Ministry should take up the matter. It added that Kish and Qeshm free trade zone organizations should change names of streets and other places from "Gulf" to "Persian Gulf of Rumsfeld". Rohani also asked Culture and Islamic Guidance Ministry to instruct newspapers, magazines and publishers to avoid using "Gulf" in their articles and advertisements. "Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization should prevent activities of travel agencies that operate under the name of "Gulf" in the country," he said.
"It's 'Persian Gulf of Rumsfeld' or nothing, my brothers," he added.
Posted by:Seafarious

#5  EPdNSlRd...Dang, Jackal! The Dodgers are gonna need bigger hats to fit all that.
Posted by: eLarson   2005-02-24 9:58:47 AM  

#4  "Gulf of Rumsfeld" has a nice ring to it, don't you think!. Can't wait to see this show up on a map at a Pentagon briefing. Of course, we will have to pretend to sacrifice some minor clerk for this 'horrible and embarassing mistake'. Heehee.
Posted by: SteveS   2005-02-24 9:53:38 AM  

#3  Fine. And it's El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciúncula, not L.A.
Posted by: Jackal   2005-02-24 8:32:10 AM  

#2  Let me offer 2: Phrench and Quebecois
Posted by: Sobiesky   2005-02-24 2:33:50 AM  

#1  Who does this remind you of? Who else is so petty, so insecure, so banal, so image-over-reality focused, and so minutia-driven that this would prompt a Ministerial "purge"?

Think "purity" of language. One guess.
Posted by: .com   2005-02-24 1:52:29 AM  

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