M_0331 wrote:quote="M_0331"]Ed, thanks for info. I had not idea he was in the southwest Asia area.
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Ah, just for accuracy, Iraq is not in S.W. Asia...[/quote]
The Middle East is part of Asia, therefore, Iraq is in SW Asia.
Islam
The second most popular religion in the world and Most people from the middle east follow the religion of Islam like Jordan, Syria, Saudia Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Lebanon,
Iraq, Palestine, Afganistan, Pakistan and more.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia[/quote]
Thanks for the support on SW asia, you too cyc 1.
It was referred in Gulf War 1 & 2 to by EU CENTCOM as SW Asia as it is in their AOR.[/quote]
Actually your naming a religion, and not a geographic location.
Geography of Asia
Sovereign states
and other territories Afghanistan · Armenia · Azerbaijan1 · Bahrain · Bangladesh · Bhutan · Brunei · Cambodia · China [People's Republic of China (Hong Kong • Macau) · Republic of China (Taiwan) · Cyprus · Egypt1 · Georgia1 · India · Indonesia1 · Iran · Iraq · Israel (see also Palestinian territories) · Japan · Jordan · Kazakhstan1 · Korea (North Korea · South Korea) · Kuwait · Kyrgyzstan · Laos · Lebanon · Malaysia · Maldives · Mongolia · Myanmar · Nepal · Oman · Pakistan · Philippines · Qatar · Russia1 · Saudi Arabia · Singapore · Sri Lanka · Syria · Tajikistan · Thailand · Timor-Leste (East Timor)1 · Turkey1 · Turkmenistan · United Arab Emirates · Uzbekistan · Vietnam · Yemen1
1Transcontinental nations
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Iraqbtw, I know you knew it was in Asia... I'm just not understanding what religion has to do with it.