Arabia Deserta 
Middle East Focus: Monthly Archives for February 2010

A Feathered Bearded Iraqi Tribal Shaikh Opines………

Not All the Internet is Kosher in UAE…………….

Networking Nabobs of Terror: Saddam, Ayman, and Osama…………..

Running Booze in Arabia……..

Tony Blair Was Depressed, Cured by the Joys of Cashing In…….

Iraq and the Financial Ghosts of Saddam…………..

South Yemenis Seek to Regain Independence………….

India and Israel, India and Iran………..

Meshugenahs of Tehran, Meshugenahs of Tel Aviv...................

Bob Dylan in Tehran, Duel of the Mullahs……….

Worried About Elections in Iraq and Lebanon and Iran, Getting a Political Life...........

Famous Middle East Couples...........

Mr. Terrorist: What is in a Name?..............

An Axis of odd Bedfellows, Burma in Arabia..........

Arab Petroleum to China to Punish Iran…………

Wahhabi Ideology for Dummies, Salafis R Us………..

A Case for Iran War: a Little Washington Post Editorial…………..

Reporters Sans Frontières de l'Arabie, Keeping One’s Head…………..

Fox in the Henhouse: Friedman of NY Fed, Friedman of Goldman Sachs, Friedman of AIG?………

Ahmadinejad and Israel, Einstein and Hubble, Expanding Cosmos………….

Persian-American Gulf: Rumble in Manama, a Frustrated People and Lying Ministers…………

Qaddafi Fatwa Excommunicates the Swiss………

Zombies of the Middle East, Unite!..............

Fourth Most Interesting Man in the World, Kissing “It” in Arabia……

Iraq’s Marja’ya Drops Out of the Race……..

Iran and the Japanese Nuclear Model…………

Is Russia Canceling the S-300?...........

Iran: Illusions of Security Council Consensus?……….

Israeli Man of La Mancha……………

Jundullah Leader “Confesses” to US Ties, Was He Waterboarded?…………..

The Fatah Angle: Was Dubai Killing a Joint Operation?.............

A Dormant Thought Foundation……………

Islamist Sadomasochism, the Malaysian Example……….

Clinton's Other Two Middle East Roadblocks………

Missile Defense Agency: the Muslims are Here, the Muslims are Here……………

Iraq’s Shadowy Offshore Candidates……………

Qatari Tango on the Persian-American Gulf, Thumbs Nose at Saudis, Again……….

The French Are not the Only Ones……

Assassination of Imad Mughniyeh………...

Iraq: al-Mutlak Backs Down After Allawi Riyadh Visit…………………

The Consummate Survivor of Iran………..

Iraq Elections: Of Iranian Stooges, Neighboring Oligarchs, Missing Chemical Ali………..

Iyad Allawi on the Road: Trick or Treat?.................

A Mossad Convention in Dubai, Rambo and the Terminator………….

A New Political Sunna of Conformity, Arab Free Press Endangered……….

Amman: Lacking Two Senses, One of Them is Humor………..

Al Goes into al-Qaeda High Finance, Eschews Goldman, Salafi Lobbyists and Kosher Subways………….

Doing Away with Stupid Intelligence?.........

Republic of Mubarak…………

Jundullah Claims US Complicity, Iran May Seek Cheney Interrogation Advice……

Barak Issues a Killing Fatwa, What Heretics and Pimps?……….

An Aljazeera Conspiracy Theory………….

Iraq’s Allawi Pulls a Coakley, in Riyadh not in Bahamas…….

Jundullah Leader Captured, Iranians Pull a Mossad………..

Apartheid on the Persian-American Gulf?………….

When Afghanistan Invaded Russia, the Pashtun Thorn…………….

Fallon and the Dictators………

Spelling Hypocrisy in Arabic…….

The Other Iran Trials……..

Iraq, Paying Compensations, Asks the Same of Israel………….

An Inexplicable Small Massacre in Baghdad…….

Lieberman (not Joe) On Middle East Blame Game………………..

A Republic of Emergency, A Kingdom of Emergency…………….

Guns: Return of Billy the Kid………….

War Games on the Persian-American Gulf, Stalin and McCain….. ……

Israeli Tail Wagging the Dog? Netanyahu Cracks the Whip..............

What If He Were a Muslim?......................

Hopeless in Cairo: Torture and Death of a Small man…………..

Extremist Men, Smart Women, No Salafistas……………

Land of Billionaire Princes and Desperately Poor Bedouins……….

Controlling Iraq, Riding a Whirlwind.................

Iranians Clone a Goat, I Worry Who is Next…………

Duel of the Drones: Iran and Israel, and the Chopped Liver Crowd………..

Popular in Iraq, Popular Outside Iraq, Popular Somewhere…………

PlayStation Games Expose Hezbollah Network…………….

A Tehran Court: Strange Bedfellows, Plaintiffs…………..

Saudi Women Poised to Win One, Wahhabi Shaikhs Confused………

Sectarian Democracy, Sectarian Despotism………

Iran Opposition: back to the Drawing Board……………

Freud and Hitler, "Artistic" Frustrations…….

Ecuador, Iran, Money Laundering……………

Mossad, Mossad, Then and Now……………

Iraqi Candidates, Arab Kings, Iranian Mullahs…………..

Jews of Lebanon and Solidaire…………..

Afrabia: Pulling the Plug on Mugabe………….

A Terrifying Poll on Iran and Nuclear War………….

Iran Warheads, Fake Laptop Files, Niger Yellowcake………………

Parliament of Iraq, City of Riyadh, a Former Baathist…………

Shaikh Al’s Fatwa Against Terrorism, the Hillary Factor…….

The Royal Media Insist: Crippling Sanctions or War on Iran…………

Iran’s Arms Industry: a Product of Sanctions……..

Fate of Dr. ElBaradei: a Sudden Death, a Serious Illness, or Prison …………

TAFT Identifies Financially Risky Countries………..

A Wild Bumbling Churchill at Blair House?…………

Sepandarmazgan: Day of Love in Persian Culture…………

Ahmadinejad Puts Foot in Big Mouth Again, Opining on Israel…………..

France Telecom Tragedies: Will Tax Cuts Help?.............

Interview with a Princess…………………

Middle East Cruel Joke of the Week, Praying Over Lebanon……

Coronado’s Gold, a Glimpse of Jordanian Humor, Global Warming….……

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