Politics

Regional reflections

First, we had that Washington Post OpEd by Obaid, a security consultant for the Saudi government, in which he opined that: In February 2003, a month before the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, the Saudi foreign minister, Prince Saud al-Faisal, warned President Bush that he would be “solving one problem and creating five more” if he …

Al-Watan hacked?

Someone sent me this picture (thanks mate!) which shows Al-Watan Newspaper‘s website hacked today. The website is back to normal now. This is how it allegedly was earlier: click for larger viewclick to view a picture of the restored site Can anyone confirm this? Why would anyone do this and why was Al-Watan targeted? Because …

Shylock

Who’s Qassim Hussain on about this time? Any idea? Don’t you wish that the press and people will just come out and tell you who the hell they’re talking about rather than having to go dig hither and thither to find out a simple answer? Or is this the way that he prevents himself from …

Sore thumbs

You know the English expression of something sticking out like a “sore thumb”? Well, try finding the names that stick out like that from the following list of worthy people His Majesty the King selected to fill the Shura Council of 2006, and tell me why?: Ali Saleh Al Saleh; Ibrahim Mohammed Bashmi; Ahmed Ibrahim …