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2009.
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| Summary/Abstract |
Occupied and administered by Iran since 1971 but claimed by the United Arab Emirates, the tiny Persian Gulf island of Abu Musa, Greater Tunb and Lesser Tunb, occupy a vital postion at the entrance to the strait of Hormuz. The strait is one of the world's key strategic maritime choke points; it is just 54 km wide at its narrowest point, and 20 per cent of world crude oil shipments pass through it.
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