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Will Saudi Arabia get the bomb?

  There has been much speculation about the possibility of Riyadh acquiring, or developing, nuclear weapon should Tehran obtain the bomb. (Photo Courtesy: CNAS) Naser al-Tamimi, Special to Al Arabiya As the impasse over Tehran’s nuclear program worsens, those most likely to be directly affected by an Iranian bomb are showing greater alarm. While the … Continue reading »

Saudi detained in Tanzania after blast

RIYADH — Tanzanian authorities have detained a Saudi citizen following an explosion in a church in north Tanzania which killed two people and injured 60 others. Saudi Ambassador to Tanzania Hani Momina was quoted by Al-Hayat daily that the Saudi and three of his colleagues from the United Arab Emirates were detained Sunday while walking … Continue reading »

Saudi Arabia: New counterterror strategy?

Interesting view from the Wahhabi terrorist school called Saudi Arabia.. by Ali Bluwi The meeting of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah with a number of religious figures — chief among them was the Grand Mufti of the Kingdom — brought to the fore a new strategy that will be put in place … Continue reading »

Saudi Arabia: SQUEALS OF RAGE!

BNI Saudi TV channel under fire over ‘pig’ cartoon. Emirates 24/7  A prominent Saudi Islamic scholar has slammed a local satellite TV children channel for showing a cartoon film involving a pig as its main character. Sheikh Mohammed Al Areefi described the programme telecast by Ajial (generations) channel as trivial and without any educational objective. … Continue reading »

The Human Cost of Jihad Denial

By Robert Spencer Wednesday brought new confirmation of the increasingly obvious fact that the U.S. intelligence apparatus in the age of Barack Obama is woefully unprepared to deal with the foremost threat to the safety of Americans today: Islamic jihad terrorism. Nor is this lack of preparedness due to a lack of funding (Lord knows … Continue reading »

The coming Arab Winter

While the extent of the fracking-induced geopolitical tremors are still to be felt, the shaking up of the Middle East’s tyrannical oil policies is moving the regional tectonic plates as politics never could by Peter C. Glover and Michael J. Economides Forget the Arab Spring. Islamists have already hijacked it. But, as if internally extinguishing … Continue reading »

EXCLUSIVE: Saudi Arabia ‘warned the United States IN WRITING about Boston Bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev in 2012′

  Saudis developed intelligence separately from Russia, which also warned the U.S. about the accused Boston bomber A letter to the Department of Homeland Security allegedly named Tsarnaev and three Pakistanis as potential jihadis worthy of U.S. investigation Red flags from Saudi Arabia to have included Tsarnaev’s name and information about a planned explosive attack … Continue reading »

Saudi Students in US Increased 500% Since September 11

By Daniel Greenfield If there were some kind of award for completely failing to grasp the lessons of September 11, this would have to qualify. Back in January, Obama trashed most of the remaining post-9/11 restrictions on Saudi visitors to the United States. But the problem largely predates him. The number of Saudi students in … Continue reading »

Saudi Arabia: Clans of Terror

By Daniel Greenfield On his site, Walid Shoebat has an interesting discussion about the role of Saudi clans in supporting terrorism. While America is an individualistic society, the Muslim world is often tribal. Clan matters more than country. Terrorism and crime by the Saudis is interlinked extensively within families, as we see in the Harbi … Continue reading »

Bra Photo Forces Muslim Woman into Hiding

This is a story about Muslim intolerance. It’s also a story about how dangerous it is for Muslim women to step out of line. Sooraya Graham wasn’t targeted by her parents or her brothers. Unlike Malala, she wasn’t living in a dangerous part of the world. Instead all this took place at a Canadian university. … Continue reading »

Saudi-U.S. relations: changing dynamics

Over the last decade, Saudi Arabia has diversified her foreign policies by shifting its focus from the West to the East as a response to changing international and regional situations. This is partly a means to neutralize the western political pressure; and partly because Asian economies, especially China and India, have developed rapidly, consequently needing … Continue reading »