The story of the hijacked Saudi oil tanker "Sirius Star" is escalating but yet there are few confusing reports on the Saudi media. The strange thing is what Saudi funded newspaper AL-Sharq AL-Awsat reported this morning: The Saudi border guards denied the reports of a hijacked Saudi ship; they [border guards] did not receive any distress call from any ship or Saudi ...
It is not about the contract buty Shell said that they will employ foreign workers in their Oil project in Iraq. Source from the Iraqi oil Union reported on Al-Badeel yesterday that Shell's "foreign-workers" is a red line and what reported on the newspaper is for media consumption: I challenge Shell to bring one foreign worker to replace an Iraqi worker. ...
The first bold reaction came from the head of the "Islamic Scholars World Federation" Yusuf al-Qaradawi who described Obama as a hypocrite "snake" disguised as a moderator and danger on Muslim and Islam. Qaradawi said that he preferred McCain as an elected-president because: He represents a clear danger and hostility to Muslims and without hypocrisy, which gives you an opportunity for the ...
Egyptian newspaper Almasry-alyoum reported today that an Egyptian delegation from the Oil Ministry in a secret visit to search for opportunities for the participation of Egyptian oil companies in infrastructure projects, rehabilitation of basic oil projects in Iraq. This is report came after I wrote "Oil for embassies".
Saudi Foreign Minister Al-Faisal got it right this time asking in his statement yesterday: What's the use of a Saudi embassy inside a "fortress". The "fortress" here is the Green Zone. And Egyptian newspaper Youm7 gives an idea about this "fortress" which contains the Egyptian embassy soon: The Egyptian delegation studied the location [of the new embassy] inside the Green Zone carefully, a ...
This is confirmed by Kurdish official today, MP Mahmoud Othman said: The main reason for Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit visit to Iraq, is to get Iraqi oil at preferential prices. Aboul Gheit brought with Minister of Electricity and Energy Hassan Yunis to coordinate with the Iraqi government the sale of Iraqi oil at subsided prices to Egypt, just like the ...
Today 11 September 2008 is exactly the day 2000 since the U.S. occupied Iraq under the name "liberating Iraq". Thanks to Al-Akhbar article as a reminder of achievements of this "liberation": In 2000 days, about 1 million Iraqis killed and 4 million displaced which is the biggest exodus largest since the Palestinian refugee crisis in 1948. As for the American side ...
Another warning for Saudi Arabia and this time from Obama: I will set a clear goal as President: in ten years, we will finally end our dependence on oil from the Middle East.
Two speakers in the American Democratic Convention attacked Saudi Arabia. That means we will see a real new Saudi era and a new equation in the Middle East. Hillary Clinton The biggest deficit in our nation's history. Money borrowed from the Chinese to buy oil from the Saudis. Brian Schweitzer At the same time, billions of dollars that we spend on all that foreign ...
Jordan dig for Gas inside the Iraq's territories, According to Jordanian Minister of Energy Kutaishat: The digging is approved by the Iraqi government.
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Just listened to Zawahiri's speech after I read these reports say that he used "insult" words.
Zawahri uses the word "Abid" or "Abd" translated directly to English as "slave" but it also means "addicted" or "loyal".
You can find the same word in many Arabic names such as these of the King of Saudi Arabia or Jordan "Abd"dullah.
The English word "negro" transited to Arabic as "Zinji" is more racial and insulting than "Abd", because "Zinji" or even "Aswad" = "black" usually refers to an ethnic inferior minority.
According to Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida, Davis Miliband in his visit to Syria, had a letter from Israeli Prime Minister Olmert to Bashar Al-Asad assured him of Israel's willingness to continue the negotiations.
According to Al-Akhbar, Gadhafi's son visit to the U.S. aimed to promote the transfer of power and to approve father-son succession in Libya, especially that he will visit Jewish activists in the U.S.
As reported on Al-Akhbar:
Western countries intelligence services and particularly France started to accuse Saudi Arabia of arming the fundamentals in Lebanon after they found special guns and arms sold by France at the time of the former President Jacques Chirac to Saudi Arabia.
Good report on the Palestinian newspaper Al-Manar on Hamas options and the next move:
Sources close to Hamas said that the movement is in a very difficult position, reluctant to launch attacks on Israel and would prefer to wait until the U.S. political situation to stabilize.
Hamas leaders in exile want to exercise restraint, but they are unable to control the military commanders. Hamas has three options:
1- To go towards Egypt and continue the peace dialogue [with Fatah] immediately and unconditionally.
2- To continue the "calculated" escalation, without pushing the situation to the exploding point.
3- Its called the suicidal option:
A- Armed operation in areas surrounds Gaza strip, joined by other armed factions, but any direct confrontation will hurt Hamas heavily.
B- To confront the Israeli pressure with attacks outside the Gaza strip, in the West Bank or inside Israel, trying to boost its negotiations demands.
The story of the hijacked Saudi oil tanker "Sirius Star" is escalating but yet there are few confusing reports on the Saudi media.
The strange thing is what Saudi funded newspaper AL-Sharq AL-Awsat reported this morning:
The Saudi border guards denied the reports of a hijacked Saudi ship; they [border guards] did not receive any distress call from any ship or Saudi oil tanker exposed to a piracy operation.
The most confusing is what Saudi newspaper reported this morning:
[Saudi oil tanker] "Sirius Star" is liberated.
A Saudi source confirmed the release of "Sirius Star".
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