Monthly Archives: September 2008

The Egyptian version of the hostages crisis

This is what really hap­pened: Shots? We didn’t hear any. We put our trust in God and drove in the desert for five or six hours, with no spare tyre and very lit­tle water. If we made a mis­take, we … Con­tinue read­ing

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What is behind Maliki sudden readiness to compromise?

It seems that Al-Maliki decided to impose his grip on Iraq pol­icy, show­ing his will­ing­ness to com­pro­mise on the sov­er­eignty of the coun­try intend­ing to sign the U.S. — Iraq secu­rity agree­ment. In his inter­view with the Asso­ci­ated Press yes­ter­day, … Con­tinue read­ing

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Explosion related arrests in Syria

The story of an explo­sion after a car acci­dent is con­firmed today by the Syr­ian media, added some­thing new: Hours after the blast, the author­i­ties were able to detect the cell planned to attack, arrest­ing a num­ber of peo­ple. The search … Con­tinue read­ing

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Special Forces” disappointment after contact with the American embassy

Con­tacted by Elaph news site by tele­phone, mem­bers of the so-called Sadrists “Spe­cial Forces” are ready to reveal all the secrets of the orga­ni­za­tion in pub­lic if pro­tec­tion from assas­si­na­tion pro­vided. One mem­ber told the news site that he is … Con­tinue read­ing

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Syria got the green light from Europe to confront the Salafists in North Lebanon

Al-Akhbar says that there are two rea­sons behind the Syr­ian mil­i­tary rein­force­ment on the North­ern Lebanese bor­ders. — To pro­vide a geo­graphic defense line for the Russ­ian sea base in Syria’s Mediter­ranean port of Tar­tus. — To con­front armed groups … Con­tinue read­ing

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More coup expectations

In an Inter­view with Iraq’s for­mer Prime Min­is­ter Al-Jafa’ri the inter­viewer asked him about the rumors cir­cu­lat­ing lately about a mil­i­tary coup If a coup hap­pens in this coun­try then there is a for­eign coun­try behind it … we need an … Con­tinue read­ing

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American pressure on the Gulf-States to save Wall Street

Gulf diplo­matic sources in New York, told Al-Akhbar that they are con­cerned about the U.S. pres­sures on the Gulf-countries to absorb the cur­rency liq­uid­ity avail­able in their banks. The United States sent harsh mes­sages to its Gulf allies demand­ing seri­ous con­tri­bu­tion … Con­tinue read­ing

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No Syrian intelligence officer killed in the blast

AKI reported few min­utes ago that a Syr­ian Brigadier Abdul-Karim Abbas, Vice-Chairman in the Syr­ian intel­li­gence, is assas­si­nated in yesterday’s explo­sion. The Brigadier is ques­tioned ear­lier and linked to Hariri assas­si­na­tion. Lebanese web­site Elnashra denied this report say­ing Brigadier Abbas … Con­tinue read­ing

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The Saudi story version of Damascus explosion

Saudi news­pa­per reported a dif­fer­ent sce­nario than the offi­cial report released by the Syr­ian News Agency “SANA”. Before we see the Saudi story you can read the Syr­ian offi­cial ver­sion in Eng­lish here. Mid­dle East trav­el­ers rec­og­nize such 4x4 cars … Con­tinue read­ing

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More cracks inside the Kurdish coalition

After the first crack reported here, Jor­dan­ian news­pa­per Al-Arab Al-Youm reported today Barzani’s KDP dis­trib­uted leaflets in Bagh­dad pub­lished the party’s own research cen­ter accus­ing Talabani’s PUK ally with join­ing the “Iran­ian” coali­tion [refers to the Iraqi Shi­ite Par­ties] and … Con­tinue read­ing

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