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Why ISIS is different – It aims to take territory and hold it
Obama bows before Saudi king The majority of the world’s governments ally with Saudi Arabia and Iran because these terror supporting strongmen maintain the status quo in the region. ISIS rose from the...
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Saudi Arabia: ISIS with better tailoring?
Ishaan Tharoor for the Washington Post reports that Saudi Arabia, key to Obama’s strategy, beheaded at least 8 people last month From the Daily Mail article: Saudi Arabia may stop public beheadings The...
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Germany halts arms exports to Saudi Arabia
© Pool/AFP | Saudi Arabia’s new King Salman attends a ceremony at the Diwan royal palace in Riyadh on January 24, 2015 Via France 24: Germany has decided to stop arms exports to Saudi Arabia because of...
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Shari’a imposed on the Druze of Idlib province, Syria
Idlib Province, Syria (Google Maps) Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi reports on Jabhat al-Nusra and the Druze of Idlib Province: While most analysis of the Druze in Syria focuses on their positions in Suwayda...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia’s Crackdown on Human Rights
Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy After years of defending human rights activists as a legal advocate in Saudi courts, he was called in front of a terrorism tribunal at the end of 2013 for a trial...
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Saudi Arabia: ISIS with better tailoring
Photo thanks to NPQ and Quartz Rick Cohen at Nonprofit Quarterly discusses why Obama shouldn’t go to Saudi Arabia: It’s tough to be President Obama, having to choose where to go for which event. The...
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Worldwide celebration as Kurds drive ISIS from Kobane
Via al Jazeera The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has nearly been pushed out of the Syrian border town of Kobane, activists and Kurdish officials said Monday, marking a major symbolic...
View ArticleSaudi man abuses poor Bangladeshi worker
The video shows what appears to be an Asian worker being “interrogated” by a Saudi man, who is taking the video. The Saudi man is seen Repeatedly striking and Abusing the Asian man, who Appears to be...
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Jihadi John is identified as Londoner Mohammed Emwazi
Jihad John Meme (not an actual Westminster ad) soma grand 1806 The Washington Post reports that Mohammed Emwazi, aka Jihadi John: [is] a Briton from a well-to-do family who grew up in West London and...
View ArticleThe Benghazi Controversy, Obfuscated
Kevin Drum, writing for Mother Jones, tries to downplay UN Ambassador Susan Rice and the administration’s incompetence following the Benghazi attacks. So the video might have played a role. But why did...
View ArticleWar Between the Dictatorship and the Vast Majority of the Population
Via BuisnessInsider: American Citizen and self professed “freedom fighter” Matthew VanDyke was shocked when TV broadcasts in Syria labeled him a ‘terrorist,’ but he wasn’t surprised. “I’m not the first...
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Photos from a visit to a war zone in Israel, 2006
The Syrian government is in deep trouble and they’re doing what they usually do when they’re under stress, stirring up trouble in Lebanon and Israel. Like Assad, and Hezbollah, Hamas is Iran’s flunky,...
View ArticleSirens in Tel Aviv
The last time the sirens went off in Tel Aviv was 20 years ago during Gulf war: From CBS News – Explosion heard in Tel Aviv as Gaza clashes mount: An Israeli Army spokesman says nothing landed on the...
View ArticleThe conflict between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority could have been the...
that set off the current conflict. This occurred on October 29th, before Hamas began lobbing bombs over the Israeli border: IDF busts Hamas cell in Ramallah, arrests 30 members “The affair reveals,...
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What (did) you do?
Since this poster was all over Facebook yesterday, I thought I’d answer the question. What would I do? 1. Try to keep people from panicking because panicking is the worst thing you can do in an...
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Kuwait arrests and trolls Twitter users
Two years after the start of the Arab Spring, the political battle in Kuwait is growing increasingly more tense over Twitter. At the current rate, Kuwait will soon be able to compete with neighboring...
View ArticleAbuse and Exploitation of Workers in Gulf States
Nepla bans women under 20 from working in Persian Gulf States Kathmandu, Nepal (CNN) — Nepal has banned women under the age of 30 from working in Persian Gulf nations amid increasing concerns over...
View ArticlePfft!
Karl reMarks: Sound like an expert with these phrases about Middle East politics. We have collected these phrases in the form of a handy guide below. Note that if used properly, you can even go on to...
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A cartoonist named “Osama” is being threatened …
For this comic: A cartoonist in Jordan is getting threats from ISIS for this Osama tells me he’s received a torrent of abusive reaction to the cartoon from Muslim readers, but more of a concern are...
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