Hello 2014!

Greetings!
How are you?
Does anyone still read my blog?
I haven't been here
in ages,
but I still love
this place :-)

Jordan - Morocco - Yemen

What do these countries have in common:

Jordan: Wants to join the GCC and is welcomed... Yuk! I'll take harees over mansaf any day! I hope their welcome was just a political politeness.

Morocco: Wants to copy Jordan!

Yemen: Must be tricky to meet the PM when you're urging the main honcho to retire :)

More here...
http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/saudi-arabia/gcc-studies-jordan-morocco-membership-bids-1.806159

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Piracy...

Thanks USA...

After all it was Obama that got Osama...

http://gulfnews.com/business/features/the-spoils-of-piracy-1.804626

The full article is worth reading should you want to learn something new.

Peace.

Ben Ali in the air

This is infinitely funny!!! Especially the Egyptian reaction!

Canadians Favours

From Gulf News

http://gulfnews.com/opinions/editorials/canada-isn-t-doing-favours-to-the-uae-1.699402

When Dubai Police Chief, Lieutenant-General Dahi Khalfan Tamim, revealed that Canadian authorities have arrested a suspect in the murder of Hamas commander Mahmoud Al Mabhouh, Ottawa pretended to have been caught off guard. It seems Canadian authorities wanted to keep the arrest secret, perhaps to avoid angering close ally Israel.

Some think the Canadians might have backtracked on this issue, by even trying to deny it ever happened, as a response to the beating the Canada-UAE ties have taken in the past few weeks, over a disagreement on airline landing rights. If that is the case, Canada will only be shooting itself in the foot. Security cooperation, especially in combating state-sponsored terrorism, like the assassination of Al Mabhouh in Dubai earlier this year, should not be affected by trade relations.

If Canada thinks it is doing the UAE a favour in arresting a wanted criminal, it surely is mistaken. Terrorism is a global threat and the UAE, according to United Nations reports, is at the forefront of international efforts aimed at eradicating this plague.

Security cooperation is not an option. With terror activities rising, transparent security cooperation is the only way to ensure global peace.


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How every interesting! Especially after I've read this news article below...

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/uae-considered-keeping-mabhouh-hit-under-wraps-wikileaks-cables-reveal-1.333793

Guys.. keep all your purchases private.. be they for weapons or DVD's before New Years... and stay safe!