Saudi Arabia Claims “Sabotage Attacks” On Oil Tankers As US-Iran Tensions Rise
There is an almost universal belief among -right and centre-left political commentators in the United States that Donald Trump isContinue Reading
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Saudi Arabia Hires Child-Soldiers From War-Torn Sudan For Yemen Campaign
The use of foreign-born recruits or mercenaries for combat operations by the military and paramilitary forces of the Gulf States hasContinue Reading
Saudi Killers Listened To Music As They Butchered Jamal Khashoggi
The horrific slaughter of the Saudi journalist-turned-exile Jamal Khashoggi by a group of assassins dispatched by Riyadh to Istanbul isContinue Reading
From The US-Backed War In Yemen To The US-Ally Israel And Segregated Palestine
No one can doubt the baleful influence of the Russian Federation in south-eastern Europe and the Middle East. The annexationContinue Reading
Saudi Arabia Executes Dozens While Saudi Princes Party Hard
The decision by the despotic kingdom of Saudi Arabia to execute forty-seven prisoners convicted of various offensives, primarily what the nominally Salafist-Wahhabi regime inContinue Reading
The Real Islamic State Is The Child-Crucifying Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia
As the United States and its allies (and foes) continue to dither over the expansion of ISIS/ISIL in the Syrian-Iraq borderlands andContinue Reading
The Middle East’s Proxy Wars
Two Middle Eastern nation states torn apart by internecine wars, two whirlpools of conflict which suck in others willingly or unwillingly. FirstContinue Reading
9/11 Or The Saudi Arabian Terrorist Attack That Wasn’t
The New York Post newspaper carries more information on the investigations carried out by the FBI in the wake of theContinue Reading
The War Nerd On The Conflict In Yemen
The War Nerd, the nom de guerre of the military blogger Gary Brecher (who in turn is the alledged nom de plumeContinue Reading
Not All Islamic States Are Equal
There are two quasi-medieval Islamic states in the Middle East making the headlines at the moment. Both have fairly similar initial histories andContinue Reading
The West’s Favoured Chop-Chop Regime
As the world, particularly the so-called Western world, looks on in outrage at the activities of the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL)Continue Reading
The Rise Of The Islamic State
Reading Tom Holland’s stupendous (if controversial) history of the foundations of Islam, In the Shadow of the Sword, I wasContinue Reading
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