Arabia Deserta 
Middle East Focus: Monthly Archives for June 2010

East Jerusalem: Legal Interlopers and Illegal Ghosts of the Past………

Mullahs Target Tehran’s Green Dogs: Love thy Wife, Ditch the Bitch?…………

Forget Ideal Heroes, Stick with the Rotten Absolute Oligarchs…….

Coming Soon to an Emirate Near you: Cameras Everywhere…….

What Happens in Kurdistan does not stay in Kurdistan……………

Swedish Royal-Commoner Wedding, Next one in Arabia………..

Elton John in Israel, Next Tours in Tehran then Riyadh then Pyongyang………

New Tri-Partite Western Axis: are Happy Gunboat days here Again?.............

Why a New Pew Poll on Iran War Smells Phewy……..

On the Persian Gulf: When a Heat Wave Meets Extreme Incompetence……

Israel’s not-so-Foreign Legion, Beau Geste of “the Valley”……..

Iranian Aid Ships Through the Suez Canal?……….

A Lebanese Opinion on Feltman in Iraq……….

Hardliners Challenge a Foe They Can’t Defeat: Iranian Women…………….

Iraq Electoral Math: Jeff Allawi, Mahdi Feltman, and Ayatollah Sistani………..

China and Iran Open a New Silk Road……………

Dr. Naik Banned from England, Could it be the Fornicator Name?......

Hitler in Hindi, Genghiz Khan in Tight Polyester…………

A Lebanese Duel: so-called Hezbollah Pissed at so-called Patriarch……….

King Abdul Goes Ballistic over Israel Blocking his Going Nuclear……….

Winning Minds by Repressing Arab Hearts, Winning Hearts by Repressing Arab Minds…….

Netanyahu Speaks with Forked Tongue…….

Russians Play Good Cop, Act Indignant on new Iran Sanctions……..

Israeli Aryan Nation Targets Sephardi Jews………

Taking the Fun out of Madrassas…………

If It’s Thursday, If You’re Thirsty, This must be Dubai……..

Iran Doubles Down on Nuclear Facilities, After the Sanctions……………

Where Not all Jews are Equal, From Russia without Love, Sexier Ashkenazi Hats……………

Persian Gulf Schmucks Fighting to Succeed a Potentate………………

European Gunboat “Diplomacy” Returns: In and Out Deciders……………..

Mother of all Incompetence on the Gulf: Darkness under a Bright Sun……………

Father of the Nation? Political Incest in Egypt………….

Free Speech in France, but Only for the Good Side……………..

Media Vuvuzela about Iraq…………

Iranians Improving Cinema Censorship Efficiency…….

The Two Ahmed al-Ghamdis: Hijacker (2001), Salafi Shaikh (2010)………

Iraq: Abdul-Who? The Coming Mahdi of Baghdad.............

A Touchdown Lightning Strikes, God and "Football", Jesus the Foreigner………..

One Day in the Life, Upbeat and Lusty Criminals on the Gulf………….

An African Leadership Prize? Find an Arab if you Can………..

Tea Party Salafis set to "Hijack" International Zionism too………….

Of Turkey, a Gerrymandered State, and the New Palestinian Business Classes………..

Broadcast Satellites as Political Weapons: Nilesat and Arabsat………….

Tony Blair as Qaddafi’s Poodle also? Some New Evidence.............

Teaching Human Rights, Teaching Royal Ruler Rights………..

Omani Sudoku for a Good Cause…………

La démocratie et le jeu irakien……….

How the Right Declaration on Iran is also Euro-Hypocritical, as usual………….

Prince Charles and Cannabis, Fear of a Different Poitiers/Tours…………..

Even the Mullahs of Iran Can’t Keep their Middle Class…………….

Incompetents R Us? Toxic Minds, Toxic Greed, Toxic Sea, Toxic Desert…………

Deathplace of Jews and Palestinians……..

Red Cross Opines on Gaza Blockade and Shalit, but without the NYT………..

Saudis Reinvent the Trabant, or is it the Moskovitch, or the Edsel, or just Autocad…………

Islamists Ban World Cup Hairy-legged Pornography…………..

One Iranian who wants to Acquire Special Weapons…….

Iran Joins the Blockade-Busting Bandwagon, no Pat Robertson or Tea Party……

The Gulf: Signs of Hard Times?………….

Two-Eyed and Forked-Tongued Salafis of Bahrain………

Mahmoud Abbas Abu Quisling of Ramallah………..

Avatar in Iraq, Coming to an Embassy Near You……..

Special German Boats Heading to Gaza………..

Death in an Internet Café: Urban Gulag of Egypt’s Dictatorship……………

Witching Days on the Gulf: How to Spoil your Sorcerers………..

Gulf Trafficking: What Happens in Ajman Does not Stay in Ajman………….

The Smelly Flea-Bitten Studios of Cyprus……………..

Afghan Avatar: Minerals to Supplant Opium…………..

Iran Rejects "The Times" Story of Saudi-Israeli Deal……………

The Iraqi Way to Express Anger at Monetary Policy, about Alan Greenspan……………

A Middle East Kingdom in the Twilight Zone, Succinctly Kissing in Arabia…………

A Green Anniversary in Iran…………..

The Turkish Model: From Tehran to Riyadh, and Beyond?................

Shatt al Arab? What Shatt al Arab?.............

How the Egyptians and Saudis Killed the “Friedman” Peace Plan: It is the Backbone, Stupid…….

Egypt: Police Deny Evidence of Corruption and Abuse and Murder………..

Iran: Fear and Loathing and a Mismanaged Economy………

Israel and Saudi Arabia: with a Little Help from their Friends……

Allawi on Preserving Democracy the Ba’athist Way………..

A Saudi Mouthpiece Promoting Gulf Hegemony, Ghost of Saddam………..

Arizona Succeeding in Getting Rid of Brown People, Geronimo’s Florida Condo……………

US Congress Set to Join Iran, Defy New UN Sanctions, Holes in Legislative Heads.......

Jewish al-Qaeda Affiliates Sailing to Gaza? Soft Salafis on a Flotilla but no "Birds"……………..

OPEC Joins the U S Tea Party……………..

(Some) Nuns Just Wanna Have Fun? what Eleventh Commandment?........

Iraq Shi’a Coalition Reunited, Iraqiya out of Contention, Electing the next King of……………

Lebanon at the UN: the Saudi Faction vs. the Iranian faction, the American Dilemma………..

Child Execution Tale: A new Low for the Taliban or a New Low for Afghan Government?......…

Kissing Your Way through a Recession, Heterophobia the Saudi Way………..

UAE: when Frenching is Cool in Abu Dhabi…………..

City of God and Death and Opium: Looking for Beards, overlooking Osama………….

Is Russia Canceling the S-300 Iranian Deal? Not Exactly But You Betchya............

What the Hell is a WAGZA? Of Iranian Mouthpieces, Stoned Princes, Rebel Princes………..

History: From the Iraqi Frying Pan into the Ba’athist Fire………….

Saudi Adult Breastfeeding Controversy, McCain 2008 and Moose Milk …….

Gaza Antoinette and her Cake, What about the Asses of Likud………….

Arabian Camel, Chinese Camel, Jewish Camel…………..

The West Plugs one Tiny Hole in Iranian Sieve, many Thousands Remain Open………….

The Undiluted Bullshit of British Petroleum……….

Siege of Bandar Abbas, Siege of Cuba, Siege of Troy……..

Mullahs vs. Uncle Sam: A War of Videos, Whirling Dervishes in Arizona…………..

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