“On behalf of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah, Interior Minister Prince Mohammed bin Naif delivered a message conveying the challenges facing the region in terms of development and humanitarian issues. The realization of security in the region necessitates an integrated and all-encompassing vision to enable this area to deal with the rising problems and to boost religious, educational and social institutions and security organs. King Abdullah called for the enhancement of joint Arab security cooperation and coordination, adding that Saudi Arabia has supported all Arab, regional and international efforts in combating crimes, notably terrorism. It has also contributed to maintaining international peace and security, he said. Secretary-General of the Council of Arab Interior Ministers Mohammed Ali Kuman said the late Saudi Interior Minister Prince Naif played a key role in boosting the council and enhancing Arab security cooperation……………….”

This is one issue that all Arab regimes, be they absolute monarchies, dictatorships, or elected schmucks agree one. The security issue (code word for repression) is the one issue that they meet on smoothly and agree on. The meetings of the ministers of interior, the men in charge of police, mercenaries, prisons, torture, interrogation, executions, and the like always reach agreement. I suspect if the Arab states ever unite, the best start would be to unite their ministries of interior. United Arab repression as a first step toward everything else. Come to think of it: once there is united repression, there will be no need for anything else. Even the lousy Arab League can be renamed the League of Arab Police States (which it almost is), or some other Conan-Doyle kind of name. Then they might want to move the headquarters from Cairo to Riyadh, where the atmosphere is more amenable, more conducive to repression. In that case Riyadh will become the capital of the United Arab Ministry of Interior without missing a beat: it already is the capital of Arab repression. Don’t get me wrong, there will be plenty of titles for other Arab capitals:

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  The Arab Ministry of Proxy War and Destruction can me moved to Damascus.
  
•  The Arab Ministry of Tear Gas can be moved to Mamana (Bahrain).
  
• The Arab Ministry of Sectarian Confusion can be moved to Baghdad.
  
• The Arab Ministry of Political Confusion can be moved to Cairo.
  
• The Arab Ministry of Being on the Verge of Something can be in Beirut.
• The Arab Ministry of WHoGivesAFuck can be moved to Khartoum (Sudan).
  
• The Arab Ministry of Ignored Starvation can be moved to Mogadishu (Somalia).
  
• The Arab Ministry of Compensating Phallic Tall Towers can be moved to Abu Dhabi.
  
• There is more for the rest of them………….
  

Cheers
mhg