May 2, 2012
THE EGYPTIAN-SAUDI DISPUTE 30 April 2012 No one wants to inflict any harm to the Saudi embassy or the diplomats working in it, nor to any Saudi consulate around the world. This embassy represents a brotherly Arab nation. However, the Egyptian people have the right to demonstrate outside it and [...]
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March 5, 2012
The oil boom of the 1970s availed Saudi Arabia the resources and the will to deploy influence regionally [GALLO/GETTY] Berkeley, CA - In 1973, the ageing Faisal bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud won the hearts of Muslims around the world by throwing Saudi Arabia’s weight behind the oil embargo, the aim of which was to dissuade [...]
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March 2, 2012
Saudi Arabia May Be Tied to 9/11, 2 Ex-Senators Say By ERIC LICHTBLAU March 01, 2012 “NY Times” –WASHINGTON — For more than a decade, questions have lingered about the possible role of the Saudi government in the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, even as the royal kingdom has made [...]
Tags: al-Qaeda, Bob Kerrey, Kenneth L. Wainstein, Omar al-Bayoumi, Saudi, Saudi Arabia, Saudi government, United States
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January 22, 2012
Saudi Arabia says the Syrian government ‘has not respected any of the clauses’ of the League’s peace plan [Reuters] Saudi Arabia has said it was pulling out its observers from the Arab League observer mission to Syria because Damascus had not kept its promises. Riyadh “is withdrawing from the mission because the Syrian government has [...]
Tags: Arab League, middle east, Politics of Syria, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Sunday, Syria
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December 29, 2011
The US deal will supply Saudi Arabia with F-15 fighter jets, as well as modernising 70 existing planes [EPA] The United States said it had signed a $29.4bn deal to provide F-15 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia in a move likely to be seen as part of efforts to counter Iran. The deal [...]
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December 13, 2011
Saudi Arabia’s Breach of Human Rights by César Chelala December 10 is Human Rights Day. On December 12, 2011, Saudi Arabian authorities ordered the execution of a woman convicted of practicing magic and sorcery. Although the Saudi Interior Ministry didn’t give details of the woman’s crime, the London-based al-Hayat newspaper quoted Abdullah al-Mohsen, [...]
Tags: Al-Hayat, Amnesty International, Capital punishment, London, Muhammad Saad al-Beshi, Saudi, Saudi Arabia, United Nations General Assembly
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December 2, 2011
Severe Repression in Saudi Arabia John Glaser, December 01, 2011 Print This | Share This | Comment | Antiwar Forum Beneath the news of the western media,our trusted friend and ally has been ruthlessly cracking down on the Saudi people. Here is an excerpt of Amnesty International’s press release of their new report on the Saudi government’s response to Arab Spring [...]
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November 23, 2011
Marchers protest in Sana’a rejecting Ali Abdullah Saleh‘s immunity from prosecution. Photograph: Hani Mohammed/AP Yemen president quits after deal in Saudi Arabia Agreement for immediate transfer of power pledges immunity for Ali Abdullah Saleh and family reddit this Tom Finn in Sana’a guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 23 November 2011 16.51 GMT Article history After nine months of mass [...]
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November 19, 2011
Legitimacy of Saudi Regime Challenged, National Press Club Membership Suspended More blog posts from Sam Husseini On Monday I went to a news conference at the National Press Club, where I am a member, titled “His Royal Highness Prince Turki al-Faisal al-Sa’ud of Saudi Arabia.” I asked a tough question [...]
Tags: Madawi Al-Rasheed, National Press Club, Persian Gulf, Sam Husseini, Saudi, Saudi Arabia, Turki, Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali
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October 14, 2011
Saudi Arabia called the alleged plot “sinful and abhorrent” but stopped short of naming Iran as the culprit (AFP/Jewel Samad, File) TEHRAN (AFP) — Iran on Thursday urged Saudi Arabia “not to fall into the trap” of believing US claims it was behind an alleged plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to Washington, which [...]
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October 10, 2011
Saudi Arabia’s Shi’a Uprising Causes Jitters in the Gulf 6 October 2011 The Saudi authorities are exerting gigantic efforts in order to prevent the waves of protest, which are storming several Arab countries, from arriving inside the Saudi borders. This is done either by improving the living conditions of the Saudi citizen, or by offering [...]
Tags: Arab people, Bahrain, Iran, Qatif, Saudi, Saudi Arabia, Shi, Shia Islam, Syria, Tunisia, Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali
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October 5, 2011
Saudi Police Open Fire on ‘Seditious’ Protesters Interior Ministry Blames Iran for Growing Unrest by Jason Ditz, October 04, 2011 | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum Violence has once again broken out around al-Qatif on the eastern coast of Saudi Arabia, with police opening fire on pro-democracy [...]
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September 19, 2011
Ambassador: Saudi Arabia supports Palestinian UN bid Published today 16:26 A Palestinian worker inspects a banner as it prints in Ramallah on September 12. The banner reads: “The People want membership of a Palestinian state at the UN”. [Reuters/Mohamad Torokman] RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Saudi Arabia supports the Palestinian bid for full UN membership, Palestinian [...]
Tags: Barack Obama, Mahmoud Abbas, New York Times, Palestinian people, Saudi Arabia, Turki bin Faisal Al Saud, United Nation, United States
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August 8, 2011
A Skeptical Eye: Saudi King Condemns Syrian Crackdown Demands for ‘Comprehensive Reforms’ Ring Hollow After Role in Bahrain Attack by Jason Ditz, August 07, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum As the massacres in Syria get bigger and more frequent — one today killed 59 in an eastern city — a number of factions [...]
Tags: Arab League, Ayman Al Zawahiri, Bashar-al Assad, Holy Roman Empire, middle east, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United States
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July 22, 2011
The legislation would allow authorities to imprison for 10 years anybody who questions the integrity of the king [AFP] A proposed Saudi anti-terrorism law threatens to strangle peaceful dissent in the kingdom, a leading human rights organisation says, calling on King Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz to reconsider the changes. Under the Draft Penal Law for Terrorism Crimes and Financing Terrorism, [...]
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July 15, 2011
Born on June 15,1951 into a working class family in the south-western city of Ahvaz in the Khuzestan province of Iran, Hamid Dabashi received his early education in his hometown and his college education in Tehran, before he moved to the United States, where he received a dual Ph.D. in Sociology of Culture and Islamic [...]
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July 14, 2011
Berlin Opposition Livid about Saudi Border Deal Getty Images German Chancellor Angela Merkel walks with Saudi Arabian King Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud during a four-day trip to Saudi Arabia in May 2010. By Matthias Gebauer and Florian Gathmann The opposition in Berlin was already outraged about a plan to sell 200 tanks to Saudi Arabia. [...]
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July 11, 2011
Saudi arrests hardline cleric al-Ahmed: activists By Amena Bakr | Reuters – Sat, Jul 9, 2011 RIYADH (Reuters) – Hardline Saudi cleric Sheikh Youssef bin Abdallah al-Ahmed, known for his controversial views on Saudi society, was arrested on Friday, Saudi activists told Reuters on Saturday. Interior Ministry officials were not immediately available to comment. “The sheikh was arrested on Friday and [...]
Tags: Activism, Arab world, Bashar-al Assad, Grand Mufti, Leopard 2, middle east, Reuters, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Sharia, Sheikh, United States
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July 1, 2011
Piece by piece … Saudi Arabian women solve a jigsaw puzzle. Photograph: Jason Burke for the Guardian The Bridges bookshop and cafe, on Arafat Street in an upmarket residential area of the southern Saudi port city of Jeddah, is quiet this weekend afternoon. Three young women sit on the floor working on a 13,000-piece jigsaw. [...]
Tags: Che Guevara, Hosni Mubarak, House of Saud, iPod, Jamal Khashoggi, middle east, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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June 29, 2011
Riyadh will build nuclear weapons if Iran gets them, Saudi prince warns Prince Turki al-Faisal: he said that if Iran came close to developing nuclear weapons Riyadh would not stand idly by. Photograph: Hassan Ammar/AFP/Getty Images A senior Saudi Arabian diplomat and member of the ruling royal family has raised the spectre of nuclear conflict [...]
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June 4, 2011
Here are some of the latest videos you can view at the RealNews site. News stories June 4, 2011 9/11 and Who Rules Saudi Arabia Madawi Al-Rasheed: The Saudi dictatorship was the incubator of al Qaeda Go to story | Go to homepage Yemen president injured as civil war looms EuroNews: Yemeni President [...]
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June 2, 2011
Madawi Al-Rasheed is Professor of Social Anthropology at King’s College, London. She is originally from Saudi Arabia and currently lives in London. Her research focuses on history, society, religion and politics in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf. Her recent publications include Politics in an Arabian Oasis , and A History of Saudi Arabia. [...]
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May 29, 2011
Saudi Arab Spring Policy Imitates U.S., Media Can’t See It John Glaser, May 27, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Comment | Antiwar Forum There is a great example of the general bias of The New York Times in today’s edition. Saudi Arabia is flexing its financial and diplomatic might across the Middle East in a wide-ranging bid [...]
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May 17, 2011
Subscribe to FFF Email Update Subscribe to Freedom Daily DONATE TO FFF Hornberger’s Blog Monday, May 16, 2010 Hornberger’s Blog Index Information about RSS REMINDER: The Jacob Hornberger Show every Saturday at 7-8 pm EST. Listen and watch live on the Internet: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/the-future-of-freedom-foundation America’s Post-9/11 Turn toward Dictatorship by Jacob G. Hornberger Among the most potent [...]
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May 12, 2011
Tomgram: William Astore, A New Age of “Enlightened” War Posted by William Astore at 10:00am, May 12, 2011. In case you hadn’t noticed, they are — no kidding around — absolutely the niftiest non-humans on Earth. I’m speaking about the special operations force of Navy SEALs that took out Osama bin Laden. They and their special ops [...]
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May 9, 2011
After bin Laden Hit, U.S. Aides Raise Dubious Hopes for Peace by Gareth Porter, May 09, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum Barack Obama and top administration officials have taken advantage of the killing of Osama bin Laden to establish a new narrative suggesting the event will pave the way for negotiations [...]
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May 9, 2011
Nato units left 61 African migrants to die of hunger and thirst Exclusive: Boat trying to reach Lampedusa was left to drift in Mediterranean for 16 days, despite alarm being raised Share1587 Jack Shenker in Lampedusa guardian.co.uk, Sunday 8 May 2011 21.30 BST Article history Refugees from Libya reach Lampedusa. A Nato ship failed to [...]
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May 8, 2011
While the establishment media was busy parroting President Obama’s announcement of Osama bin Laden’s supposed assassination, reporting the unsubstantiated claims as if they were unquestionable facts, much of the so-called “alternative” press was far morecautious — and accurate, it turns out. But more importantly, with the new official storyline indicating that bin Laden was in fact unarmed, bigger and [...]
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May 7, 2011
Oil Wealth, U.S. Backing Enables Saudi Arabia to Crush Dissent in Bahrain and at Home Share357 Saudi Arabia, the oil rich kingdom that is the birthplace and former home of Osama bin Laden, has staved off the widespread popular protests that have swept across the region since January. The country’s oil-rich Eastern Province, bordering Bahrain, [...]
Tags: al-Qaeda, Bahrain, International Crisis Group, Osama bin Laden, Persian Gulf, Protest, Rutgers University, Saudi Arabia, Shia Islam, Toby Jones
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May 6, 2011
Even the administration in the US including those elements who organised and carried out the killing accept that this action is hardly the end of Al Qaeda, the euphoria among the population could well be displaced by further concerted actions from the group. What seems to come from the ever changing reports of what happened [...]
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April 28, 2011
Women have played a very major role in what has been called the Arab Spring. This article brings together several strands of actions undertaken by women in the movement to rid the Arab world of the shackles of the imperial project that has led to the setting up of so many dictators and corrupt regimes. [...]
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April 24, 2011
What follows is a very interesting article from the Tom Dispatch site. There is a brief introduction from Tom Englehardt and then there is the article itself by well known authors McCoy and Reilly. As this century unfolds it may [...]
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April 23, 2011
This is avery interesting point of view as far as the balance of the Middle East is concerned. The real point is that where there was massive public support for a program of change it seem to have been a far better way of going anywhere. As soon as the rest of the imperial [...]
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April 23, 2011
Kissinger Calls For US Ground Invasion Of Libya Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com Friday, April 22, 2011 Related: Report: Bilderberg Wants Gas Prices at $7 a Gallon Image: Wikimedia Commons Despite the fact that the United States is embroiled in three major conflicts and can barely service its own gigantic debt, with [...]
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April 23, 2011
Women have emerged as key players in the Arab spring Through protesting, organising, blogging and hunger-striking, women have taken a central role, but it remains to be seen whether their rights will improve Share252 Xan Rice in Benghazi, Katherine Marsh in Damascus, Tom Finn in Sana’a, Harriet Sherwood in Tripoli, Angelique Chrisafis and [...]
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March 28, 2011
It never takes Nick Turse from Tom Dispatch long to put out very carefully considered material. This would appear to be his latest America’s Saudi air war A plan to train Saudi air force pilots in Idaho is turning former allies into bitter enemies. Nick Turse Last Modified: 19 Mar 2011 17:10 Email Article Print Article [...]
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March 28, 2011
The closer you get to Israel the worse life becomes if you are indigenous. If not it does not matter where you are. To the Zionists life goes on regardless. my own headline of course, George Ikners ikners.com Syrian clashes leave at least 12 dead as government delays concessions • At least 12 people killed [...]
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March 23, 2011
Libya: US planes ‘dropped two bombs’ to protect downed pilot American Harrier jets dropped two large bombs on Libyan armoured vehicles who posed a threat to a downed pilot, the US military said on Tuesday night. Aviation Ordnancemen prepare a sidewinder missile for a Harrier AV8B on board the USS Kearsarge. Photo: DAVID ROSE By Nick [...]
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March 23, 2011
Now how can that be right? Almost from birth we have been told that salvation comes from above and as a result many many substandard people have held sway over both our opinions and ideas. But why is this so? Mainly because our parents had been very actively taught (propagandi sed) to believe that the [...]
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March 22, 2011
Photos show US soldiers in Afghanistan posing with dead civilians ‘Trophy’ pictures show US soldiers posing with corpses of Afghan civilians they are accused of killing for sport Jon Boone in Kabul guardian.co.uk, Monday 21 March 2011 21.56 GMT Article history A US soldier poses with the corpse of an Afghan boy – one of [...]
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March 21, 2011
Despite humanitarian nonsense as part of feigned respect for Libyan democracy the invasion is continuing apace. It will get progressively worse no doubt. A simple rule you can use in looking at what is happening anywhere that involves the ‘glorious free west’ is that real democracy is never part of the equation. What is happening [...]
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March 20, 2011
Just out of interest note yet another spelling of Qaddafi. This article is part of what one may hope is the rest of the world realising just what lengths the oil and resource driven greed of capital can do to anyone in its way. The former ‘bad guy terrorist’ come good is the US Public [...]
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March 20, 2011
Once again you have an opportunity to view an interview on matters in Libya from a present day as well as historical perspective thanks to Paul Jay and the rest of the Real News commentating staff. From this caption you can see what it is about and gain some insight into what is occurring. You can of course form a view [...]
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March 20, 2011
Here is an excellent interview at the Democracy Now site. You will find it very useful as well as informative. Just another brick in the wall perhaps but the building continues. The next interesting outcome is simple. The US loved Egypt and the Mubarek household. It was not just a valued ally and mate but an [...]
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March 19, 2011
It all changes from minute to minute and day to day. What you need to do is to keep up. It can get like eating stale fish and chips morning noon and night. Of course that is very obvious. I you have missed that just factor it into your equation if you think it is relevant or worthwhile or reasonable [...]
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March 17, 2011
Saudi Arabia’s Dangerous Intervention 15 March 2011 Saudi Arabia’s dispatch of a thousand soldiers to back up ‘security’ efforts in Bahrain is the most dangerous political and military development seen in the Arab Gulf region since the Iraqi forces invaded Kuwait in the summer of 1990. The danger lies in two basic issues: First, this [...]
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March 16, 2011
You are probably aware of the fantastic work done by the Real News. They also provide a free subscription service and rely on public donation. In this interview Paul Jay speaks with people who are vitally concerned with happenings in the Middle East. Whatever your views may or may not be you will always find material at [...]
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March 16, 2011
Bahrain forces attack protesters Casualties reported as security forces drive out pro-democracy protesters from capital”s Pearl Roundabout. Last Modified: 16 Mar 2011 08:07 Email Article Print Article Share Article Send Feedback Security forces in Bahrain have driven out pro-democracy protesters from the Pear Roundabout in the capital Manama. Helicopters hovered overhead as troops backed by tanks stormed [...]
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Scrambled Media eats Obama crumble
While the establishment media was busy parroting President Obama’s announcement of Osama bin Laden’s supposed assassination, reporting the unsubstantiated claims as if they were unquestionable facts, much of the so-called “alternative” press was far morecautious — and accurate, it turns out. But more importantly, with the new official storyline indicating that bin Laden was in fact unarmed, bigger and [...]
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