Posts Tagged ‘Saudi Arabia’
Psy-Op? American said to edit alleged online Al Qaeda magazine (that can’t be found)
Colbert Report | 1 July 2010 Al Qaeda Starts Inspire Magazine Is this some twisted American Psy-Op -- sorry, MISO (Military Information Support Operation), as it is now called -- or just some disaffected American Muslim hounded as a terrorist, who lost his job, and decided to live up to his tormentor's expectations? It is hard to say. An [...]
David Cameron taking a more stand-offish approach to the U.S.
China Daily | Xinhua | 21 July 2010 British 'more cautious in special relationship' with US LONDON - With new British Prime Minister David Cameron making his first trip to Washington for bilateral talks with US President Barack Obama, the director of one of Britain's leading think-tanks has highlighted the more cautious nature of the [...]
Divide and Rule the Muslim World
Spiegel | By Alexander Smoltczyk and Bernhard Zand | 15 July 2010 Persian Isolation A Quiet Axis Forms Against Iran in the Middle East Israel and the Arab states near the Persian Gulf recognize a common threat: the regime in Tehran. A regional diplomat has not even ruled out support by the Arab states for a military strike to end [...]
Barack in Israel, Hussein in the Muslim World
Asharq alawsat | By Tariq Alhomayed | 11 July 2010 Hussein? As soon as US President Obama addressed the Israelis in a televised interview with one of the local television stations, the shock hit our region. This is what became clear from the majority of the Arab media coverage, especially after Obama told the Israelis that he understands [...]
The kidnapping of Shahram Amiri
Middle East Reality | By Arnold Evans | 7 July 2010 An Iranian scientist who disappeared during a religious pilgrimage in June 2009 has sent a message that he was abducted by the United States and Saudi Arabia. I am Shahram Amiri, a lecturer at Malek Ashtar University, and at the moment I am in the town of Tucson in the US state of [...]
Agosta Re-Kickbacks Confirmed (Translations from the French Press)
Quick Translations | Les originaux en français Le Monde | 18 June 2010 Karachi: Judge confirms existence of illicit commission kickbacks Karachi : le juge confirme l'existence de rétro-commissions illicites MediaPart | 12 June 2010 The Karachi Affair | L'affaire Karachi Le Monde reports that Judge Marc Trévidic, in charge of the [...]
Propaganda: Saudi Arabia Allows Israel to Attack Iran?
Is the Sunday Times a Mossad Mouthpiece? In a re-run of a 5 July 2009 story, Saudis give nod to Israeli raid on Iran (also reported on afpakwar), that cited the "the head of Mossad" as its authority, the Times once again obliges the Israeli propaganda effort ... The Times | By Hugh Tomlinson | 12 June 2010 Saudi Arabia gives Israel clear skies [...]
Asif Zardari Richer than Queen Elizabeth II
The Independent | By David Usborne | 19 May 2010 Rich and powerful: Obama and the global super-elite The US President's bank balance has been buoyant since he took office. But he is still some way short of rivalling the very richest world leaders Now the nation knows. That doggy in the White House window is worth $1,600 (£1,100). Pretty [...]
Tariq Ali on Yemen
London Review of Books | By Tariq Ali | Vol. 32 No. 6 · 25 March 2010 (pages 31-33) Unhappy Yemen I left for Yemen as Obama was insisting that ‘large chunks’ of the country were ‘not fully under government control’, after Senator Joseph Lieberman had cheerfully announced that it was a suitable target for war and occupation. The sad [...]
Video: Ayalon Stepping Down to Apologise and Shake Hands with Turki
Al Arabiya News Channel | 7 February 2010 Rejects Ayalon’s claims over Saudi support to Palestine Handshake Israeli apology to Saudi: Prince Turki RIYADH (Al Arabiya) Saudi's former intelligence chief Prince Turki al-Faisal said on Sunday Israel's deputy foreign minister shook hands with him at a Munich security conference to apologize [...]
