Monthly Archives: January 2009

The return of the “coup” rumors

As reported on Awan today the return of the coup rumors, it seems Maliki is ready for new clean-up Min­istry of Defense. The source told the news­pa­per that Maliki will replace high-ranks in the Min­istry of Defense, one the can­di­dates … Con­tinue read­ing

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Cement rush

Why do thing that a group of the Pales­tin­ian Author­ity led by Ahmed Qurei want to nor­mal­ize the rela­tion with Hamas? Refresh­ing the mem­o­ries of four years ago, it is the cement rush. A silent bat­tle is going on right … Con­tinue read­ing

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Weapons smuggle to Gaza

Egypt­ian AlAhram says that there are evi­dence of weapons smug­gle to Gaza is done in Israel through Israeli busi­ness­men and from the Israeli army weapon storages.

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Turki’s threats and Heikal’s warning

I bet that we can con­nect Prince Turki’s threats on FT with Heikal’s warn­ing on Aljazeera yes­ter­day. Heikal argued that the next phase is to elim­i­nate Hamas through Gaza’s recon­struc­tion projects, and the NATO will play a big role at … Con­tinue read­ing

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Obama’s national reconciliation conditions

- Not very good news for AL-Hakim, just reported that Maliki gave instruc­tions to Basra’s secu­rity ser­vice to meet with Sadrists to dis­cus the dis­putes between the both sides. — Accord­ing to Kuwaiti Al-Watan, Maliki gave his instruc­tion to the National … Con­tinue read­ing

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U.S. — Israel pressure on Egypt

Egypt­ian Al-Mesryoon From Israel: reported that the Israeli Head of Intel­li­gence Amos Gilad threat­ened to bomb the bor­der between Egypt and Gaza. From the United States: After the Egypt­ian secu­rity revealed the chil­dren traf­fick­ing gang and its rela­tion with the U.S. … Con­tinue read­ing

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Sadrists between Maliki and Hakim

Three days ago, Al-Hayat reported about a Shi­ite – Shi­ite rec­on­cil­i­a­tion, and for sure between the Sadrists and Al-Hakim’s Supreme Coun­cil. Al-Hayat report gives you the impres­sion that these attempts are going from both sides. Fur­ther read­ing on an Iraqi source … Con­tinue read­ing

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Iran and the Syrian — Saudi reconciliation

On Al-Balad: Iran­ian source denies the Iran­ian con­cerns with Syria – Saudi Ara­bia rec­on­cil­i­a­tion say­ing: Iran has pre­vi­ously pro­posed the estab­lish­ment of an alliance includes Egypt, Syria, Turkey, and Saudi Ara­bia, this vision is rejected by Saudi Arabia.

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New Saudi Fatwa

A gath­er­ing of Saudi cler­ics issued a Fataw for­bids any peace ini­tia­tives that rec­og­nize the right of the Jews in Pales­tine and nor­mal­iz­ing the rela­tions with Israel. King Abdul­lah try­ing to say “Yes we can” ???

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What is behind the Saudi reconciliation decision?

From Al-Akhbar: A Sum­mit with­out decisions…reconciliation with­out fun­da­men­tals .….The results of the Sum­mit are only pho­tos of smil­ing faces. Uraib Al-Rantawi on Jor­dan­ian Addus­tour: Arab coun­tries], and the feel­ing of betrayal.

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