Arabs fear fallout of nuclear conflict

Posted by Matt in July 11th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Iran, Middle East, Nuclear, Arab States, Arabs, Desalination Plants, Eastern Saudi Arabia, Fallout, Fear, Gulf States, Iran, Nuclear Conflict, refineries, Retaliation, tehran, War In The Gulf, Worry

Nervous Arab states fear a war in the Gulf but a nuclear-armed Iran is an even greater concern.
Iranian retaliation against oilfields, refineries and desalination plants in the Gulf, especially in eastern Saudi Arabia, is an obvious worry. Tehran has gone on the record as threatening to close the Straits of Hormuz, the choke point for [...]

Israel: Self-Made Nakba

Posted by Matt in May 19th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Israel, Antiaircraft, Arab League, Arab Side, Arab States, Barry Rubin, Demagogues, Endless Conflict, Harry Truman, Independent Palestinian State, Israeli Jews, Jewish Immigration, Key Point, Military Training, Mourners, Palestine Conflict, Palestinian Leadership, Palestinian Refugee Issue, Partition Plan, President Harry Truman, Troop Carriers, Warplanes

By Barry Rubin
It’s become fashionable to match celebration of Israel’s founding (though part of the media can’t even admit Israelis are celebrating) with Palestinian marking of their 1948 “nakba” catastrophe.
Yet whose fault is it that they didn’t use those six decades constructively? And who killed the independent Palestinian state alongside Israel that was part of [...]

Rising Gulf

Posted by Matt in July 28th, 2007 | no comment

Published in Dubai, Middle East, Arab States, Better Business, Borders, Civil War, defiance, Different Story, Dubai, Flat Screen Tvs, Gulf, Gulf Times, Israel Trade, Kuwait City, Middle East, Muscat, Palestinians, Persian Gulf, Phenomenon, Political Conflict, riyadh, Spits, Trade Barbs, Unprecedented Boom

An unprecedented boom is changing the regionâ€”and echoing far past its borders.
Aug. 6, 2007 issue - We all know the headlines by now: the Middle East is burning, right? So it seems, as Palestinians and Iraqis wage civil war, Lebanon seethes, Syria and Israel trade barbs and Iran spits defiance. Yet beyond the smoke a [...]

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Arabs fear fallout of nuclear conflict

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