Monthly Archives: April 2009

Sudanese Government expects an embargo

This is reported on the semi-official Sudanese news­pa­per Al-Rai Al-Am: The gov­ern­ment in Sudan expects a polit­i­cal and eco­nomic embargo next Decem­ber, after Luis Moreno-Ocampo intro­duces his sec­ond report to the UN.

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Mass resignation at Aljazeera

Mul­ti­ple res­ig­na­tions by the lib­eral, sec­u­lar Aljazeera employ­ees after the dom­i­na­tion and the inter­fer­ence of the extrem­ists, Salafi Islamists on the Satel­lite TV.

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Obama in Baghdad

An Iraqi source told Al-Khaleej news­pa­per that Obama will visit Bagh­dad today — Tuesday.

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Maliki to replace his spokesman AL-Dabagh

Accord­ing to AKI: Maliki to replace some of the lead­ers of Dawa who are accused with cor­rup­tion … … Sources told AKI that Maliki’s spokesman AL-Dabagh is one of the can­di­dates to be replaced because of the state­ments he made … Con­tinue read­ing

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Syrian Muslim Brotherhood are not Ahmad Al-Jalabi

After the with­drawal from the Syr­ian oppo­si­tion group “National Sal­va­tion Front”, leader of the Syr­ian Mus­lim Broth­er­hood Sadr al-Din al-Banayuni asks the Syr­ian gov­ern­ment to allow him to return to Syria. A good arti­cle by Iraqi writer Ali Al-Saraf crit­i­cizes the … Con­tinue read­ing

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Sudan missed the chance

Accord­ing to Al-Akhbar: Qatar tried to orga­nize a meet­ing between Luis Moreno-Ocampo and Sudanese offi­cials. Ocampo arrived to Doha and met with Qatari offi­cials but the Sudanese offi­cials did not arrive to Doha at time.

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The future of the Sadrists Movement

This is an excel­lent short study by Iraqi writer Aziz Rahif. The orig­i­nal title is “Splits and divi­sions within the Sadrists… real­ity or polit­i­cal rumors?”. The writer spec­u­la­tions about the polit­i­cal future of the Sadrists Move­ment: There are con­tin­ues talks about … Con­tinue read­ing

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The reason behind Syria – Egypt dispute

Accord­ing to Al-Quds Al-Arabi: Sources revealed that the real dis­pute between Syria and Egypt is that Syria is play­ing a major role in the Arab affairs big­ger than its geo­graphic size, at the time when Egypt’s effec­tive role is decreasing.

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Kill Khalid

Inter­view with Paul McGeough, the author of Kill Khalid on the Jor­dan­ian Ammon News: Those who wanted to kill Hamas leader Khalid Misha’al are now at the head of the Israeli state, what saved him at that time is the … Con­tinue read­ing

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Another document reveals the involvement of AUC with the Pentagon

As reported on Al-Mesryoon in Eng­lish: A new doc­u­ment has unveiled that the Amer­i­can Uni­ver­sity in Cairo (AUC) con­tracted with the US Army to pro­vide it with advi­sory and admin­is­tra­tive ser­vices in exchange for money.

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