Breitbart: The dispute between Qatar and its Gulf Cooperation Council neighbors now threatens to reshape both the political and literal geography of the Middle East. Saudi Arabia is considering a plan to dig a canal that would turn the Qatari peninsula into an island, an official revealed on Friday.
“As a citizen, I am impatiently waiting for the details of the implementation of the East Salwa island project, this great historic project that will change the region’s geography,” gushed Saud al-Qahtani, a senior adviser to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, in a tweet on Friday.
Reuters described the plan in question and noted it has been floating around for a while, but was widely assumed to be bluster meant to intimidate Qatar:
Reports about the canal first emerged on Sabq, a news website close to the government in April. Unnamed sources described Saudi plans to build a military base and a nuclear waste dump beside a 60 kilometer (37 mile) channel measuring 200 meters wide and 20 meters deep and stretching across the entire border with Qatar.
The cost was estimated at 2.8 billion riyals ($747 million).
Further reports in the newspaper Makkah in June said Riyadh was moving ahead with the plans, with five unnamed companies invited to bid on the project and a winner to be announced in September.
A 200-meter-wide canal would not be the most formidable of obstacles, but editorial cartoons of an angry Crown Prince Mohammed using a hacksaw to chop Qatar off and watching it float away into the sea are easy to envision. more here
Hank Johnson would be upset thinking it would just drift away. and maybe collide with Australia!
” Al Katraz “
can we do the same with Kalipornia?
I particularly like the idea of putting a nuclear waste dump along the border.
We should do that with Mexico.
In fact Lazlo posits that we should dig the ‘Mexico Canal’ Right along the border.
Two hundred yards across, stocked with gators and Mako sharks. Biggest damn thing man has ever built
Doc: I was just going to ask what will Qatar do to make sure they don’t tip over?
One side will be ‘QAT’…..the other side will be named ‘AR’…..I’m happy that the third frog in the old Budweiser commercials will have work again….Second frog too….
Allah Sandbar
this dovetails nicely w/ the story about Kalipornia’s dependency on Saudi oil
https://iotwreport.com/green-california-is-more-reliant-on-foreign-oil-than-ever-before/
… get it? Kali is now paying for Saudi’s ‘Wall’ …. bwaaaaaaahaaaaaaa haaaa
Not sure it’s a good idea to dig up that much sand. Odds are they’re going to hit another massive oil field.
Qatar off!
Gitter done!
The Legend of Qatarzan will soon follow
A Mysterious Man swings back and forth over the Canal on a Vine
like a Monkey(insert dramatic music here)
They got that idea from Bugs Bunny:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiTM2HQ0g98
Are we sure it won’t flip over, like Guam?