On OpinionJournal.com from William McGurn. For months now Prince Bandar has watched American distrust of Saudi Arabia climb even as his kingdom is spending millions to fix its battered image. But the exodus of three founding partners from the Saudi's U.S. public relations firm, Qorvis Communications, suggests that the Saudi ambassador's problem is not limited […]
It's now been widely-reported that some of the Sept. 11 hijackers may have used Mace or some other chemical to help takeover at least one of the hijacked planes. But what hasn't gotten a heck of a lot of press is this final paragraph: Last week, a German investigator testified that the business card of […]
James Taranto, the author of the indispensible "Best of the Web Today," in an item entitled: "Will the Saudis Conquer Rome?" refers to a Web article translated by the also-indispensible Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI). The Middle East Media Research Institute translates a Web article by Sheikh Muhammad bin Abd Al-Rahman Al-Arifi, imam of […]
The World-Tribune is reporting that the Saudis are trying to rally other Arab states against the possibility of creating a democratic government in a post-Saddam Iraq. Saudi Arabia is working to form an Arab coalition to oppose any U.S. drive to impose democracy on the Middle East. Arab diplomatic sources said the kingdom has been […]
When I saw the latest New York Times editorial on the political unrest in Iran, I predicted that Michael Ledeen would have something to say about it. And he does! To quote Glenn Reynolds: "ADVANTAGE Ledeen!"
If you're not a regular reader of Little Green Footballs, you should be. Charles Johnson has been doing excellent work focusing on what is being said and being done by our "friends" in the Arab world. Perhaps the best attribute of Johnson's Web site is that it really is a community, where there is tons […]
An editorial in today's New York Times makes some interesting characterizations of the political situation in Iran. Expect the American Enterprise Institute's Michael Ledeen to take the Times to task, but I'll give you a preview of what I think he'll say. The Times editorialists state that students are protesting the sentence imposed on Hashem […]
National Review Online's Jay Nordlinger's "Impromptus" column has this little item: I’m a little confused by something I read: ?Iran’s hard-line judiciary today sentenced an outspoken reform activist to death, 8 years in jail, 74 lashes, and a 10-year ban from teaching.? So, what’s the deal here? The execution comes after the eight years in […]
Memri has translated an article written by a Coptic Christian from Egypt, who described some of the experiences Christians have in Saudi Arabia, that peace-loving state. Saudi customs list of contraband material includes -- in addition to drugs, liquor, pornographic material and the like --anything in the shape of the cross, even if only in […]