Arabia Deserta 
Middle East Focus: Monthly Archives for October 2011

Former Shaikh of Bahrain in Egypt, Marshal Rommel Tantawi……………

The Other Side of the Liberation of Libyan Wealth………….

A Sensible Argument on the Iranian Keystone Cops Plot.....

Going Rogue in Tehran: Ahmadinejad in the Mullah Crosshairs?...........

TSA Covenant, SFO Airport, Dental Night-guard, Bear Spray in PNW, Alaska……..

The United States vs. the UN, and UNESCO, et al: My Way or the Highway Jingoism……….

Romney Middle East Policy Adviser: Hiking on the Iranian Border, spelling S-T-U-P-I-D-I-T-Y......

Secret Sources of Saudi Wealth: Why Reform is a PR Mirage, Arabian Omerta......

In Camp Evin: Gingrich and Romney et al to Tour Iraq, Follow the Three Magi to Persia, No Early Withdrawal ……..

Bahrain Flag and the Freemasons and the Protocols of Zion and a Shi’a Conspiracy: How Many Points? How Many Imams........

Emirati Lady saves Saudi Man in Distress: Shaikha and Faisal and the Executioner’s Sword………….

Sarkozy Rediscovers Human Rights, but Not Everywhere………

Mustafa Abduljalil of Libya, Qatari Wehrmacht, NATO, and a Piss-Up in a Brewery……..

Corruption and Transparency: Look Who the World Bank is Quoting Now……..

Libyan Jamahiriya and the West: Democracy, WMD, and Virginity………

Defining an Arab Kleptocracy: “Sultan’s Fortune is Estimated at $270 Billion”………

Ahamadinejad Opines on the Buried Secrets of Qaddafi and NATO...........

Saudi Media Mourn Prince Sultan: Prince of Plenty...........

Condi Rice: a Shower for a Lebanese President, Raunchy Photos with Qaddafi………

Irony of Smug Western Arrogance: Iranian Navy a Danger to the “Persian” Gulf………………….

Irony of Smug Western Arrogance: Iranian Navy a Danger to the “Persian” Gulf………………….

Libya and MI6, the Rendition of Tony Blair to Pyongyang………….

Graphic New Libya: Sodomizing a Dying Old Dictator………

Thwarted in Iraq, Buoyed in Libya: McCain Seeks a New Maysaloon in Syria……….

Women in the New Libya on a Salafi Brink……

Tony Blair Bin Bandar Meets Borat: the Great Money Machine Moves to Kazakhstan…….

Starry-Eyed Maureen Dowd of Wry Absolute Arabia: PR and “Keeping America Safe” …………

New Twist on a Newt Gingrich Trek to Colonial Mesopotamia: the Romney Factor………

Colonel Gaddafi: the Libyan iPhone, the Arab iPad……..

Clinton, Ahmadinejad, al-Migrahi, More Hypocrisy.......

Hypocrisy on my Gulf: Iraq vs. Libya vs. Syria vs. Bahrain vs.………….

The New American Exceptionalism: Butter for Guns………..

The Coming Wars of Saudi Succession?.........

MTV Shaikhs of Salafi Islam: Have Fatwa, Will Travel...............

In the Shadow of the Fifth Fleet: "five months in custody, enduring beatings, torture, sexual assault and threats of rape…….."

Saudi Zeitgeist and Iranian Illuminati: Expanding Media Domination Beyond the Arab World………..

SOFA Repossessed: the Illusion of the Iraqi Vacuum.........

"New" Libya: Qaddafi's Corpse...............

New Libya: One Last Questionable Atrocity or Two, Saddam and Muammar………

Kabul: Clinton Talks Taliban Reconciliation, as Ahmadinejad Stalks in a Holding Pattern….

Ahmadinejad Evading Hillary Clinton: it is the Handbag, Stupid.………..

Wild Times in Bishkek: Iran to Guide Kyrgyzstan toward Democracy…….

Ajami, Qaddafi, Sarkozy, Nixon, and Carla’s Baby………

A Bon Vivant Mouse Roars: Bahrain Foreign Minister Orders US to Act, Oh Ignatius……….

Manama: where a Parliament is a Joke, Diplomats are Suspect............

Uprising and Repression on the Gulf: Bridging a Divide with Weapons............

Good Housekeeping Seal: Hypocrisy in New York, Hypocrisy in DC, Hypocrisy in Tehran………..

After the GOP Nevada Debate-acle: Why Newt Gingrich should go to Iraq Soon, Adios MoFo………

US State Dept Cruel Joke of the Week: Weapons for External Defense of Bahrain…….

2006: when the War of Sectarian Hatred Went Regional.......

Zee Plot, She Sickens: Iranians Blame Mujahideen Khalq for Saudi Embassy Café Milano Plot………….

Smiling Arab Leaders, the Boumedienne Syndrome, the Ahmadinejad Syndrome……….

Jordanian King has New Intelligence Chief, about a Humor Chief, on the Gulf…….

Iranians to Help the United States Investigate the al-Jubair Plot, asking Ignatius………

Update on Saudi General Suing International Media……….

Tunisian Revolution Threatened by Salafis………

Is the Arab Spring Turning into an Islamist Winter?.........

Kim Kardashian Invades UAE: a GCC Invitation? About Snooki of Arabia………….

On New Hampshire, Nevada, and Newt Gingrich’s Trek in the Middle East………

Saudi offshore Tolerance Center in Vienna? What about Riyadh?.............

Tunisian Salafis Attack Persepolis, Television Manager, Free Speech, Imagination……….

Unreliable Sources: on Ignatius, Saudi Intelligence, Pakistani ISI, Arab Spring……….

David Ignatius Joins Saudi Intelligence, or is it Bahrain News Agency…………

Oh, Ambassador of Georgetown!.............

Goldman Sachs Nation: the Ugly Brave New World of American Education………

Cole on the Wackiest Master Terrorist, about that Money Transfer……………

Reactions: Middle East Region, Saudi Region, Georgetown Think-Tank Region, Cafe Milano Region………….

Quoting Frank Sinatra: Was the Iranian ‘Plotter’ Entrapped?.............

The Bombed B-Movie Actor and B-Movie Actress of Georgetown and Tehran and New York …….

No Eliot Ness: Mr. Freeh, Prince Bandar, Iranian Mullahs, Cult Money, Hoover and MacArthur…………

Head-Chopping Absolute Reformers of the Arabian Peninsula……….

Update on Suggested Newt Gingrich Hike in the Middle East…………

Update on Suggested Newt Gingrich Hike in the Middle East…………

Celebrities: Was Café Milano Behind the Assassination Plot?.............

The Iranian DC Bombing Plot: was it Too Fast and Furious? WTF Analysis...........

The Marshal and the Ayatollah : What Went Wrong in Egypt………….

The Iran Embassy Plot and My old American History Professor, about the Maine……….

Cause or Effect? Bombing an Ambassador, Bombing Nuclear Talks, Remembering Havana Harbor…………

Palestine Salafi History: Ben Yehuda and Abdulwahhab……………

The Dubai Metro: Possibly Mayhaps a Pleasant Surprise…………..

Casus Belli or “The Plot Thickens”: Slim Pickens Riding the Bomb over Iran………

More on the Proposed Newt Gingrich Iraq-Iran Hike................

CNBC: Cramer vs. Burnett, Goldman………

Another Huge Saudi-British Bribery Scandal, Missing Tony Blair..........

Al-Azhar and the Salafis: a Relic of the Mubarak Days and the Evangelical Al, Abdel Wahab………

UAE in Photos: Northern Emiratis in London………….

Egyptian Prisoners, Saudi Prisoners, Saudi Lawlessness..............

American Schism: Salafis vs. Shi’as vs. Mormons vs….....

Iranian Democracy, Iranian Schmemocracy………

Egyptian Xenophobia: of Copts and Domestic Divisions and Foreign Hands………….

Occupation of Iraq, Occupation of China, Occupation of the Vatican.....

Futile Iran Sanctions: I could Have Told them……..

Saudi Slaughterhouse: Heads keep Rolling, Mostly the Wrong Heads……….

My Gulf: Weapons, Satellites, a Regatta of Destroyers....

America, Hezbollah, China, Russia, Iran, Israel, and Shari'a Colleges: my Drone is Holier than Yours …………..

Tutu and Mandela and Communism and Apartheid in Bahrain.............

Mama NATO and its Arab Babies………..

Republicans in U.S. Congress Plagiarizing Salafi and UAE Laws? Amsterdam.............

Republicans in U.S. Congress Plagiarizing Salafi and UAE Laws? Amsterdam.............

Oh no, Iranians at it Again: More Missiles, Much Less Fun, islamPad………….

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