Monthly Archives: January 2010
Fighting Al-Qaeda in Yemen is all about China
A report published yesterday on Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Qabas saying that Western intelligence warned Gulf states that Al-Qaeda is on the verge of launching attacks mainly on ships in the Arabian sea after regrouping in the past few months. At the … Continue reading
Major development in Iraq: Mutlaq banned, Allawi threatens to quit
Major development in Iraq today, which and not reported by the media yet, will have serious consequences in the coming days: The Accountability and Justice Committee (formally known as “De-Ba’athification”, a committee without head till today) ruled out the ban of … Continue reading
The Iraqi man who recruited Al-Balawi
Many said about the the Jordian “double-agent” Humam Al-Balawi (except that he is not Al-Qaeda, he is a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, according to Aljazeera, and he is a Palestinian origin, he is a “real” Jordanian), but poor reports … Continue reading
Leader of “Asaib” militia not released yet
This is very strange, while every news agency reported the release of Asaib Al-Haq leader Qais Al-Khazaali in a prisoners exchange deal with the British and the Americans, Iraqi MP Sami Al-Askari denies the release of Al-Khazaali, and he even … Continue reading
Saudi Arabia incites Damascus to condemn the Houthis
Saudi and Syrian newspapers don’t give us enough information about the reason behind the Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal visit to Damascus. Middle East Online revealed the unknown, “Riyadh ‘incites’ Damascus to condemn the Iranian interference in Yemen”, saying: … Continue reading
Joe Biden: Israel will attack Lebanon in 2010
Al-Quds Al-Arabi’s Op-Ed sees the plot behind current intensive Arab “communication” is to tame the resistance. The hard question is: How to tame Hezbollah? According to Al-Akhbar: Hezbollah’s Hassan Nasrallah has received details of an Israeli plan to start a … Continue reading
Maliki — Sistani –Hakim and the return to the sectarian quotas
This is not the first time, the Saudis insult Sistani, but this time the condemnations involved the Iraqi government, including Maliki himself, who attacked the Saudi religious institutions (and today even Talabani put himself in this religious row, sending a … Continue reading
Full circle with Al-Qaeda
Just want to add this to my yesterday’s post, the missing link among all Al-Qaeda sub-division. to fully encircle the Arab/Muslim world: — Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, — Al-Qaeda’s in Afghanistan and Pakistan “the mother organization”, — Al-Qaeda in … Continue reading
Interview with the Houthis leader
The interview with Abdul Malik Al-Houthi the leader of the Shiite rebel is on Al-Akhbar, and the date of the interview is on 30-12-2009 is the important matter, because the Yemeni government’s propaganda tried its best to circulate the rumors … Continue reading
How fighting Al-Qaeda in Yemen, will force the Arabs to normalize relations with Israel!
Despite the calls from many writers and scholars arguing that aiding the Yemeni government will only worsen the situation: — Help Yemen, not its government. — Yemen intervention risks ripple effect. The U.S. insists on helping the Yemeni government financially. … Continue reading