I think we’re going to see far too much of this gentlemen over the next four years. Meet Sayyed Abdulla Al-A’ali who was a municipal councilor for the Central governate the last time around, and he successfully tried his luck this time around continuing his ride on Al-Wefaq’s coat-tails and got elected with a good …
Month: November 2006
Not accepting defeat, the extremists became violent, started beating the actors and whoever stood between them and between achieving their goal of destroying the night, including audiences and students. Gun shots in the air, the security officer decided put an end to this mess and bring back order. more on SaudiSphere Ladies and gentlemen, this …
Alarm at Shia gains in Bahrain’s elections By Kim Sengupta Belfast Telegraph 28 November 2006 A radical Shia Islamist group has made significant gains in Bahrain’s national elections, raising serious concern among neighbouring conservative Sunni monarchies in the region. Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society has won 16 of the 40 seats in parliament and the party …
Does anyone have any idea why, and this is the third day after the elections, that the exalted Elections Committee has not released the elections stats? You know, those mundane things that would tell us, the citizens and interested parties around the world how many people actually voted, how many ballots were accepted as good, …
I was interviewed last night by BBC 5 and the episode of BBC Radio Five Live’s Pods and Blogs. Here’s a link to the episode if you wish to listen. My segment is at around 39:00. Thanks Chris for calling.