Monthly Archives: May 2011

Arab security report — week 21

Reports about Qatar’s role in the Pales­tin­ian State, Aljazeera’s chang­ing tac­tics in report­ing the Syr­ian unrest, the Egypt­ian Islamists in the US media and the rise of the Salafi Mus­lims. Con­tinue read­ing

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The new (US-sponsored) Iraqi parliament lobby to extend the US presence in Iraq

The secret meet­ings among polit­i­cal fac­tions in Iraq to extend the pres­ence of the US forces [I reported about two weeks ago] are no secret any­more. Sources con­firmed that the renewed nego­ti­a­tions between the Iraqiya List and the State of … Con­tinue read­ing

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Arab security report — week 20

Jor­dan, Bahrain Car assault against 9 police­men in Bahrain revealed that 3 of the injured police­men are Jor­dan­ian nation­al­ity. Jor­dan­ian media sources revealed that Jor­dan sent 500 anti-riot forces in Saudi uni­forms to assist the Bahraini author­i­ties to restore order. … Con­tinue read­ing

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US presence in Iraq: 9 “facilities” in 5 provinces

Agree­ment to extend the pres­ence of the Amer­i­can entered entered its final phase, shows the above doc­u­ment leaked by sources in the Iraqi For­eign Min­istry. The agree­ment signed between the Iraqi For­eign Min­istry and the U.S. Embassy rep­re­sented by a … Con­tinue read­ing

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Jordan, Morocco and search for a “new Iraq” to protect the Gulf Monarchies

GCC made no secret say­ing that Iraq to join the Gulf Alliance depends on who will gov­ern Iraq, peo­ple of the Gulf will not agree, as long as the Iraqi Prime Min­is­ter Maliki in power. Con­tinue read­ing

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Arab security report — week 19

Iraq Inten­sive nego­ti­a­tions held behind closed doors among Iraqi polit­i­cal blocs aimed to reach an agree­ment of form­ing a polit­i­cal major­ity gov­ern­ment, which will exclude the Sadrists dur­ing the next phase. Par­tic­i­pants in these meet­ings are MP Has­san Sinead (State … Con­tinue read­ing

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Will the US use Bin Laden’s death to extend its presence in Iraq?

A com­ing wave of vio­lence con­ducted and directed by the US that will hit the Arab world and Europe. The nom­i­nated stage for these actions is the Iraqi arena with the coop­er­a­tion of some polit­i­cal par­ties in Iraq who will … Con­tinue read­ing

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Celebrate Bin Laden’s death for now, maybe the worst is yet to come

While the West­ern cel­e­brates the death of Bin Laden, nobody noticed this tiny news reported today on Kuwaiti news­pa­per Al-Jarida say­ing: [The news­pa­per] learned that Dr. Ramzi Muwafi, one’s clos­est aides of Osama bin Laden and his per­sonal physi­cian, is … Con­tinue read­ing

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