WHAT DO SAUDI ARABIA, BAHRAIN AND QATAR HAVE IN COMMON? First, they are “monarchical regimes” within which are found some of the most barbaric labor practices in the world, often featuring immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa. Second, they are the closest of allies of the United States in its determined policy in fomenting insurrection in a “humanitarian [...]
GIVING “MATERIAL SUPPORT” TO THE JIHADIST ENEMY: THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. As many people languish in detention for such “crimes” as making money donations to Islamist charities, it now emerges that the Obama administration itself provided much military support for “rebel” forces in Libya by way of arms transfers to Qatar which wound up in [...]
ARAB SPRING IS DEAD ON ARRIVAL IN THE PERSIAN GULF. CAUSE OF DEATH: FATAL ATTRACTION BETWEEN U.S. AND GCC. (Asia Times) Pepe Escobar describes the deadly arrangement between the U.S. and the wealthy Persian Gulf countries countries comprising the Gulf Cooperation Council, an alliance of six wealthy Persian Gulf monarchies (Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, [...]
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