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A Map Geek's Tour of the World #2 | Wendover Productions
A Map Geek's Tour of the World #2 A tour of the world, presented by a map geek. From West Virginia's that aren't really that west to pieces of Scotland in the Netherlands, learn about our world from a different perspective.Email: [email protected] Twitter: @WendoverProAttributions: Airport Lounge- Kevin MacLeod (Outro Music) Visuals provided by Wiki Commons Visuals licensed under Creative Commons 3.0 Additional footage provided by VideoBlocks LLC Licenses available upon request Air Accident Investigation Branch - Air Accident Investigation Branch Report No: 2/1990 - Report on the accident to Boeing 747-121, N739PA, at Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire, Scotland on 21 December 1988...
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Following the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Scotland, a deal was reached between
would happen in a neutral country in return for the extradition of the accused bombers.
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Following the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Scotland, a deal was reached between Gaddafi of Libya and the British government in which the trial of the accused bombers would happen in a neutral country in return for the extradition of the accused bombers. The Netherlands agreed to host the trial and so a portion of the Netherlands, a former
NATO base called Camp Zeist, became a piece of Scottish land in the Netherlands. This land was part of Scotland, with Scottish police officers, Scottish judges, and Scottish law. Thus, the court established on the site for the proceedings was dubbed the Scottish Court
in the Netherlands. Following the trial on a subsequent appeal, the land was ceded back to the Netherlands, but for that short time, Scotland was just a tiny bit bigger. Across the channel in the area that's always Scotland, there are two islands called
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