Monthly Archives: November 2009
Egypt vs Algeria equal in corruption
Al-Quds Al-Arabi reported today that Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika will review Algeria’s relation with Egypt after the football game, but Egypt was fast to react withdrawing its ambassador back from Algeria. This shows why both countries are equal in 111 … Continue reading
Tariq al-Hashemi interview
Don’t miss Aljazeera’s interview “Interview: Tariq al-Hashemi — 18 Nov 09″ — There are many developments in the story tomorrow I will try to put them all in one story.
What if the Kurds boycott the election?
Just when everybody started to celebrate (especially the Americans) the approval of the election law, the Kurds opposed the law once again to take the discussion back to the start point. Barazani threatened to boycott the election if the Kurds demands … Continue reading
Algeria vs Egypt .. The failed Arab countries
Influential religious clerics like Qaradhwi made himself useful at last and tried to calm the football-crisis between Algeria and Egypt accusing government officials from both countries of escalating the problem (official, government controlled media such as Akbar Al-Youm in Algeria, … Continue reading
Algeria vs Egypt .. The new public
From all the discussion on the Algeria vs Egypt football game, nobody noticed the social class change among the Arab football fans. They are no more backward public from the slums of the cities as they used to be, now they … Continue reading
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Sarkozy, Israel, Syria and Iraq
Sarkozy failed to persuade Netanyahu to stop settlement, failed to convince Assad to accept direct negotiations with Israel.… Kuwaiti Al-Watan The man deserves at least one success … Maybe in his attempt to mediate between Syria and Iraq … Syrian … Continue reading
Disagreement among the “State of Law” and The political-football crisis
Two fast news first: — Al-Hakim’s sudden pan-Arabism in Jordan in his meeting with the Prime Minister “Al-Dahabi” and King Abdullah. Ammar Al-Hakim said this two times: The problem with Shiite in Iraq is not the sectarism but the ideology. — … Continue reading
Yemen Foreign Minister criticized Washington
Yemen and Saudi Arabia sources confirmed the news that Houthis fired mortars on the Saudi military base near Yemen border (30 km). After discovering the real strength of the Houthis, Riyadh is trying to implement a new military strategy to face … Continue reading
Hashimi’s preventive decision
About 13 Iraqis (Islamic Party) members and sympathizers killed today as a warning message to Hashimi after his position of blocking the election law. (Islamic Party accused Al-Muthana Army Brigade leader Colonel Rahim, who is a relative of Ammar Al-Hakim) Despite … Continue reading
The Shiite front and the neo-Baathists
Hiatus for the coming two days, Twitter continues. While Maliki renewed his attacks on Saudi Arabia yesterday, Ammar Al-Hakim thanked Saudi Arabia for its “supportive role” all these years (direct reaction from Dawa’s Al-Adeeb saying that Iraq wants to renew … Continue reading