Arabia Deserta 
Middle East Focus: Monthly Archives for October 2010

An Israeli Third Strike Coming: Saudis Demand Hariri Resign…..

The Goldilocks World of Benjamin Netanyahu……..

Hebrew as the Enemy? Misplaced Anger?……..

Neighborly Racism: Afghan Refugees in Iran………

Saudi Chutzpah on Iraq: Fohgetaboutit!......

Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei on His Own Campaign Trail…….

From Lockerbie to the Hariri Murder to a Lebanese Gynecological Whodunit…….

Late Beaujolais Upsets Bin Laden: Roast Goat and Sheep Balls and Umpqua Valley..……

Iranian Ayatollah Sees World Going Muslim but Hold that Moët, Saving Gingrich…….

Hariri Tribunal: How Raiding a Gynecologist Helped Hezbollah......

City of Salt: the Hariri Dream of a Beirut as Soul-less as Riyadh or Abu Dhabi……..

How EU Policies on Iranian Oil Diverge from US-Israeli Policies…….

Mutual Racist Contempt: EU Prefers East European Mafia to Muslim Turks?.....

Foot in Royal Mouth: Saudi Prince Revives Dormant Cordoba House Debate…….

End of Iranian Captivity for an Al-Qaida Leader?.......

Another Ms. Rice Steps into the Lebanese Quagmire……

The New Comancheros: Privatizing America’s Distant Wars……..

Israeli BrownShirts March Through an Arab Town…….

IT Happens on My Gulf……..

The Arabesque Electoral Façade………

Outsourcing: Whatever Happened to the Arabs of Al Qaeda?.........

Muslim Heroes to Save the American Way of Life?........

Battle for the Arab Hearts: Best and Brightest Autocrats vs. Dumb and Dumbest Autocrats?…….

Iran: the Chinese are Coming, the Chinese are Coming……

A Korean Kid in Saddam’s Secret Footsteps…..

The Balancing Act of Qatar, Caught Between Iran and the USA………

On Iran's De Facto Allies, Afghanistan, Cash for Karzai…….

No Synergy: Jewish Sewage Fails to Fertilize Arab Olive Trees, Kills Them…….

Mullahs Chopping More Hands in Iran, Texas Halloween

On the Plight of Christianity in the Middle East, the American South…..

The Lieberman report: An Israeli Plan for a Nuclear Iran? A Clever Feint?..........

Suspicious Deaths in Beirut: Migrant Workers keep “Falling” and “Committing Suicide”……

Saudis to Behead Sri Lankan Housemaid……..

Iran Hangs one of Satan’s Disciples, or Maybe just a Groupie………

A Most Beautiful Beast of the Desert……

Confusion Before Halloween: Aljazeera, Wikileaks, Iran in Iraq…….

Wikileaks: Trouble Keeping his Belt On and his Pants up…….

Iran Follows Texas, Revamps Social Science Courses…….

Ayalon Slams Vatican for Supporting U N Resolutions……….

Campbell Soup is not “Mmm Mmm Good” to America’s Neo-Nazi Bigots ……………

Saddam-izing the Iranian Regime…………

Of Elections and Lapdogs on the Persian-American Gulf……...

Al Qaeda Needs Healthcare Reform: When the Moment is Right for Bin Laden………..

Questionable Elections in a Potemkin Democracy on the Gulf……………

A Palestinian “Township” on the Brink…………..

Internet Phobia in the Middle East……….

Rabbis, Shaikhs, Imams, Occasional Scoundrels……..

Juan Williams Evinces Fox News White Man’s Fears of Swarthy Muslims, Gets Fired……….

Nervous Iranians Quote Castro, Promise no Rose Garden for Netanyahu and Bolton…..

Feeding the Beast in Najran and other Places………..

A Stranger in Paradise? Theological Athletic and ‘Medical’ Conversion………….

Tribal Judges, Tribal Laws, Veneer of Islam………

Al-Maliki’s Necktie Message in Tehran, Swallowing the Iraqi Porcupine……

Friends of Israeli IDF, Friends of Iranian IRGC, Friends of the Saudi Army……

In Egypt: Australian Shi’a, Brown Shi’a, Australian Foster-ite ……

Women in Arabia: Reform You Can’t Believe In Yet………

Bin Laden Goes Yuppie, Upgrades…….

Ahmadinejad as Tom Hagen: Seeking an Apology………..

Exclusivity on the Cheap on the Persian-American Gulf…….

An Iranian Glass that is Half Full and Half Empty…….

Treacherous Longing for a Dead Lebanon, Dandies of Beirut………..

After Hijacking Lebanese Hummus Record, Israelis Aiming for Iranian Chess………..

Chinese Pilgrims Riot in Mecca……………

Was Lebanon Ever Lost? And Who Owned it?........

American Omerta: Helen Thomas Revisits the Third Rail…………..

Amnesty International on Gulf Sectarian Detentions………….

Al Qaeda Diversifying: from Magazines to Reckless Driving Schools……..

Most Asinine Executions: From Electric Frying to Stoning, From Iran to Saudi Arabia to Texas……….

Watermelon Laws on my Gulf: Spreading “False" Information…………

UAE: Potentates Kick Peaceful Canada in the Nuts, Twice………..

Ehud Barak Sets the Stage and Provides a Narrative for Next War………..

No More Quiche in the Face for the Sarkozys…………

Reactions: Near Revolution in France, Tea Party Corporatism in America……..

In Beirut, Ahmadinejad Realizes Cheney’s Baghdad Dream of Flowers and Rice………

The West and Muslim States: Democratic Racism, Despotic Hypocrisy, Beheading Santa……

Biggest Lebanese Flag, Biggest Jackasses in the Middle East…….

Iranian Discontent: Let them Use Cow Chip…….

Impossible Dream: Seeking to Marginalize the Biggest Winners in Iraqi Elections………

RSF: Concern over Jailed and Tortured Bahrain Blogger………

The Financial Wild Wild West of Dubai…………

Iranian Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh on Hunger Strike………….

On God, Middle East Sectarianism, and Western Beasts of Burden as Tools of War ………..

Red State Blues (III): Betty White Arrested?........

Red State Blues (II): Eyes Wide Shut?..........

Red State Blues (I): What is in the Water?...........

Gaddafi’s Good Gesture: an Apology for Slave Trading……….

In Europe Lieberman Plays Miss Congeniality………

Nuclear Urban Legend: Iran Claims the USA Returning a Favor to Israel………

Iranian Leaders Tighten Screws on Azad University………….

Iran and Iraq and Oil: the Changing Numbers Game………

A Lackluster Campaign on a Persian-American Gulf Island……..

Changing Times: Gingrich, Wilders, Pillsbury Dough Boys, and a Joint Session Address……….

The Undeniable Wisdom of Muammar Gaddafi, Bears in the Forest………

Castro Goes on a Shi’a Pilgrimage…….

Will Oklahoma Vote to go Secular, Eschew the Shari’a?…….

Old Saudi Official, Mama’s Boy, Marries a Child Bride…….

Renewed Rumors of Iraqi Coup……

Atara and Netanyahu: Just who Wears the Pants in Israel?.......

Allawi Goes on a Quiet Pilgrimage…….

Sunni Militants Kidnap Iranian Scientist, or Maybe Not…..

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