The Khawr Abd Allah (Arabic: خور عبد الله, Gulf Arabic pronunciation:[xawrʕæbdɑɫɫɑ]) 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. Both countries' 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 from which the rivers drain out and is east of the Khawr Abd Allah. As the estuary extends northwestward into Iraq, it changes its name to Khawr az-Zubayr at Umm Qasr. From that point, it links by canal again to the northwest and into the Tigris and Euphrates proper. It forms the northeastern coastline of Jazirat Bubiyan and the northern coastline of Jazirat Warbah.[1] Both of these islands are officially Kuwait.
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 legally-nonbinding KAA Interoperability Protocols were developed and mediated between the heads of the Kuwaiti and Iraqi navies by Major David Hammond Royal Marines, the British naval barrister and legal advisor to CTF 158 who 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 was subsequently distributed to both countries after theybhad been produced by the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office. On November 11, 2008, the KAA Protocols were historically signed at Kuwait Naval Base after they had been verbally agreed on board HMS Chatham(F87) on 8 May 2008.[4] The signing saw the first formal meeting of the heads of the respective navies since before the 1991 Gulf War. Subsequently, the success of the legally-nonbinding 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 that accused Kuwait of geographical changes to its maritime border at the Khor Abdullah waterway.[7]
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^"'Abd Allah Khawr". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. I: A-Ak - Bayes (15th ed.). Chicago, Illinois: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. 2010. pp. 16. ISBN978-1-59339-837-8.
^. Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-12-14.
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The Khawr Abd Allah Arabic خور عبد الله Gulf Arabic pronunciation xawr ʕaebdɑɫɫɑ 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 Both countries 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 from which the rivers drain out and is east of the Khawr Abd Allah As the estuary extends northwestward into Iraq it changes its name to Khawr az Zubayr at Umm Qasr From that point it links by canal again to the northwest and into the Tigris and Euphrates proper It forms the northeastern coastline of Jazirat Bubiyan and the northern coastline of Jazirat Warbah 1 Both of these islands are officially Kuwait 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 legally nonbinding KAA Interoperability Protocols were developed and mediated between the heads of the Kuwaiti and Iraqi navies by Major David Hammond Royal Marines the British naval barrister and legal advisor to CTF 158 who 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 was subsequently distributed to both countries after theybhad been produced by the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office On November 11 2008 the KAA Protocols were historically signed at Kuwait Naval Base after they had been verbally agreed on board HMS Chatham F87 on 8 May 2008 4 The signing saw the first formal meeting of the heads of the respective navies since before the 1991 Gulf War Subsequently the success of the legally nonbinding 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 that accused Kuwait of geographical changes to its maritime border at the Khor Abdullah waterway 7 References edit Abd Allah Khawr Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol I A Ak Bayes 15th ed Chicago Illinois Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc 2010 pp 16 ISBN 978 1 59339 837 8 CEO amp Founder Human Rights at Sea Archived from the original on 2015 12 22 Retrieved 2015 12 14 Home humanrightsatsea org Press Release Archived from the original on 2011 06 14 Retrieved 2010 11 13 Archived copy PDF Archived from the original PDF on 2010 02 28 Retrieved 2010 05 02 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Archived copy Archived from the original on 2015 02 14 Retrieved 2012 05 15 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link UK Integrity Ku wait Right There Iraq Accuses Kuwait of Infringing Shared Maritime Borders Integrity UK Retrieved 2021 05 10 External links edithttp www usnwc edu getattachment 16048719 a2e3 4107 bbff b0fe0b64e1e4 03 Stich RELEASABLE Archived 2012 03 06 at the Wayback Machine http www defense gov home features iraq reports index html https web archive org web 20150214025027 http www leakoverflow com questions 554987 09kuwait465 protocols assist iraqi and kuwaiti navies in http www cablegatesearch net cable php id 09BAGHDAD1912 http www conservatives com people peers astor john aspx Archived 2013 04 04 at the Wayback Machine29 59 00 N 48 12 36 E 29 98333 N 48 21000 E 29 98333 48 21000 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Khawr Abd Allah amp oldid 1176079469, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
