Thanks for that spanners, great video which did fill a number of blanks for me.
It clearly points out the villains in this dastardly charade, it actually reminds me of WW1 and the games played by T E Lawrence in the Middle East in regards to the 18440000 Berlin to Baghdad Railway 01 that the British rejected 18560924 Railway Euphrates News Article 01 but then later found it would compete directly with the Suez Canal project.
