Putting Scale of Distances into Perspective - Israel and Beirut


	Putting Scale of Distances into Perspective - Israel and Beirut

knslyr

7-20-2006 4:58 PM

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mideast, middle east, beirut, israel, conflict, war, map, geography

knslyr says:

Includes a short video with the overlay transition between the US Northeast and the Middle East.

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7-20-2006 5:03 PM

knslyr

For those not overly familiar with the geography of the Middle East, gives you an idea of how close some of these locations are.

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