Month: December 2006

What an intro!

What do you do on a rainy day other than stay in (if you can) cuddle up to your computer and hope to the Internet Gods that it will continue to run and will not be disconnected because of the floods and lakes outside? Well, I’m doing just that, so although my posts will be …

The blind leading the blind!

Actually there are several idioms colloquially that also describes the following situation: Iran offers nuclear technology to Gulf nations-TV TEHRAN, Dec 16 (Reuters) – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told a Kuwaiti envoy that Iran was ready to share its nuclear know-how with other countries in the region, state television reported on Saturday. Alarmed by Iran’s …

First smart move of the day

They delayed the first parliamentary session in which all positions would have been chosen to Tuesday. The same day that the Shura is to choose their positions and committees. This gives everyone a breather and I hope (yes, ever the optimist) that good will ensue. Update 21:59 parliamentary press release announcing the rescheduling of the …

Wefaq fires another salvo

Another press release appeared on Al-Wefaq’s website this afternoon, in which I found these two paragraphs strong and might carry a threat of an escalation of the sitaution: وعبر سلمان عن أمله في ايجاد حلول في المستقبل حتى لا تتجه الوفاق لاتخاذ اجراءات اكثر , مؤكدا وجود تواصل سابق من أجل تغيير الوضع ومن أجل …