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What's Happening in the Persian Gulf Explained

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Mother Jones - By Adam Weinstein, Hamed Aleaziz - Jan. 03 (Special Report) - The basics: Iran and the United States appear to be heading for a showdown in the Persian Gulf. Amid already-high tensions over Iran's advancing nuclear program, the US has imposed harsh new economic sanctions on the regime in Tehran and begun to move se

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Lloyd's Sues Saudi Arabia for 'Funding 9/11 Attacks'

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

readersupportednews.org - Sep. 23 (News Report) - Lloyds of London seeks $215 million in damages from the kingdom to recover claims it paid 9/11 victims and their families. The suit charges that the Saudi government funded al-Qaida through its banks and charities. The complaint, filed in US court, states that without official Saudi sponsorship, "al-Qaida would not have possessed the capacity to conceive, plan and execute the Sept. 11 attacks." In other words, absent Saudi support, the Twin Towers would still be standing - along with nearly 3,000 Americans.

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Former Senator Bob Graham Urges Obama to Reopen Investigation into Saudi Role in 9/11 Attacks

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Amy Goodman - Sep. 15 (News Report) - new information has emerged about the possible role of prominent Saudis in the 9/11 plot. According to recent news reports, a wealthy young Saudi couple fled their home in a gated community in Sarasota, Florida, just a week or so before Sept. 11, 2001, leaving behind three cars and nearly all of their possessions. The FBI was tipped off about the couple but never passed the information on to the 9/11 Commission investigating the attacks, even though phone records showed the couple had ties to Mohamed Atta and at least 10 other al-Qaeda suspects.

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Did Saudi Arabia Attack Us on 9/11?

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

readersupportednews.org - By Anthony Summers, Robbyn Swan - Jul. 19 (Investigative Report) - 'Was there a foreign government behind the 9/11 attacks? A decade later, Americans still haven't been given the whole story, while a key 28-page section of Congress's Joint Inquiry report remains censored. Gathering years of leaks and leads, in an adaptation from their new book, Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan examine the connections between Saudi Arabia and the hijackers (15 of whom were Saudi), the Bush White House's decision to ignore or bury evidence, and the frustration of lead investigators - including 9/11-commission staffers, counterterrorism officials, and senators on both sides of the aisle.' Anthony Summers, Robbyn Swan, Vanity Fair

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Aiming to Preserve Autocratic Mideast Rule, Saudi Arabia Helps Crush Uprisings in Bahrain, Yemen

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Amy Goodman - Jun. 16 (News Analysis) - While the United States remains heavily involved in the Libya conflict, it has been noticeably silent on the violent suppression of popular uprisings against autocratic regimes Bahrain and Yemen, both of which are close allies of Saudi Arabia. In March, Bahrain called in Saudi troops to help crush massive pro-democracy protests. We discuss the role of Saudi Arabia in recent regional uprisings with Toby Jones, assistant professor of history at Rutgers University and a former Persian Gulf analyst with the International Crisis Group.

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Saudi Prince Seeks to Discourage Western 'Alternatives' to High Priced Oil

Sun, 29 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

International Business Times - May. 29 (News) - Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal said on Sunday that he wants lower oil prices so that Western countries don't have the incentive to find alternatives. He told CNN that oil prices should be between $70 and $80 per barrel and not above $100 as they currently are.

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Jeremy Scahill on Killing of Bin Laden: Obama Has “Doubled Down on Bush Administration Policy of Targeted Assassination”

Mon, 02 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Amy Goodman - May. 02 (News Analysis) - The manhunt for Osama bin Laden is over. Nearly 10 years after the attack on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, U.S. forces are said to have assassinated the Saudi-born founder of al-Qaeda inside Pakistan. The U.S. operation was reportedly carried out by 25 Navy Seals under the command of the Joint Special Operations Command. At the time of his death, bin Laden was reportedly living in a heavily fortified mansion just a mile from the Pakistani army’s principal military academy. We speak with Jeremy Scahill, the national security correspondent for The Nation magazine, who has followed the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts closely as well as reported on the covert war inside Pakistan.

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President Obama: 'We Have Killed Osama bin Laden'

Mon, 02 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

readersupportednews.org - By Richard Adams, Declan Walsh - May. 02 (News Analysis) - On the eighth anniversary of George W. Bush's infamous mission accomplished speech President Obama has announced the killing of Osama bin Laden. The reported killing of Osama bin Laden raises many questions. Did Pakistan know where Osama was? What will now be the justification for continuing the war in Afghanistan? Will al Qaeda fade away or be emboldened? -- SMG/RSN. By Richard Adams and Declan Walsh, Guardian UK

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The Yemen President's Pariah Family

Sat, 09 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

The Daily Beast - By Tom Finn - Apr. 09 (News Report) - After nearly three months of youth-led popular protests, defections by top generals, ambassadors and senior members of his government, Yemen's longtime ruler Ali Abdullah Saleh looks decidedly beleaguered. Earlier this week, American officials, who have previously backed him, discreetly admitted his rule is “untenable.” Even his most loyal backers, including members of his own tribe and longtime aid donors, including Saudi Arabia, are now ushering him toward the exit. Qatar’s Prime Minister, Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani, tightened the screws further late this week, telling the state news agency that a coalition of Gulf States hoped “to reach a deal with the Yemeni president to step down.”

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Saudi Arabia arrests 149 Al Qaeda militants

Fri, 26 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800

GlobalPost - By Caryle Murphy - Nov. 26 (News Report) - Saudi Arabia – Saudi Arabian authorities have arrested 149 alleged Al Qaeda activists organized into 19 different cells – many of them linked to Al Qaeda’s Yemen-based branch, one of the terrorist movement’s most aggressive affiliates, security officials said Friday.

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So, who won the war in Iraq? Iran.

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700

GlobalPost - By Mohamad Bazzi - Aug. 30 (News Analysis) - As the U.S. military concludes its combat role — which President Barack Obama will formally announce from the Oval Office on Tuesday — Iraq is indeed a dramatic example for the Middle East, but not in the ways that Bush and his administration envisioned. Iraq did not become a beacon of democracy, nor did it create a domino effect that toppled other dictatorial regimes in the Arab world. Instead, the Iraq war has unleashed a new wave of sectarian hatred and upset the Persian Gulf’s strategic balance, helping Iran consolidate its role as the dominant regional power.

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House at war: Saudi's struggle to reclaim Islam

Sat, 26 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

GlobalPost - By Caryle Murphy - Jun. 26 (Special Report) - Simply put, takfir means declaring a fellow Muslim an apostate, or infidel, because of behavior deemed unIslamic. In recent decades, extremist groups like Al Qaeda have used takfir — hijacked may be a better word — as the theological underpinning for their ideology and to justify murdering other Muslims.

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U.S. Knew About Afghan Mineral Bonanza in 2007

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Paul Jay - Jun. 14 (News Analysis) - Did a 2007 report of massive mineral deposits in Afghanistan affect President Obama's 2009 decision to widen the scope of the Afghan war? A U.S. Geological Survey has shown that Afghanistan is one of the worlds' biggest depositories of minerals and

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The political hydraulics of OPEC

Tue, 13 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700

GlobalPost - By Tom Hundley - Apr. 13 (News Analysis) - Iraq and Iran vie to best Saudi as the world's leading producer of oil and it's China that looms as final arbiter.

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Guantanamo Death Lawsuit Thrown Out Of Court

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:58:59 -0800

Huffington Post - By Pete Yost - Feb. 17 (News Report) - A judge has dealt a setback to the families of two Guantanamo Bay detainees in a lawsuit that alleges former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, U.S. military officers and medical personnel were responsible for the detainees' deaths. The case alleging unlawful treatment of former prisoners Yasser Al-Zahrani and Salah Ali Abdullah Ahmed Al-Salami is barred by the Military Commissions Act of 2006, U.S. District Judge Ellen Huvelle ruled Tuesday.

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Connecting the Dots in the Middle East

Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Link TV - By Jamal Dajani - Dec. 24 (News Analysis) - The year 2009… From the war in Gaza to the election in Iran, how did Arab, Israeli and Iranian media cover the news? Join producer Jamal Dajani in this Mosaic 2009 Special: Connecting the Dots in the Middle East.

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Saudi Arabia: A Player in Middle East Elections

Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Link TV - Jun. 13 (News Analysis) - Saudi Arabia shifts its focus from Lebanon to Iran. Mousavi finds support from Saudi-run media outlets. Will the monarchy influence these elections too?

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No sporting chance for Saudi women

Thu, 14 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700

GlobalPost - By Caryle Murphy - May. 14 (News Report) - Government officials have begun notifying female-only sports clubs that they must shut down because they don’t have licenses, according to Saudi press reports. And they don’t have licenses because ... ? That’s right! No government department is authorized to issue licenses for female-only sports clubs. The catch-22 situation is another illustration of the barriers placed in the way of Saudi women who want to exercise and participate in sports.

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Appointment of Saudi Arabia’s First Female Deputy Minister Makes Waves

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Global Voices - By Eunice del Rosario - Feb. 16 (News Report) - Meet Noura Al Fayez, teacher extraordinaire, a product of the US education system, who last Saturday became the first ever woman deputy minister in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Bloggers around the globe were abuzz as soon as the news of Al Fayez broke, with thousands of ‘Twitterers’ microblogging about the new official literally minutes after networks, including Saudi state-run Channel One, reported it on Saturday.

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Arabs stepping up in Iraq... because they expect US drawdown?

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Abu Aardvark - By Marc Lynch - Jul. 07 (News Analysis) - For weeks, Arab editorialists have been arguing for - or, if you like, signaling - the need for an Arab opening towards Iraq. The seeds of this could be seen in the Neighbors Conference held in Kuwait at the end of April, where appeals were made if little actual progress. (*) Since a June 12 article in al-Sharq al-Awsat by former Jordanian Information Minister Salleh al-Qullab calling for an Arab "third way" between Iranian and American visions for Iraq, I've been noticing a dramatic increase in such articles in the Gulf press, usually asking some variation, as in in the UAE's al-Khaleej, of the theme "where is the Arab role in shaping the future of Iraq?" Many of these have been published in al-Sharq al-Awsat, a paper which is often considered to be an outlet for the views of the Saudi leadership.

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Turkey and Qatar - New Mediators on the Block

Thu, 29 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Link TV - By Jamal Dajani - May. 29 (News Report) - The Lebanese feuding factions reach an agreement in Qatar. The Syrians and the Israelis are talking peace with the help of Turkey. What's going on? And why are traditional mediators like the U.S. absent from the negotiating tables?

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Saudi FM warns Iran over Lebanon 'coup'

Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Middle East Online - May. 13 (News Report) - RIYADH - Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal warned on Tuesday that Iran's relations with the Arab world would be affected if Tehran was supporting what he described as a "coup" in Lebanon. "Iran's relations with all Arab countries -- if not all Islamic (countries) -- would be affected if Iran was supporting the coup that took place in Lebanon," Faisal told reporters. His comments came after six days of deadly sectarian fighting pitting Shiite opposition groups led by the Iranian- and Syrian-backed Hezbollah against supporters of the Western-backed government.

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Saudi Media Enjoy Full Freedom, Madani Says

Mon, 24 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800

Arab News - By P.K. Abdul Ghafour - Dec. 24 (News Report) - "We did not tell any foreign news agency or television station what they should cover and what they should not ... and with whom they should speak and with whom they should not ... the field was open to them and all facilities have been provided so they could do their work in an objective manner," the minister said.

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