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Re: Western Sahara

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post #28

Not sure if this is some kind of Baader-Meinhof phenomenon or if OP just also did the NYT crossword this morning.

Baader-Meinhof? how so? (and yes, I know they were the first generation of the Red Army Faction)

You are one of todays lucky 10000! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_illusion

Re: Western Sahara

#32
post #31
post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Baader-Meinhof? how so? (and yes, I know they were the first generation of the Red Army Faction)

You are one of todays lucky 10000! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_illusion

there is a book in German called 'Der Baader-Meinhof-Komplex", so I was a little bit irritated, as someone who knows the history of the RAF

Re: Western Sahara

#33
post #29

A couple of misconceptions about Western Sahara I've seen pop up over the past few days: - most (90%) of Morocco's phosphate mining is done in non-disputed territories (it's mentioned in the article). The most disputed resource is actually fish, and to some degree predicted oil reserves. - Tribal allegiances to the Moroccan crown date back from way before colonial times. Today, part of the Sahrawi population supports…

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Re: Western Sahara

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post #29

A couple of misconceptions about Western Sahara I've seen pop up over the past few days: - most (90%) of Morocco's phosphate mining is done in non-disputed territories (it's mentioned in the article). The most disputed resource is actually fish, and to some degree predicted oil reserves. - Tribal allegiances to the Moroccan crown date back from way before colonial times. Today, part of the Sahrawi population supports…

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Re: Western Sahara

#37
post #9

who submited this to hacker news doesnt seem like a fiting spot

This site has like 5 articles about Japan that hit the front page a day. If that shit is allowed then I don’t see why this wouldn’t be.

Re: Western Sahara

#38

Not sure if this is some kind of Baader-Meinhof phenomenon or if OP just also did the NYT crossword this morning.

I play GeoGrid quite regularly and Western Sahara works well to score rare low-point answers. So I was a bit surprised to see it here as well.

Re: Western Sahara

#39
post #3

It's fascinating. Basically the entire world's phosphate comes from this (it has 70% of the world's proven reserves). No country on earth recognizes Morocco's claims over this Saharawi land. At least they didn't until 2020 when Trump became the first in exchange for Morocco normalizing relations with Israel. The case has been taken to international court multiple times and always ruled against Morocco's claims. Despi…

In 2023, Israel formally recognized Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara.

Re: Western Sahara

#40
post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Baader-Meinhof? how so? (and yes, I know they were the first generation of the Red Army Faction)

Frequency illusion, aka Baader–Meinhof phenomenon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_illusion

Thank you! I ran into this a ton in college, and still do sometimes with new (to me) authors. I was confident about what was happening, but it's nice to know it's a documented phenomenon.
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