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Saudis and US: Dog and Tail
2008-07-11 05:47:00 Excellent commenter Lafayette Sennacherib suggests that the Saudis are in fact clients of the US. I disagree. LS: You talk about 'the Saudis' as if they were independent operators; they're not - they wouldn't last a minute without US support, same too with the elites in Egypt and Jordan.And most accounts suggest that Wahabbism is quite separate from the Saudi royal families; it's something they've made an accommodation with - they let them have their way in 'moral matters' to keep them quiet. I don't have the answers, but for 'Saudis' ultimately read ' US' elites - they have to do what they're told in the end. To what end, I don't know. To which I respond: Right, but what you mean when you say that they would not last a minute without US support is that the US for all intents and purposes is propping up an unpopular regime. It is unpopular because it is so pro-US! If it goes, you get radical Islam bigtime. Hamas X 10. You get more or less Al Qaeda in power in Arabia....
By: Robert Lindsay
The Saudhouse
2008-07-09 07:55:00 Updated July 12:Are the Saudis behind Muslim terror most everywhere, or does it just seem like it?After all, 80% of Al Qaeda were Saudis several years ago. What's the figure now? We know that Zarqawi's Iraqi Al Qaeda was full of men from the Gulf, not necessarily Saudi Arabia, but Arabia nonetheless. Fallujah was full of these guys in 2004 during the two horrible US invasions of the town.And support for Al Qaeda is high in the Kingdom. A good 50% of the population supported bin Laden a few years back. The Al Qaeda unit inside Saudi Arabia, Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, had vast support and was able to penetrate into the deepest recesses of the Saudi security forces during its operations. This is how it raided embassies.There were also times during the worst of the AQAP operations that the Saudi security forces just let AQAP escape from their very hands. This was due to huge support for AQAP inside the Saudi security forces themselves. What's happened since? With the death of...
By: Robert Lindsay
Bring a can of petrol!!
2008-06-08 22:00:00 The price of petrol in India have already gone through the roof. Reason? Global oil prices are at all-time high levels (about $139 per barrel) and the nation’s public sector oil companies can no longer sustain the heavy subsidy on petroleum products. So which are the nations where the price of petrol is ...
Wael Julaidan, Founder of al Qaeda, Back in Action in Saudi Arabia?
2008-06-05 16:21:00 Is Wael Julaidan, founder of al Qaeda and one of only two Saudis ever designated as terrorist financiers by the Saudi regime and supposedly out of circulation, back in the public spotlight? It would seem so. According to the English language Saudi paper, the the Arab News Julaidan was a featured speaker at a recent conference hosted by the World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY). The article was first noted and commented on by the Global MB Report (registration required). There are no other known leaders...(read more)
News: Saudi Arabia becomes major UN donor
2008-05-24 22:30:00 The UN appealed for US$755 million to cover the high costs of food and fuel which have risen dramatically since June 2007, hampering the world's most vulnerable nations in the global food crisis.31 countries responded in donating a collective US$460 million. Saudi Arabia now close the gap with a US$500 million donation.The half-billion dollar contribution puts the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at the forefront of the large-scale, high-level, multilateral UN action by the global community. (Full)Picture courtesy Tom Haskell/WFP
Saudi Arabia gives 500 million dollars to world food appeal - AFP
2008-05-23 22:30:00 Saudi Arabia gives 500 million dollars to world food appealAFP - 3 hours agoROME (AFP) ? Saudi Arabia has donated half a billion dollars (317 million euros) to a UN World Food Programme appeal to battle the global food price crisis, ...Misers No More? Saudi Arabia Pledges $500 Million to World Food ... FOXNewsUN welcomes donations to relieve world food crisis Monsters and Critics.comSecretary-General welcomes landmark Saudi contribution to World ... ReliefWeb (press release)The Associated Press - Jerusalem Postall 124 news articles
Saudi Arabia - birthplace of islam - Maid abuse charges dropped
2008-05-22 18:43:00 US-BASED Human Rights Watch has slammed a Saudi Arabian court decision to drop charges against an employer accused of abusing an Indonesian maid so severely she lost her fingers and toes. HRW said Nour Miyati had been beaten daily and forced to work long hours without rest for her Saudi employers, knocking out a tooth and ...
Saudi Arabia Agrees to Increase Oil Output After Crude Hits Another New Hig
2008-05-19 10:15:00 Oil soared to yet another record high on Friday after Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) raised its price forecast for the second half of the year. However, during a visit with Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah U.S. President George W. Bush was able to convince the world’s leading oil exporter to increase its output. Light sweet crude for June delivery jumped $3.31 a barrel, or 2.7%, to reach $127.43 in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Oil prices have now soared 103% in the past 12 months. The jump was largely attributable to a new prediction from investment-banking giant Goldman Sachs, which raised its price forecast for the second half of the year to $141 a barrel. Goldman Sachs analysts had previously quoted a price of $107 a barrel. “Supply constraints continue to push crude prices higher,” Goldman analysts wrote in a research note Friday. “The dire macroeconomic impact from the current oil shock has yet to materialize.” This is the...
By: Jutia Group
Bush lectures Arab world on political reform, women?s rights
2008-05-18 18:06:00 SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt (AP) - President Bush lectured the Arab world Sunday about everything from political repression to the denial of women’s rights but ran into Palestinian complaints he is favoring Israel in stalled Mideast peace talks. “Freedom and peace are within your grasp,” Bush said despite scant signs of progress. Winding up a five-day trip ...
By: TexasFred's
Bush Seeks Oil Help From Saudi Arabia
2008-05-17 09:50:00 Once again, President Bush attempted to persuade the King of Arabia to pump out more oil in order to lower prices and once again nothing happened except an exchange of pleasantries. Bush tried to sweeten the request by including promises to help Saudi Arabia develop civilian nuclear power and to protect those facilities from attack. ...
Bush asks Saudis to increase oil production
2008-05-16 17:20:00 RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - President Bush is appealing to oil-rich Saudi Arabia to increase production just as oil prices have hit another record high. As U.S. consumers cope with rising prices at the gas pump, Bush is on a one-day visit to Saudi Arabia for another burst of diplomacy with King Abdullah. When the two met ...
By: TexasFred's
Saudi Arabia Urged To Suspend Blasphemy Setence
2008-05-16 09:36:00 Human Rights Watch asked the government of Saudi Arabia to dismiss a death sentence against a Turkish barber who was convicted of “cursing the name of God” while engaged in an angry argument with a man he thought was his friend. Sarah Leah Whitson, the group’s Middle East director, said: “The charges, conviction, and sentence ...
I Say ?No? and Young Saudi Men Say Yes, With Rape
2008-05-15 13:30:00 A female Egyptian reporter is told that had she not been introduced to the group of desert going Saudi men by a mutual friend, she may have ended up being Raped . ?The way a Saudi would think is ?What is this girl doing here alone?? If you are with a man, you better be his ...
By: Webloggin
Some insight into the local mentality, of a native in Saudi Arabia
2008-05-14 22:15:00 A “peaceful, tolerant” muslim reveals his true thoughts on the rights of women. Frank Talk, and Warnings, in a Saudi Desert For privacy and a little sense of freedom, Saudi youths often go out to the desert. So when I wanted to talk to some young men, a friend suggested we drive outside of Riyadh. At ...
[NORTH AMERICA] U.S. Congress votes to stop stockpiling oil
2008-05-14 21:49:00 The House and Senate demanded on Tuesday that President George W. Bush halt the shipment of oil to the country's strategic petroleum reserve as long as oil prices remain high. "Sticking oil underground is wrong at this point in time," Senator Byron Dorgan, Democrat of North Dakota, said as he... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
By: ENERGY BLOG
Coffee in Saudi Arabia
2008-05-12 10:05:00                Â-                -               Â-                -               Â-                -     Author: Neil Durkin The very high price of coffee in Saudi Arabia Now I’m not a big one for sitting... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Red Bull Trial Bike World Champion Ends His Tour in Saudi Arabia - Al-Bawab
2008-05-12 02:08:00 Red Bull Trial Bike World Champion Ends His Tour in Saudi ArabiaAl-Bawaba, Jordan&nb-sp;- 4 hours agoThe thrilling and breathtaking shows performed by Red Bull athlete and "Trial Bike" world champion Kenny Belaey in Saudi Arabia has surprised all the ...
KAUST Discovery Scholarship 2008
2008-05-11 12:20:00 Saudi Arabia - The KAUST Discovery Scholarship is a general scholarship program King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). The application deadline is May 25, 2008
Chapal World?s Sales Triumph in Saudi Arabia - Al-Bawaba
2008-05-05 02:21:00 Chapal World?s Sales Triumph in Saudi ArabiaAl-Bawaba, Jordan&nb-sp;- 9 minutes agoChapal Corals - the latest 250 million AED worth project of Chapal World, the foremost property developers in UAE, has had a victorious sales campaign at ...
Chapal World?s Sales Triumph in Saudi Arabia - Al-Bawaba
2008-05-05 02:21:00 Chapal World?s Sales Triumph in Saudi ArabiaAl-Bawaba, Jordan&nb-sp;- 5 hours agoChapal Corals - the latest 250 million AED worth project of Chapal World, the foremost property developers in UAE, has had a victorious sales campaign at ...
Chapal World?s Sales Triumph in Saudi Arabia - Al-Bawaba
2008-05-05 02:21:00 Chapal World?s Sales Triumph in Saudi ArabiaAl-Bawaba, Jordan&nb-sp;- 11 hours agoChapal Corals - the latest 250 million AED worth project of Chapal World, the foremost property developers in UAE, has had a victorious sales campaign at ...
Chapal World?s Sales Triumph in Saudi Arabia - Al-Bawaba
2008-05-05 02:21:00 Chapal World?s Sales Triumph in Saudi ArabiaAl-Bawaba, Jordan&nb-sp;- 11 hours agoChapal Corals - the latest 250 million AED worth project of Chapal World, the foremost property developers in UAE, has had a victorious sales campaign at ...
Will Alaska And The North Pole Be Another Saudi Arabia?
2008-05-03 22:00:00 By- Suzie-Q @ 1:00 PM MST Hunting for oil beneath the ice There’s a new rush for petroleum from Alaska to the North Pole. Can ConocoPhillips and other energy giants find another Saudi Arabia under the ice? By Barney Gimbel, writer (Fortune) — It’s 25 below outside, and the heat in the van is busted. Randy Boyer, a burly ...
By: Suzie-Q
Towing Cars In Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2008-05-03 18:13:00 © Gearhead Media - Please visit Automoblog.net for more great content. ...
By: AutomoBlog.net
Skating on the highway in Saudi Arabia
2008-05-02 07:08:00 My dad worked in Saudi Arabia for many years and he always spoke of the totalitarian nature of the country. That it's not a place where you should expect to have fun because of all the religious dont's.Then what the hell is this?
By: Inner Sanctum
Now Blogging Again in Saudi Arabia
2008-05-02 06:56:00 I arrived yesterday night in Riyadh time at about 11:00 PM. It was a long flight since we have to transfer to another aircraft in Bahrain. I will make post about the flight, Gulf Air and Travel Tips. Since there are some information that I would like to get and I have a hard time in ...
The Wonderful World of Guys: Saudi Arabia
2008-04-30 17:18:00 Motorway madness....(read more)
By: Stubbleblogger
Flirting In Saudi Arabia Hazardous To Hair!
2008-04-30 09:32:00 During the 1960s in America, conservatives their cvilizaion was headed for collapse because young men wore their hair long. Prince Fahd bin Badr, governor of an area in northern Saudi Arabia, has decided long hair on the part of men might be OK, but long hair on the part of men who hang around female ...
Sad reality for women in Saudi Arabia
2008-04-29 22:09:00 Female Teachers Dying in Large Numbers on Dangerous Saudi Roads The religion of peace pretty much guarantees women their freedom and rights. And just the other day I turned water to whiskey… RIYADH, Saudi Arabia ? Roads in Saudi Arabia are among the most dangerous in the world, with a high rate of traffic accidents. But ...
Saudi Arabia Police Burn Yemen Immigrants!
2008-04-29 19:19:00 Yemen is a poor nation at the tip of the Arabian peninsula which suffers the indignity of not having oil in the quantities available to its neighbor. A group of Yemen men walked through the sands in order to seek emploment in Saudi cities on their border. It appears they were caught by Saudi police ...
MIDDLE EAST: Iraq. The International Oil Companies qualify for bid round
2008-04-24 20:17:00 Iraq's oil ministry has qualified thirty five international oil companies (IOCs) to bid for its first post-war licensing round, which it hopes to launch in May 2008. The list of IOCs, compiled by the oil ministry's Petroleum Contracts and Licensing Directorate and obtained by Platts, includes US... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
By: ENERGY BLOG
Russia is now the world's largest oil producer ahead of Saudi Arabia -
2008-04-24 11:17:00 Russia is now the world's largest oil producer ahead of Saudi ArabiaAl-Bawaba, Jordan&nb-sp;- 5 hours agoLast year, Russia was the world's largest oil producer ahead of Saudi Arabia. At roughly 9.84 million b/d, Russia produced almost a fourth of non-OPEC crude ...
And All This Time, Toronto Thought It Was The Center Of The Universe
2008-04-22 23:12:00 Who knew? Muslim scientists and clerics have called for the adoption of Mecca time to replace GMT, arguing that the Saudi city is the true centre of the Earth. Mecca is the direction all Muslims face when they perform their daily prayers. One geologist argued that unlike other longitudes, Mecca?s was in perfect alignment to magnetic north. He said ...
By: Webloggin
Saudi Arabia?s Terror Finance Problem
2008-04-22 15:25:00 There is little willingness to tackle the Saudis anymore on the issue of cracking down on terror finance. Intelligence services here and in Europe know most of the money for the mujahadeed in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere still come from wealthy donors in the Kingdom. Only a handful of officials, however, dare to say so publicly anymore for fear of ruffling the feathers of those who keep our gas prices above $3 a gallon and will not allow a Bible, Torah or any other non-Muslim book into their country.The exception has been Stuart Levey, the Treasury undersecretary for terror finance issues, who recently and publicly took on the Saudis in little-noted Congressional testimony. Fortunately, the LA Times did notice."Saudi Arabia today remains the location where more money is going to terrorism, to Sunni terror groups and to the Taliban than any other place in the world," Levey said under questioning.U.S. officials have previously identified Saudi Arabia as a major source ...
By: Circle of 13
Facebook and Saudi Arabia Crimes
2008-04-17 05:11:00 I read about this really shocking story, about father murdered his own daughter recently in Saudi Arabia -Riyadh, when he discovered that she was having an online conversation with a man through facebook. I don?t know.. but if this is true then I only can say that facebook I completely agreed that facebook is dangerous. If ...
By: My Life Thinking
Why we are fighting
2008-04-17 05:06:00 via email Cross posted at Grizzly Groundswell Why doesn't someone like this run for president? This is one of the most profound articles that I have ever read about this Presidency, this era, and this so-called war. No matter your...
By: Stix Blog
Swear And Die In Saudi Arabia!
2008-04-13 14:06:00 Sabri Bogday, from a small town in Turkey, headed to Saudi Arabia eleven years ago in search of work. He opened a barber shop in order to make enough money so one day he could return home and buy a house for his family and enjoy the fruits of his labor. A few months ago, ...
Developer offers free apartments with Saudi Arabia properties
2008-04-07 23:14:00 Middle East property developer Damac properties are offering investors an unusual deal involving their Saudi Arabian project Al Jawharah residential Tower. Buyers will receive a free property from another development in Egypt when they purchase selected apartments.
Shock: Saudi Arabia leading source of terrorist financing
2008-04-02 19:53:00 So what are we doing? Is our relationship with the Saudi’s so important that we can’t take a firm stand on this issue? And all they get is a mild rebuke from President Bush? Sometimes I really question the political motives of the Bush administration. It just seems lately like they’re more concerned with ...
Saudi Arabia Coach Gets Vote Of Confidence
2008-04-01 12:41:00 Under-fire Saudi Arabian boss Helio Dos Anjos has been given a vote of confidence from the Saudi FA following last week's 3-0 World Cup qualifier def1 Vote(s)
By: JeQQ it
Introducing the World?s Tallest Building: Mile-High Tower in Saudi Arabia
2008-04-01 00:45:00 . . . and we thought the Freedom Tower was going to be tall . . . It is always fun to preview cool architectural achievements around the world! We’ve covered everything from the world’s smallest apartment to the coolest architectural projects in the middle east (includes the then proposed-tallest building in the world) to the world’s largest building (proposed in Moscow - slated to dwarf the Pentagon). Once again, we’ve learned of a building that is slated to make the competition cry tears of inadequacy . . . The Daily Mail reported today that Saudi Prince al-Walid bin Talal, one of the richest men on Earth, has unveiled plans to build a tower that will be 1 mile tall (5,280 feet) in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - dubbed the Mile-High Tower. Photo Courtesy of The Daily Mail This building, expected to cost £5billion ($10 billion US), if completed, will be more than twice as tall as any planned or completed skyscraper on Earth . . . talk about ambitious! “Expe...
Mile-High Skyscaper Planned to Be Built in Saudi Arabia
2008-03-31 21:24:00 If you are a fan of big buildings expect to be thrilled because Prince al-Wahid bin Talal of Saudi Arabia is planning on building a tower that will stand a mile high into the sky. No, that is not a misprint. If you do not think that the 100 dollar barrels of oil are creating ...
Nota bene!
2008-03-31 13:53:00 Appearing weekly, Nota Bene attempts to provide an overview of the week’s news. Meanwhile, in its appendix, we cull trenchant comments to articles and posts, as well as those heard in person or emailed. In “The Obama Doctrine” at American Prospect, Spencer Ackerman writes: “Obama is offering the most sweeping liberal foreign-policy critique we’ve heard from a serious presidential contender in decades. [He envisions] a doctrine that first ends the politics of fear . . . in favor of ‘dignity promotion,’ to fix the conditions of misery that breed anti-Americanism. ”We want to have [a foreign policy] debate with John McCain,’ a close Obama adviser says.” As for Hillary, reports Frank Newport for Gallup, “A sizable proportion of Democrats would vote for John McCain next November if he is matched against the candidate they do not support for the Democratic nomination. This is particularly true for Hillary Clinton supporters...
A Catholic Church In Saudi Arabia? It Could Happen
2008-03-29 13:29:00 The very fact that negotiations are occuring is very encouraging (Wash Times) The Vatican is negotiating with authorities in Saudi Arabia for permission to build the country’s first Roman Catholic church, sources in the Holy See said yesterday. The move evidently heralds a major policy change toward the nearly 1 million Christians working in the unbendingly conservative ...
By: Pirate's Cove
Saudi Arabia bans red stuff ahead of Valentine's Day.
2008-03-28 07:53:00 It appears that the Saudi Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice has asked florists and gift shops to remove all red items until after Valentine's Day, calling the celebration of such a holiday a sin. "As Muslims we shouldn't celebrate a non-Muslim celebration, especially this one that encourages immoral relations between unmarried men and women," Sheikh Khaled Al-Dossari, a scholar in Islamic studies, told the Saudi Gazette, an English-language newspaper. Every year, officials with the conservative Muslim kingdom's Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice clamp down on shops a few days before February 14, instructing them to remove red roses, red wrapping paper, gift boxes and teddy bears. On the eve of the holiday, they raid stores and seize symbols of love. The virtue and vice squad is a police force of several thousand charged with, among other things, enforcing dress codes and segregating the sexes. Saudi Arabia, which follows a st...
By: Daily Lemon
Hot Nude Saudi Chicks
2008-03-27 11:11:00 Want to put some stupid porn spam on your blog and get the Google hits? Nothing better than this meme (I just did it again in the title) as there must be so many sex-starved Saudi guys, and the women for the most part don't put out, consequently, as one might expect, "All Saudi men are gay", as my Pakistani friend living in Kuwait put it.I later corrected her to say that lots of Saudi guys were opportunistically gay. Well, what do you expect, living in the misogynous country in the world? I asked her what the Saudi women did a about it, as many of these guys keep on carrying on even after they are married. She basically said that many of these Saudi women just suffer in silence.I mean if you want to create a misogynous country, ok, no problem, but at least make sure that the chicks like to put out, if only when they are drunk like lots of American females. Otherwise you just have a bunch of women-hating pigs and nowhere to put it, except in other guys. So they go and blow themselve...
By: Robert Lindsay
Uzbekistan vs Saudi Arabia Highlights
2008-03-27 01:04:00 K.Timur in the 46th minute two penalty goals from Maxim & Degbarov (67, 69)
Saudi Arabia?Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus!
2008-03-26 19:02:00 The Islamic community in the Middle East should not require the Catholic Church?s public acceptance of the Prophet Mohammed as part of its negotiations towards establishing a Catholic presence in Saudi Arabia. In the same manner, Catholics should not require any Saudi proclamation that favors Christianity either. The Saudi government needs to acknowledge and affirm ...
Saudi Arabia Bans Sale Of Red Roses
2008-03-26 05:28:00 The sale of red roses and red gifts has been banned by Saudi Arabia’s religious police in the run-up to Valentine’s Day, reports a local newspaper. Officials from the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice warned flower and gift shops to remove all red items, including roses and wrapping paper, from ...
By: ZA Vibes
News: Saudi Arabia uses 11 planes to bring rain.
2008-03-24 21:41:00 Saudi Arabia has started the fourth phase of its program to extract rain from clouds, part of a project started five months ago to secure more water resources in the kingdom.The head of the Meteorological and Environmental Protection Administration, Saleh al-Shahri, said 11 planes are being used in the current phase, together with a high-tech network of mobile cloud physics radars, a communication and satellite network, and experts from various Saudi universities and research centers.The process, commonly known as "cloud seeding" is a form of weather modification, attempting to change the amount or type of precipitation that falls from clouds, by dispersing substances into the air that serve as cloud condensation or ice nuclei.The program is part of the kingdom's ongoing efforts to counter the scarcity of water, especially since ground water is subject to depletion. The average annual rainfall for Saudi Arabia is around 4.4 inches (112 mm) per year but whole regions may not experie... |
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