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You mean the Saudis lied when they said they would stop participating in the Arab League boycott of Israel? Shocka! Leading Democratic and Republican congressmen expressed outrage following a report in Monday’s Jerusalem Post that Saudi Arabia has been violating its promise to Washington to stop enforcing the Arab ...
Saudi Arabia, Islam, Wahhabism, Israel, Boycott, Antisemitism, Arab League
Remember that Human Rights Watch report accusing Hamas of war crimes? I hope you didn’t think that meant they were changing their ways, because they’re right back at their main occupation again: Human Rights Watch Earns Their Saudi Pay, Publishes Another Thinly-Sourced Report Demonizing Israel.
Human Rights Watch, Israel, Anti-Israel, Saudi Arabia, Hamas, Human Shields
The MEMRI Blog notes that several Arab media sources are reporting a failed military coup attempt in the Persian Gulf country of Qatar. Various Arab websites are reporting on the sudden firing of senior Qatari military officials after they staged a failed coup attempt. According to the report on ...
While we’re messing around with this silly Supreme Court nomination hearing in the US, over in Saudi Arabia they’re curing cancer with camel urine. Dr. Faten Abdel-Rahman Khorshid is responsible for one of the Kingdom’s greatest national achievements in the field of science for her work which began with ...
In one of the world’s richest theocratic countries, an outbreak of pesky spirits leads to legal action. A family in Saudi Arabia is taking a “genie” to court, accusing it of theft and harassment, reports say. They accuse the spirit of threatening them, throwing stones and stealing mobile phones, ...
Saudi Arabia, Islam, Wahhabism, Sharia, Jinn, Genies, Superstition
Imagine my surprise; Barack Obama’s bold new initiative for Arab countries to normalize relations with Israel is getting nowhere. The U.S. administration has not been successful in securing commitments from Arab countries to take steps toward normalizing relations with Israel, a senior source in Jerusalem said Wednesday. The source ...
Israel, Arab World, King Abdullah, Barack Obama, Saudi Arabia
The Supreme Court has overturned an appeals court decision made by Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, ruling that white firefighters in New Haven, Conn. were unfairly denied promotions due to their race: Ricci Decision Provides Rallying Point for Opposition. Conservatives are jumping all over today’s Supreme Court decision ...
Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor, Discrimination, Saudi Arabia, 9/11
The New York Times has an article on the extensive ties between top members of the Saudi ruling family and terrorist groups, as new evidence is revealed by the families of 9/11 victims — evidence that is being ignored and suppressed by the US government: Documents Back Saudi Link to ...
Saudi Arabia, Islam, Wahhabism, Jihad, Militant Islam, Terrorism, Taliban, Al Qaeda, Law, 9/11
Please note! Barack Obama is absolutely not bowing to King Abdullah! He’s receiving a medal. That is not a bow. It’s very, very different from a bow. Thank you for listening. [Video] Also see: Bush Bowed Too.
Saudi Arabia, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, King Abdullah, Bow
A horrific crime leads to horrific punishment, in the religious apartheid kingdom: Saudi beheads and crucifies murder convict. RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi authorities beheaded and crucified a man convicted of brutally slaying an 11-year-old boy and his father, the Interior Ministry announced. According to the statement issued ...
Saudi Arabia’s latest plan to “reform” jihadis is getting positive reviews from Agence France Presse: Saudis use soft touch to ‘save’ former militants. The care centre is Saudi Arabia’s front line for ensuring that Al-Qaeda does not rear its head again, after a series of lethal domestic attacks between ...
Expect this news to launch a round of screaming that Barack Obama is lying: White House: No bow to Saudi. “It wasn’t a bow. He grasped his hand with two hands, and he’s taller than King Abdullah,” said an Obama aide, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. ...
Here’s a video posted by Newt Gingrich on his own YouTube channel today. Skip ahead to 4:06 to hear Gingrich say: “if we bow to the Saudi king, which the president [Obama] did, which I thought was frankly not very good when President Bush did it.” [Video] Maybe ...
Uh oh. HispanicBusiness.com - Conservative Blogger: Bush Also Bowed Before the Saudi King. Look out. Sanity is out of style.
Saudi Arabia, Islam, Wahhabism, Misogyny, Women's Rights, Sharia, Apartheid, Barack Obama, George W. Bush
Here’s an open thread for Monday morning, for everyone who wants to yell at me some more for pointing out that by bowing to King Abdullah, Barack Obama was simply following the well-documented, well-known tradition of US Presidents to pander to the Saudis. To sum up, presidential pandering to the ...
Saudi Arabia, Islam, Wahhabism, Misogyny, Women's Rights, Sharia, Apartheid, Barack Obama, George W. Bush
More than a few people on the right are screaming that Barack Obama should be impeached for bowing to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. Those of you who are buying into this hyperventilating nonsense need to see this video. (Click the image to watch.) This deference to a very ...
Saudi Arabia, Islam, Wahhabism, Misogyny, Women's Rights, Sharia, Apartheid, Barack Obama, George W. Bush
Lots of people blogging about (what appears to be) Barack Obama’s obsequious bow to the ruler of one of the most repressive theocracies on the planet, Saudi Arabia, at the G20 meeting in London: But lest we forget, this toadying to the religious apartheid kingdom didn’t start with our ...
Saudi Arabia, Islam, Wahhabism, Misogyny, Women's Rights, Sharia, Apartheid, Barack Obama, George W. Bush
The corrupt, obscenely wealthy rulers of Saudi Arabia continue playing Wahhabi bait-and-switch, promising reforms and delivering only more of the same Dark Ages misogyny. RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Visitors to a women’s job training center heard terrified screams — and rushed to see an agent of the religious ...
Saudi Arabia, Islam, Wahhabism, Misogyny, Women's Rights, Sharia
At the Washington Post, Charles Lane asks why Barack Obama hasn’t said a single word about the withdrawal of Charles Freeman: A Parting Shot That Maligns Obama, Too. Freeman himself wrote that the affair “will be seen by many to raise serious questions about whether the Obama administration will ...
Barack Obama, Saudi Arabia, Chas Freeman, National Intelligence Council
What a strange tone in this Washington Post article on Arab media reaction to the withdrawal of Charles Freeman and his statement lashing out at the “Israel lobby.” The Post calls this stuff “analysis.” A better term might be “paranoid conspiracy theories.” Mideast Publications Question Obama Over Top Intelligence ...
Barack Obama, Saudi Arabia, Chas Freeman, National Intelligence Council
A Washington Post editorial on Charles Freeman’s paranoid “Israel lobby” rant. What’s striking about the charges by Mr. Freeman and like-minded conspiracy theorists is their blatant disregard for such established facts. Mr. Freeman darkly claims that “it is not permitted for anyone in the United States” to describe Israel’s ...
Barack Obama, Saudi Arabia, Chas Freeman, National Intelligence Council
If you need any more evidence why Chas Freeman was not fit to hold the office of Director of the National Intelligence Council, have a look at his paranoid, antisemitic statement about his withdrawal: Exiting, Chas Freeman Attacks ‘Israel Lobby’. Freeman says, “The libels on me and their easily ...
Barack Obama, Saudi Arabia, Chas Freeman, National Intelligence Council
More of the ugly misogyny that makes the religious apartheid Kingdom of Saud so special: Saudis order 40 lashes for elderly woman for mingling. (CNN) — A Saudi Arabian court has sentenced a 75-year-old Syrian woman to 40 lashes, four months imprisonment and deportation from the kingdom for having ...
Saudi Arabia, Islam, Wahhabism, Misogyny, Women's Rights, Sharia
The Obama administration’s Pro-Saudi nominee to head the National Intelligence Council, Chas Freeman, has bailed out after a flood of bad publicity. A statement from Director of National Intelligence Dennis C. Blair: “Director of National Intelligence Dennis C. Blair announced today that Ambassador Charles W. Freeman Jr. has requested ...
Barack Obama, Saudi Arabia, Chas Freeman, National Intelligence Council
Martin Kramer has a post today on the Obama administration’s nominee to head the National Intelligence Council—Saudi puppet Chas Freeman: Chas Freeman and 9/11. How important has resentment of Israel been to Al Qaeda’s terrorism? Here is one side of the argument, by an American who knows Saudi Arabia ...
Barack Obama, Saudi Arabia, Chas Freeman, National Intelligence Council, 9/11