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It has also lent its name to the maritime Khawr Abd Allah Protocols, Kor Abd Allah or KAA Interoperability Protocols first developed by the British Royal Navy between March and June 2008 during the British command of [[Combined Task Force 158]] in close co-operation with Kuwaiti and Iraqi senior naval personnel and government advisers.
It has also lent its name to the maritime Khawr Abd Allah Protocols, Kor Abd Allah or KAA Interoperability Protocols first developed by the British Royal Navy between March and June 2008 during the British command of [[Combined Task Force 158]] in close co-operation with Kuwaiti and Iraqi senior naval personnel and government advisers.


The non-legally binding KAA Interoperability Protocols were developed and mediated between the heads of the Kuwaiti and Iraqi navies by then, Major David Hammond Royal Marines, the British naval barrister and legal advisor to CTF 158. David Hammond is now the CEO <ref>https://www.humanrightsatsea.org/about-us/founder/ {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref> of the UK charity Human Rights at Sea <ref>[https://www.humanrightsatsea.org]</ref> and separately independently practices law as an English barrister.
The non-legally binding KAA Interoperability Protocols were developed and mediated between the heads of the Kuwaiti and Iraqi navies by then, Major David Hammond Royal Marines, the British naval barrister and legal advisor to CTF 158. David Hammond is now the CEO <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.humanrightsatsea.org/about-us/founder/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-12-14 |archive-date=2015-12-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222123854/https://www.humanrightsatsea.org/about-us/founder/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> of the UK charity Human Rights at Sea <ref>[https://www.humanrightsatsea.org]</ref> and separately independently practices law as an English barrister.


The Protocols included the production of the KAA Interoperability Admiralty Chart by Major Hammond and which was subsequently distributed to both countries, having been produced by the [[United Kingdom Hydrographic Office]]. On November 11, 2008, the KAA Protocols were historically signed at Kuwait Naval Base having been verbally agreed on board {{HMS|Chatham|F87}} on 8 May 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cusnc.navy.mil/articles/2008/140.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2010-11-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614061202/http://www.cusnc.navy.mil/articles/2008/140.html |archivedate=2011-06-14 }}</ref> The signing meeting saw the first formal meeting of the heads of respective navies since before the 1991 [[Gulf War]]. Subsequently, the success of the non-legally binding protocols was reported to the US Congress on January 9, 2009 in the Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq Report.<ref>http://www.defense.gov/pubs/pdfs/9010_Report_to_Congress_Dec_08.pdf {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref> The detail of the text of the KAA Interoperability Protocols has now been made available open source over the internet from leaked US diplomatic documents.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.leakoverflow.com/questions/554987/09kuwait465-protocols-assist-iraqi-and-kuwaiti-navies-in |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214025027/http://www.leakoverflow.com/questions/554987/09kuwait465-protocols-assist-iraqi-and-kuwaiti-navies-in |archive-date=2015-02-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
The Protocols included the production of the KAA Interoperability Admiralty Chart by Major Hammond and which was subsequently distributed to both countries, having been produced by the [[United Kingdom Hydrographic Office]]. On November 11, 2008, the KAA Protocols were historically signed at Kuwait Naval Base having been verbally agreed on board {{HMS|Chatham|F87}} on 8 May 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cusnc.navy.mil/articles/2008/140.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2010-11-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614061202/http://www.cusnc.navy.mil/articles/2008/140.html |archivedate=2011-06-14 }}</ref> The signing meeting saw the first formal meeting of the heads of respective navies since before the 1991 [[Gulf War]]. Subsequently, the success of the non-legally binding protocols was reported to the US Congress on January 9, 2009 in the Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq Report.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.defense.gov/pubs/pdfs/9010_Report_to_Congress_Dec_08.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-05-02 |archive-date=2010-02-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100228230628/http://www.defense.gov/pubs/pdfs/9010_Report_to_Congress_Dec_08.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> The detail of the text of the KAA Interoperability Protocols has now been made available open source over the internet from leaked US diplomatic documents.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.leakoverflow.com/questions/554987/09kuwait465-protocols-assist-iraqi-and-kuwaiti-navies-in |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214025027/http://www.leakoverflow.com/questions/554987/09kuwait465-protocols-assist-iraqi-and-kuwaiti-navies-in |archive-date=2015-02-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


More recently the former Head of the Kuwaiti Navy, Major-General Ahmad Yousef Al-Mulla, was invited to speak at the United Kingdom's [[Royal College of Defence Studies]] (RCDS) in London on February 1, 2012 on the topic of the Khor Abdallah waterway as part of a lecture covering Kuwaiti-Iraqi maritime boundary interactions and future relations. The lecture was introduced by Lord Astor of Hever [[John Astor, 3rd Baron Astor of Hever]], the United Kingdom government's Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Ministry of Defense) and the [[Commandant Royal College of Defence Studies]] Vice Admiral [[Charles Style]]. It was also attended by representatives of the Iraqi embassy in London.
More recently the former Head of the Kuwaiti Navy, Major-General Ahmad Yousef Al-Mulla, was invited to speak at the United Kingdom's [[Royal College of Defence Studies]] (RCDS) in London on February 1, 2012 on the topic of the Khor Abdallah waterway as part of a lecture covering Kuwaiti-Iraqi maritime boundary interactions and future relations. The lecture was introduced by Lord Astor of Hever [[John Astor, 3rd Baron Astor of Hever]], the United Kingdom government's Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Ministry of Defense) and the [[Commandant Royal College of Defence Studies]] Vice Admiral [[Charles Style]]. It was also attended by representatives of the Iraqi embassy in London.

Revision as of 00:39, 8 February 2022

The Khawr Abd Allah (Template:Lang-ar, Template:IPA-afb) is today an estuary, but once was the point where the Shatt al-Arab emptied into the Persian Gulf. It is located in southern Iraq and northern Kuwait, the Iraq-Kuwaiti border divides the lower portion of the estuary, but adjacent to the port of Umm Qasr the estuary becomes wholly Iraqi. The Shatt al-Arab is now the point where the rivers drain out, east of the Khawr Abd Allah. As it extends northwestward into Iraq, it changes its name to Khawr az-Zubayr, at the location of Umm Qasr. From this point it links by canal again to the northwest and into the Tigris and Euphrates proper. It forms the northeast coastline of Jazirat Bubiyan and the north coastline of Jazirat Warbah.[1] Both of these islands are officially Kuwait, however Iraq does claim them.

It has also lent its name to the maritime Khawr Abd Allah Protocols, Kor Abd Allah or KAA Interoperability Protocols first developed by the British Royal Navy between March and June 2008 during the British command of Combined Task Force 158 in close co-operation with Kuwaiti and Iraqi senior naval personnel and government advisers.

The non-legally binding KAA Interoperability Protocols were developed and mediated between the heads of the Kuwaiti and Iraqi navies by then, Major David Hammond Royal Marines, the British naval barrister and legal advisor to CTF 158. David Hammond is now the CEO [2] of the UK charity Human Rights at Sea [3] and separately independently practices law as an English barrister.

The Protocols included the production of the KAA Interoperability Admiralty Chart by Major Hammond and which was subsequently distributed to both countries, having been produced by the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office. On November 11, 2008, the KAA Protocols were historically signed at Kuwait Naval Base having been verbally agreed on board HMS Chatham (F87) on 8 May 2008.[4] The signing meeting saw the first formal meeting of the heads of respective navies since before the 1991 Gulf War. Subsequently, the success of the non-legally binding protocols was reported to the US Congress on January 9, 2009 in the Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq Report.[5] The detail of the text of the KAA Interoperability Protocols has now been made available open source over the internet from leaked US diplomatic documents.[6]

More recently the former Head of the Kuwaiti Navy, Major-General Ahmad Yousef Al-Mulla, was invited to speak at the United Kingdom's Royal College of Defence Studies (RCDS) in London on February 1, 2012 on the topic of the Khor Abdallah waterway as part of a lecture covering Kuwaiti-Iraqi maritime boundary interactions and future relations. The lecture was introduced by Lord Astor of Hever John Astor, 3rd Baron Astor of Hever, the United Kingdom government's Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Ministry of Defense) and the Commandant Royal College of Defence Studies Vice Admiral Charles Style. It was also attended by representatives of the Iraqi embassy in London.

In September 2019, the Kuwaiti newspaper Al Rai allegedly claimed that Iraq submitted a letter of complaint to the UN Secretary General and UN Security Council accusing Kuwait of geographical changes to its maritime border at the Khor Abdullah waterway.[7]

References

  1. ^ "'Abd Allah Khawr". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. I: A-Ak - Bayes (15th ed.). Chicago, Illinois: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. 2010. pp. 16. ISBN 978-1-59339-837-8.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-12-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ [1]
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-06-14. Retrieved 2010-11-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-02-28. Retrieved 2010-05-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-02-14. Retrieved 2012-05-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ UK, Integrity. "Ku-wait Right There! Iraq Accuses Kuwait of Infringing Shared Maritime Borders – Integrity UK". Retrieved 2021-05-10.

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