Tag Archives: Saudi Arabia

Egypt

| February 1, 2011

Egypt, Jordan, and the Arab world’s ‘watershed’ moment

Egypt

| January 28, 2011

Seizing a moment, Al Jazeera galvanizes Arab frustration

Saudi Arabia

| January 27, 2011

A CNN investigation “found that hundreds of millions of dollars of Saudi money had been funneled to leading Islamist politicians and political activists overseas.” The Muslim Brotherhood is then filtering the funds to al Qaeda, while Taliban supporters based in Saudi Arabia send money to Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Competing interests: The United States, Iraq, and Iraq’s neighbors

| January 22, 2011

On December 5, The New York Times noted that while “Saddam Hussein’s Iraq was a regional menace that sent shudders through its neighbors,” today Iraq finds it difficult to restrain the ambitions of countries that share its borders — particularly as the US prepares to withdraw. The Times notes that this meddling by Iraq’s neighbors […]

Saudi Arabia

| January 11, 2011

Muhammed Saleem Saeed Braikan, who is on Saudi Arabia’s list of 47 most wanted terrorists, is married to Osama bin Laden’s daughter Fatima and is a senior leader in al Qaeda. Braikan is believed to be operating along the Afghan-Pakistan border.

Saudi Arabia

| January 10, 2011

The interior ministry released the list of the 47 most wanted Saudis. Of those wanted, 27 are thought to be in Pakistan and Afghanistan, 16 are in Yemen, and four are in Iraq.

Al Qaeda

| January 8, 2011

Life after the Americans: uncertainty reigns as Baghdad enters new era

Shabaab

| December 26, 2010

Somalis are desperate for a new life, but refugees face a dangerous road

Saudi Arabia

| December 24, 2010

Saudi police killed one suspected al Qaeda fighter and arrested another in Wadi al-Dawasir, in the central part of the country. One of the two militants was disguised as a woman, and one of them had opened fire on security forces who had stopped the suspects’ car at a checkpoint.