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 David

Comment on Politics, Meddling and Al Jazeera’s Independence by David

Was it not the Al Jazeera station chief in Beirut who is openly and virulently anti-Israel? As well as blatantly pro Hezzbollah? I recall the infamous birthday party hosted live on TV for a recently released terrorist.
Although I do not watch AJ, I do…

 @rupertbu

Comment on Dubai the Winner in a ‘Game’ of Regional Turmoil by @rupertbu

Personality is now the reason for an over-leveraged, and in this case over-hyped scenario!

Oh well good to see the lessons are not being faced up to, irrespective of positive PR speak, which at the end of the day just comes down to the oldest trade in the world. 🙂

 59steps Blog

Comment on Dubai the Winner in a ‘Game’ of Regional Turmoil by Bahrain and Dubai – a Personal Perspective « 59steps’s Blog

[…] a recent post to the excellent mideastposts.com, James Mullen argues that Bahrain’s loss is likely to be […]

 Editor, MEP

Comment on Logan Assault a Symptom of Mubarak’s Egypt by Simone

Ken, the day we have journalists and news organisations that put safety before getting reporters on the ground, is the day we are all screwed. Yes, be calculated in risks, but the world would never have known what happened in Tahrir square, or anywhere…

 Ken

Comment on Logan Assault a Symptom of Mubarak’s Egypt by Ken

This event was terrible. The assault was a horrific crime.

Jounalists have become completely irresponsible. I watched a reporter step out of shelter and into high winds. Just then a large steel box flew past his head. It missed him by about 1 foot. All in the name of getting the story.

Here again. A journalist steps into a crazed mob where there is no hint of order in a society where females are NOT treated as equals. This was irresponsible, and her boss should be fired, and her employer sued for millioins for allowing her to be placed in harms way.

Sorry. This isn’t a he vs. she thing. If you step into harms way, don’t be surprised when you get harmed. If I jump out of a car going 80mph, will you call me brave? Nope. You would call me an idiot.

Well. In this instance Lara got raped. In other instances jounalists get shot or worse. Are they brave? Nope. Idiots.

 sally

Comment on The Reasons Why Saudi Arabia Will Not Fall by sally

If the Saudi Medical services are so top notch why did King Abdullah have to go to New York for his recent micro discectomy?
Saudi Arabia is the root of much of the trouble in the world and the perpetration of the most fanatic and evil branch of Wahabi…

 Sam 99

Comment on Dubai the Winner in a ‘Game’ of Regional Turmoil by Sam 99

I am not sure just by ending on a positive note there’s any pettiness involved. Isn’t the point that for many, many people Dubai has allowed people to change their futures. I thought that was the point of it all.

Of course, transformational opportunities mean you need something to offer, and some are just excluded except from a very basic level of improvement – laborers for example. I would say the lives of their families and children back home are improved considerably though.

Taking a slightly positive view does not make the point less true, although i agree you could have been more downbeat. But thats personality. Glass half full, glass half empty…

 @rupertbu

Comment on Dubai the Winner in a ‘Game’ of Regional Turmoil by @rupertbu

Totally agree with all that is written, then you lose the plot by reverting to the triumphalism of a leveraged era and pettiness of the playground with last paragraph.

 Robert

Comment on Urgent: Fresh Arab Approach towards Iran, Palestine by Robert

The only Arab leader in all of their history was their prophet. All other real leaders with world impacts have been Muslims but not of Arab decent. Only an Iranian, Turkish, Kurdish, Pakistani, or any other leadership will unite that Muslim world to fi…

 12345

Comment on The Reasons Why Saudi Arabia Will Not Fall by 12345

“Saudi Arabia doesn’t come close to the crimes perpetrated by Hosni Mubarak, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and Qaddafi on their people.”

Actually, it does. In fact, they’ve done and continue to do much, much worse. They continually oppress half of the population to an unthinkable degree, treating them as lower than dirt. That alone is worse than anything the aforementioned have done. I cannot understand why the world sits by and lets this policy continue in Saudi Arabia, when the apartheid regime in South Africa was so widely condemned. Gender apartheid is even worse than the apartheid of a race.

Meanwhile they enforce the death penalty for a number of “offences” including nonsense like witchcraft and have public executions. They’re also the world’s largest supplier of terrorists, and just about ever Islamist insurgency worldwide has ties with Saudi Arabia. Let’s not forget that the majority of the 9/11 suicide hijackers were from Saudi Arabia. Coincidence? I think not. The youth are indoctrinated with extremist Wahhabi values through their appalling education system which produces terrorists, anti-westernism, discrimination and plain ignorance.

Of course, greedy western nations are also at fault for legitimising this tyrannical regime.

 Ibrahim

Comment on The Reasons Why Saudi Arabia Will Not Fall by Ibrahim

Did the Saudi king pay you to write this nonsense. Saudi Arabia is a hell whole where people suffocate. The idea that people in Saudi Arabia don’t want freedom like everywhere else is a racist stereo typing. Hopefully the whole “royal family” corruption comes to an end.

 Editor, MEP

Comment on Libya: People are People, Even When World’s Apart by Simone

A brilliantly written piece – I was almost there, the oppressive atmosphere on my shoulders. I truly hope the Libyans can make themselves a better world.

 Crossroads Arabia

Why Saudi Drivers are not Smiling

Why Saudi Drivers are not Smiling

CROSSROADS ARABIA: The issue of traffic fines elicits Pavlovian-response rage from drivers wherever they are in the world, but nowhere more so than in Saudi.

 Ahmed

Comment on Generation ‘A’: We Can Be (Our Own) Heroes by Ahmed

Goose bumps. Thank you Naseem.

 Ahmed El Sheemy

Comment on Generation ‘A’: We Can Be (Our Own) Heroes by Ahmed El Sheemy

Great article..depicting our thoughts precisely

 Dave G

Comment on Logan Assault a Symptom of Mubarak’s Egypt by Dave G

Thoughtful article. Nevertheless, if current trending continues Islamic parties are going to take over the arab mideast. Europe is becoming Eurabia. In 10 to 20 years, the alliance of crazed Moslems and leftists will have the remaining good people in…

 Don Canard

Comment on Logan Assault a Symptom of Mubarak’s Egypt by Don Canard

I bet Debbie Schlussel reacted that way because she could never get the kind of attention Ms. Logan gets, welcome or not.

 Pedro

Comment on Logan Assault a Symptom of Mubarak’s Egypt by Pedro

If she was less concerned about her news celeb status and more about her safety this would’ve never happened. Hope it was worth it Lara.

 Editor, MEP

Comment on Bader Young Entrepreneurs: Good Initiative, But Why the ‘Young’? by Simone

EDITOR: Thank you Mich. Yes we apologize for this – it was completely our fault. The spelling has been corrected.

 Mich

Comment on Bader Young Entrepreneurs: Good Initiative, But Why the ‘Young’? by Mich

“Hi. Thanks for posting my blog post about the Bader Young Entrepreneurs. I just wanted to point out that you have Bada instead of Bader in the title. “