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View Full Version : Where is the Arabian Gulf? mohair_chair 12-01-2004, 02:40 PM Do a Google search on "Arabian Gulf" and choose the first result. Read the page carefully. Click on the "i" icon. Apparently Iran is afraid people will stop calling it the Persian Gulf, so they setup this website. No kidding. HAL9000 12-01-2004, 02:45 PM ............... KenB 12-01-2004, 06:27 PM Interesting. They've got a few Googlebombs going too. Here's the whois data. Domain ID:D8137742-LRMS Domain Name:ARABIAN-GULF.INFO Created On:23-Nov-2004 04:30:36 UTC Last Updated On:26-Nov-2004 00:31:17 UTC Expiration Date:23-Nov-2005 04:30:36 UTC Sponsoring Registrar:R113-LRMS Status:ACTIVE Status:OK Registrant ID:C7646625-LRMS Registrant Name:Kaveh Asl Registrant Street1:742 Westview CRES Registrant City:North Vancouver Registrant State/Province:BC Registrant Postal Code:V7N 3X8 Registrant Country:CA Registrant Phone:+1.6043146738 Registrant Email:kaaveh@gmail.com Admin ID:C7646625-LRMS Admin Name:Kaveh Asl Admin Street1:742 Westview CRES Admin City:North Vancouver Admin State/Province:BC Admin Postal Code:V7N 3X8 Admin Country:CA Admin Phone:+1.6043146738 Admin Email:kaaveh@gmail.com Billing ID:C3594293-LRMS Billing Name:Hostmaster ONEANDONE Billing Organization:1&1 Internet Inc. Billing Street1:701 Lee Rd. Billing Street2:Suite 300 Billing City:Chesterbrook Billing State/Province:PA Billing Postal Code:19087 Billing Country:US Billing Phone:+1.8774612631 Billing Email:hostmaster@1and1.com Tech ID:C3594293-LRMS Tech Name:Hostmaster ONEANDONE Tech Organization:1&1 Internet Inc. Tech Street1:701 Lee Rd. Tech Street2:Suite 300 Tech City:Chesterbrook Tech State/Province:PA Tech Postal Code:19087 Tech Country:US Tech Phone:+1.8774612631 Tech Email:hostmaster@1and1.com Name Server:NS3.HMDNSGROUP.COM Name Server:NS4.HMDNSGROUP.COM Fredrico 12-02-2004, 07:33 PM at work. He's from Ethiopia, worked in United Arab Emirates, on the coast of the disputed body of water. He said the Arabs call it "Arabian Gulf," after all, its on their shore, but the oldest name is "Persian Gulf," from Alexander the Great, the Persian who conquered the region centuries ago. The Iranians perpetuate that hubris about their past. Its on their shore, too. It was theirs first, recognized by the civilized world. Who the hell are these Saudi upstarts to claim it? |