The letters in the word IRAQ can be found in boxes 2, 9, 11 and 21 but not necessarily in that order. Similarly, the letters in all the other listed countries can be found in the boxes indicated. If you insert the letters correctly, the name of another country will be revealed in boxes 7 to 13.

BELGIUM: 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 10 and 14
COLOMBIA: 2, 5, 10, 11, 14, 18 and 24
CUBA: 1, 5, 11 and 18
FINLAND: 2, 11, 12, 14, 20 and 23
HOLLAND: 11, 12, 14, 20, 24 and 25
IRAQ: 2, 9, 11 and 21
JAPAN: 4, 6, 11 and 12
KENYA: 8, 11, 12, 13 and 16
MEXICO: 2, 8, 10, 15, 18 and 24
NORWAY: 9, 11, 12, 13, 17 and 24
SPAIN: 2, 6, 11, 12 and 26
SWEDEN: 8, 12, 17, 20 and 26
TURKEY: 1, 8, 9, 13, 16 and 22
VIRGIN ISLANDS: 2, 7, 9, 11, 12, 14, 19, 20 and 26
ZAMBIA: 2, 3, 5, 10 and 11

Comparing pairs of countries and watching out for common (or different) letters produces:

BELGIUM and CUBA: 1=U
BELGIUM and IRAQ: 2=I
TURKEY and IRAQ: 9=R
CUBA and IRAQ: 11=A, 21=Q
JAPAN and SPAIN: 4=J, 26=S
HOLLAND and JAPAN: 12=N, 6=P
CUBA and ZAMBIA: 5=B, 18=C
ZAMBIA and MEXICO: 10=M, 3=Z
KENYA and MEXICO: 8=E
BELGIUM and COLOMBIA: 14=L, 24=O
MEXICO: 15=X
NORWAY and SWEDEN: 17=W, 13=Y, 20=D
FINLAND: 23=F
HOLLAND: 25=H
TURKEY and KENYA: 22=T, 16=K
BELGIUM and VIRGIN ISLANDS: 7=G, 5=B, 19=V

Edited on January 11, 2007, 2:53 pm

Posted by Old Original Oskar! on 2007-01-11 14:52:34