And as expected, the line up is disappointing; briefly: We have THREE more ministries created in this cabinet, there were 21 ministers in the past, now we have 24 (including the prime minister). We only have 5 new members: Jawad Al-Urayyedh (3rd deputy premier, been in various cabinets before), Nizar Al-Baharna (foreign affairs), Khalid bin …
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 …
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 …
All but one of the liberal candidates have not made it into the new parliament, which has a distinct Islamist feel to it: 17 Wefaq (Shi’a), 8 Minbar (Muslim Brotherhood) and 5 Asala (Salafis). That’s 75% of the make-up of parliament, but when you look closely at the rest, only one is liberal, and the …
The second round of voting is due on Dec 2nd when the hopes and chances of the remaining few will elevated, while others will start the process of licking their wounds and hope to live for another election. The vast majority will probably feel like expended forces and they might do the honourable thing by …