Arabia Deserta 
Middle East Focus-Arabia Deserta: Monthly Archives for April 2010

Iranian IRGC Network Disrupted in Kuwait?.................

Ahmadinejad Touts Iran ‘Global Management’ Skills (no Power Point), Threatens to Crush US Congress………..

“Iran says Persian Gulf Stable, Civilized……………..”

Iraqi Political Kabuki: Toga Party and Sweet Tea and Hot Toddy in Baghdad and Tehran and Riyadh………….

Iran Newspeak: Smart Sanctions are Dumb, Many Congressmen are Dumb, Dumb Sanctions are Smart, Dumb Wars………

Persian-American Gulf: a Royal Mouthpiece, a Passion for Soccer, a Passion for Polygamist Kleptocrats……

Swiss no More: Lebanese Lynch Mob Beats and Hacks Suspect to Death, then Hangs Him………..

Ayad Allawi Wants Paul Bremer Back in Iraq…………………

Saudis Block ElBradei Website, Join UN Human Rights Commission…………

French Accused of Widespread Torture, may Retain Cheney as Publicist………….

French Sarkozian Police Outdo Arizona, Toddler Arrested………….

Media Getting Ready for Egyptian Power Transfer…………..

Hezbollah Reports on Gates-Barak Comments……..

Wild West Bank: Police Attack Jewish Settlers, Settlers Attack Palestinian Village………..

Persian Gulf Dogfight: First Iraqi Flight to Heathrow Downed, Impounded……………..

Nasrallah Pissed at “Political” Egyptian Sentences…….

Egypt: the Phony Hezbollah Plot, the Real Hezbollah Plot………….

Suntanned Women of Tehran, Beware…………

Egypt Gasses Gaza Tunnel, Civil War with Swine Winds Down, Oinks Stopped………….

The Decline and Fall of Egypt, the Rise of Las Vegas……………

Iran Opposition Gears Up for “Election Day”………..

“Envied Wise Man of God” of Taliban Alive in Pakistan…………..

Ahmadinejad Applying for US Visa, Avoids Crossing Arizona………………

A Neglected Impact of the Asian Economic Crisis?………

The Sewage War for the West Bank…………………..

Sufism and Judaism and all That………

New Iranian Drones: a Game Changer?.............

Legends: Doesn’t Everybody Else Believe in Nessie?............

Chavez Denies IRGC al-Quds Occupation of Maracaibo………….

America Helping Saudis get Nuclear Weapons? Egyptians as Chopped Liver...............

Huge Statues of Jesus in Iraq and Riyadh……….

More on Allawi and Secularism, Drinking Booze and Herding Goats in al-Anbar …………..

Why not in America: Girl Smacks Teacher, Girl Faces Religious Court, Girl Gets Prison and Lashes………..

Dubai and Iran Smell Trouble, Trade Trouble……….

Iranians Waltz into Old Vienna………..

New Evidence that Israelis are Becoming more Middle Eastern more Arab…………..

Ahmadinejad’s Exemplary Workers, Obama’s Exemplary Bankers, Exemplary Senate…………….

Iraq: Illusions of Secularism and Moderation, Illusions of Independence………….

Iran’s Central Bank: Real Target or Decoy in Sanctions Talks…………

On the Gulf: of Oil, Gas, and Fast Food………..

Hamas and Israelis Agree on Shalit Cartoon………

Saudi Census Highlights a Tough Gulf Demographic Issue………

Maybe He was a Muslim Manchurian Candidate, After all…………………

The Brazilian way to Health and Longevity, What about Polygamy……

Medvedev Talks Tough on Iran, But Votes Soft……….

Iranian-American Border Wars............

Noriega and al-Bashir, Cling-Free Arab Despots……….

God, Politics, and America’s Right Wing Devil Worshippers………….

On Libya, Shell Oil, and Tony Blair’s Ghost Writers (Again)……..

The “Unstable” Dynamic Politics of Iraq, the Stagnant Swamps of Arabia……….

Sectarianism and Watermelon Politics: Lebanon, Iraq, and the Middle East…………..

France Faces Triple Legal Issues: from Niqab to Polygamy to Citizenship, and Mistresses……

Revenge of the Swine and Stray Dogs and Cats, Asses of Egypt Strike Back ………..

Médecins sans Respect: My Doctor My Punching Bag in the Middle East………..

Bygone Pinko Comrades of the Middle East…………….

Communists of Saudi Arabia?…………

Stephen Hawking on our Own Columbus and Cortes, Extra Terrestrial Imperialism.………

Yellow Cake of Zimbabwe, Yellow Brick Road to Tehran……………

Hip Hop Hits Gaza, Hamas Cracks Down on Hip Hop………..

Iraqi Political Wheel of Fortune Spinning, "Permanent Secular Challenger"………….

Mousavi Stirring in Iran…………..

A Slick Piece by Hamas, Aiming for an Oscar? Releasing Shalit…………..

The Battle for Saudi Arabia: Royal Confusion at the Religious Police…………

On the Persian Gulf: Monkey Business, Human Trafficking…………..

Middle East Charisma: Did Ahmadinejad Captivate Zimbabwe Crowd? Of Nasser and Khomeini and..…….

Defining Ayad Allawi?.............

Saudi Confessions: Will they Chop his Head? RNC Prospects……….

Egypt’s Mubarak: Change Should Not Threaten Status Quo, Fair and Fake Elections Promised……………

Of Allawi, Maliki, and Saddam’s Deserting Defenders…………..

Reliable Disgruntled Iranian Informants, a Little Warning………..

On the Gulf: Alleged Interrogations, Expatriate Labor, Economic Crashes, andToga Parties……

Iranian Smugness on Petroleum Boycotts: What is Behind it? Is it Real?.................

Oh Oh: IRGC Claims Petroleum Expertise……………………

Middle East ‘Justice’: How to Pass Verdict, or Not………….

On Mullahs and Earthquakes, Reverend Graham Robertson Palin, and Rabbis who Like Goats………

On Human Rights Denied on the Persian Gulf……….

New Revolutionary Classes: France, Russia, and Iran………..

The Iranians and the Hikers: a Bizarre Case of Three Captives………….

Iran Loses Human Rights Race: Fails to Join Egypt, China, Saudi Arabia, Libya, Cuba, Jordan,……..

“Arabian Nights” Sued, Egypt as a Prostrate Receptacle of Wahhabi Intolerance and Reaction……..

Smug Iranian Cleric Shrugs Off Nuclear Threat, His Reservation Confirmed…….

‘Political’ Terror Attacks Rise in Iraq, Blaming the Victims………

That Other Middle East Russian Mafia? A Jewish Dichotomy?.................

The Farce of Sudanese Elections, a Typical Arab Story…………………

That ‘Other’ Middle East Divestment Campaign …………….

Iraq’s Allawi: Prime Minister or Prime Whiner, Tedious Ba’athist Threats of Bloodshed….........

Persian Gulf to Maracaibo, IRG Sighting Reported………..

The Mysterious Rockets of Elat…………………

Shaikhs of Sharjah Wave Shariah at Shacking Couples, Au Naturel……………..

Saudi Unemployment Edges Detroit, Barely………….

Iran’s Ahmadinejad Emigrates to Zimbabwe, Maybe…………….

Fuzzy Economics of Ahmadinejad, Seeking Iranian Expat Funds.........

A Right Wing Fund Reloads and Aims Missiles, an Iranian Private Lynch?…………..

Iranian Military: so What’s all the Fuss About………….

Lebanese Gaga and Hezbollah, No Singing Warlord……….

Tensions Escalate around Strait of Hormuz, War Games and Harsh Words………………

Netanyahu gets Free Advice from Hezbollah.…………….

Somali Pirates Show a Gentler Kinder Face.........

Silly Wahhabi Potentates Still Pondering Fate of Lebanese Magician, Oz and Dylan and Potter Targeted?..…….

IDF Facing a Jewish Intifada, Settlers Stone the Legions………..

Calendar

February 2012
SuMoTuWeThFrSa
1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
26272829

Category Archives

Subscribe Via Email


Blog Software
Blog Software