If you stand back far enough from the canal Banks, it appears as though the giant ships are gliding through dry desert sands in the middle of nowhere.

如果你站在运河岸边远处眺望，就好像巨轮在茫茫荒野干旱沙海上滑行。

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Is the canal so much dry?

管那么多干嘛？

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Finally, Teheran announced it would build a dry canal connecting the two ports.

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Iran has a large embassy in Nicaragua and plans on building a deep water port on Nicaraguas Caribbean coast to be connected by dry canal to the Atlantic coast.

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Bill Weinberg, editor of the online journal World War 4 Report and a co-founder of the National Organization for the Iraqi Freedom Struggles recently wrote a very interesting article titled: Iranian Revolutionary Guards in Nicaragua to scout "Dry Canal" project?

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