PHOTOS FROM INSIDE IRAN

Andrew Swallow wrote:
Fred J. McCall wrote:
[snip]

:
:On the 28th of February 1922, Britain unilaterally declared the
termination
f the British Protectorate and declared Egypt an independent state. In
:1923, the first Constitution was promulgated and Sa'ad Zaghloul
formed the
:first representative government of Egypt.
:

Note the phrasing "British Protectorate". Just who were they
'protecting' it from?



The French and the Americans.

Andrew Swallow

One big difference between a protectorate and a colony was that
anyone born in a colony, including blacks, was automatically
granted full British Citizenship. People born in Egypt were still
Egyptians although things got fuzzy towards the end.

Andrew Swallow

Andrew Swallow wrote:

:Fred J. McCall wrote:
:[snip]
:
: :
: :On the 28th of February 1922, Britain unilaterally declared the termination
: f the British Protectorate and declared Egypt an independent state. In
: :1923, the first Constitution was promulgated and Sa'ad Zaghloul formed the
: :first representative government of Egypt.
: :
:
: Note the phrasing "British Protectorate". Just who were they
: 'protecting' it from?
:
:
:The French and the Americans.
:

Wrong (well, maybe part right, but certainly nowhere near the main
answer). Care to guess again, or might you perhaps take a history
course?


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truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong."
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...
Cite and Proof please

the new head of the ayatollahs is a rational man.

He's quite rational. He's come to the conclusion that everyone who's not a
Shiite radical needs to be killed by cutting their heads of using rational
study of Holy documents...