Roads to Iraq

What this report "U.S. to Fund Pro-American Publicity in Iraqi Media" on the Washington Post doesn't tell is that the propaganda campaign is already started since few months ago. I already reported about the U.S. propaganda campaign on Arab satellite TV's. right now there also newspaper and magazines campaign pushing the Iraqi public to accept SOFA [see images below]. Most of ...

Gulf diplomatic sources in New York, told Al-Akhbar that they are concerned about the U.S. pressures on the Gulf-countries to absorb the currency liquidity available in their banks. The United States sent harsh messages to its Gulf allies demanding serious contribution in Bush's financial rescue plan to prevent the complete collapse of financial markets. Especially after Qatar Investment Authority rejected the investment ...

Indirectly and unofficially, in it headline Syrian champress accuses Arabs [Saudi Arabia] participation in this morning car bombing near Shiites district "Sayda Zeinib" saying: Damascus crime....Although they speak Arabic. Something revealed today by Qatari newspaper Al-Rai about Bush and Lebanese president Suleiman which is related: Informed sources said that Suleiman asked Bush to end Syria's isolation just like France did...The source also added ...

It is interesting that the group claimed responsibility on the attack called "Al-Jihad Al-Islami" [as reported on Al-Arabiya], which is the same name of the Egyptian extremists group. The leader of the Egyptian group Sayyed Imam [Abu Al-Fadhil] arrested in Yemen in 2004 and recently he published a pact "Rationalization of Jihad" [you can find parts of the book in this ...

Jordanian newspaper Al-Arab Al-Youm said that if Israel and Syria reach an agreement will harm Jordan's water resources. Speaking about sharing water from rivers lakes, Jordan has guarantees that both countries will accept 1953 Johnston Plan which divided the water between the three to; Syria 90 million cubic meters of water, 25 million to Israel and the Jordan side 377 million.

I am not sure about the truth of Debka's report that Syrian troops to invaded part of Northern Lebanon, but what I know is there is a missing link in this report which reported by Al-Akhbar yesterday saying: Hariri speed up the reconciliation in North Lebanon, after receiving information from European sources saying; with the growing power of the extremists Salafi ...

According to Annahar newspaper, four Arab countries will recognize Abkhazia and South Ossetia. The countries are: Syria, Jordan, Libya and Morocco.

Briefly reported on Jpost from the main source Al- Sharq newspaper. The newspaper published the main points of the agreement as they revealed by Arab sources: First: To drop the Palestinians right of return to their home since 1984, and agreed on an old Israeli proposal of the return of 15,000 - 20,000 over a period of ten years. They will not ...

I am not sure if this is part of the panic in Kuwait but one Kuwaiti MP said that there are about 25,000 Iranian "Quds Brigade" among the Iranian works in the state infiltrated the security services of Kuwait. Interesting is what Al-Arabonline reported that unofficial American organizations supported by Bush administration are secretly meeting notable Shiite figures from the Gulf-states ...

Al-Qabas said there is no sign of reconciliation between the Syrian side and Egypt - Saudi Arabia side because of the wide differences between the two positions. That explains the secret visit of the Saudi Foreign Minister Saud Al-Faisal to France as reported by Al-Akhbar today explains: Cairo and Riyadh irritated from Sarkozy's visit to Syria, which both see as an end ...