Stratfor Video: Geographic Challenge of S.A.

SOURCE

Saudi Arabia mourns death of Saudi CP Sultan Bin Abdel Aziz...Update: AQAP attacks "UN fractured" Yemeni state

-Posted by D.C. Worth, for Barbay (France/US)

Saudi's strong successor to the throne has succumbed to death, this hour #... While at every turn, Obama Admin & UN’s ‘policy-push' creates vacuums; by dislodging Sunni Arab Allies, from power.

UPDATE: AQAP regains control of Zinjibar [Read]
Another UN "potential power vacuum" for Al-QA`ida; & assoc.

Image: CP Sultan (center)Crown Prince Sultan had already signed the final border demarcation agreement with Yemen in southern Yemeni port city of [al-Mukalla]

But today, fierce clashes erupt in the Yemeni capital... And as rival forces battle troops loyal to Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh; UN urges the embattled leader to hand over power...[Read]

Walid Phares weighs in on Obama's handling of events in Middle East
(Prior to CP Sultan's Death)
Ht IOTW
Thousands of protesters camp out at Yemen's Change Square area; calling for Saleh to quit; as Nobel Peace Prize winners and vigilante groups embolden militant supporters for Regime change...

It is quite clear that United Nations, due to Global emergencies, is over-promised in its dispersal of medical AID, & Food AID... Therefore it is negligent in its position to support the extraction of another Nation's Leadership...

Despite the concern of the rise of Al-QA`ida groups; Secessionist Groups are impacting [severe shortages]

Bahrain's Crown Prince promises new dawn of free expression; while Sec forces pull out of Pearl Square

-Posted by D.C. Worth, for Barbay (France/US)

Time to decide what part of Militant pressure is causing ciaos in the M. East streets... And what part of Communist ideologue is threatening U.S. economical stability...
Luckily you don't have to look too far; [they collaborate!]

King Hamad ibn Isa al-Khalifah, who in (1999); was favorably described by Amnesty Int'l as representing an 'historic period for human rights'; as Bahrain became one of the most reformative nations in Middle East.


You can sense Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa's anguish, and eagerness to make this right... I'm a huge defender of U.S. Freedom; but amidst the spiral out of control violence, I cannot think but that there are other forces, exploiting those who are sincere...

One had better explore these answers, soon...
Bahrain is a beautiful and much visited tourist region; which might need a safely screened "Khalifa Freedom Park."

Today's Links...
Brief History of Communist Affiliations: [Read]
Another of Curiel’s clients was Sadegh Ghotbzadeth, the spokesman for Ayatollah Khomeini in Paris and following the Islamic Revolution became the Ayatollah’s foreign minister in Tehran. -New American: [Source]

Beautiful Bahrain, the pearl of the Gulf...
Under threat by an oyster of ciaos: [read]

US Gov. Universities (2002-2009) Help Middle East Develop State of Art Education

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Top U.S. Universities set Middle East in their sites, to add educational improvement & excellence.

Image: Weill Cornell Medical College
(Education City, Qatar)

The American College is a joint initiative with the Qatar government, which seeks to improve the country's academic programs and medical care. Along with its full four-year MD program, which mirrors the curriculum taught at Weill Medical College in New York City, the college offers a two-year undergraduate pre-medical program with a separate admissions process... Collaborations began (2002/2004)

Video shows top U.S. University Facilities nearing completion; and the pride expressed in those who will have access...Wonderful development.



U.S. Significant Int'l Medical University Relationships...
VCU has Int'l agreements with 14 universities in 11 countries.

China - Fudan University; China - Beijing Foreign Studies University; Australia - Curtin University of Technology; Israel - Hadassah Medical Center; England - University of the West of England; England - University of Oxford's Harris Manchester College; India - Indian Institute of Technology; India - Post Graduate; Institute of Medical Education and Research; Italy - University of Messina; Spain - University of Córdoba; South Africa - University of KwaZulu-Natal; Brazil - University of São Paulo; Mexico - University of Guadalajara; Russia - St. Petersburg State University; Now Middle East...

VIEW: Saudi Arabia's KAUST. ‘House of Wisdom’ VIDEO.
U.S. / Saudi Collaborations 2006 (Completed in 2009.)

US IBM and KACST; Further Tech Goals

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US, IBM Research, as has teamed with collaborators from Central Glass, King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), and the University of Texas, Austin; have created a novel membrane technology to alleviate the growing shortage of drinkable water worldwide.

Image: © Audrey Stahovskiy (Readline)


The membrane filters out salts as well as potentially harmful toxins in water such as arsenic while using less energy than other forms of water purification.. As detailed in most recent video I could find..(below)



Other News...
IBM, KACST team up to create center for female engineers:
In the area of renewable energy, KACST and IBM are jointly developing an Ultra-High Concentrator Photovoltaic Technology (UHCPV)...Read.

IBM and KACST further research pact:
To advance MTT and IP development...
IBM (NYSE:IBM) and King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) had entered into collaborative agreement as the Saudi Arabian national research and development organization purchased IBM Blue Gene supercomputers to enable KACST scientists to perform complex simulations and computational modeling. read.

As part of the collaboration, IBM applied its patent and intellectual property management expertise to help KACST develop tools and processes to effectively turn its inventions into patents, manage its intellectual property portfolio and maximize opportunities for commercialization of its R&D breakthroughs in global markets...

This IP management initiative supports KACST's overarching goal to foster a prosperous innovation culture and create a thriving business ecosystem based on innovation...

Stratospheric Cooling more dangerous; CO2 manage, irrigate, green, to absorb

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"It’s quite likely that you can absorb all the Carbon Dioxide that you want; at the cost which is far less stopping burning coal and oil. So that is what I am essentially trying to understand."
Fund: [ARM]
(Pull IPCC from projects)






First: It's so predictable that Socialists seem to always deplete their Tax-targeted... This causes much strife amongst their societies, who must find "new Tax targets." Much worse than the "bubble bursts" they try to prevent.
They also create revolts amongst a disproportionately taxed-base; rather than encourage a shared responsibility by all...

Suggestion: I suggest dioxide management of irrigation and greening; remove the IPCC; empower the stifled Scientists to seek solution; and change the venue to: KAUST
Saudi Kingdom’s top climate negotiator, Al-Sabban, called for "independent" international investigation; but said that the UN climate science body was unqualified to carry it out.

The same people Pachauri hails as part of the scientific, peer-reviewed effort conspired to pervert peer review itself. [Via/Hotair] Read.



The Saudis have warned of lack of cause & effect: Read.
In October IPCC; Saudi Kingdom’s top climate negotiator, Al-Sabban spoke of economic and social consequences of response measures, and opposed a structural proposal by some parties to hold the whole section in abeyance pending results from relevant work under the joint SBSTA/SBI contact group and the AWG-KP.

The Earth has gone through thousands (hundred of thousands) of these changes and hey, we're still here... In my view, Saudis hold calm amidst the storm; and maybe can save a panicked world from itself... Preventing fraud; spill-over violence, and potential starvation; due to panic and hysteria in the poorest economies...

IPCC/UN Groups have lost credibility to their cause; as Media ignores Al Gore’s massive Financial ties to 'Global Warming'
Peer reviewed government scientist, Dr. Mark Campbell, joins the growing rank of "dissenting" scientists Read.
(Accuses the media of 'journalistic malpractice.')

Polar Sea Ice Changes are Having a Net Cooling Effect on the Climate.
Greywolf says, "The difference is that the amount of politicians have increased by an alarming number... More or less in strict correlation to the increase in hysteria."

Video M.E. Regional discussion (#1) VFF Hegseth on L.K. Live (#2) Saudi border

-Posted by D.C. Worth, for Barbay (In Paris today.)

Veterans for Freedom, Pete Hegseth joins in discussion with former Gen. Clark and panel; discussing feasibility and direction of Afghanistan (Dec. 10th) pre-Obama decision to send troops... My insights (below)



As the discussion includes al-Qaeda, I have included a Video discussion of the threat against Saudi border; as al-Qaeda opens Yemen training camp.

In my view, Yemeni resurgence effecting Saudi border; is directed by one central LINK... Pay attention to the denials, which remind me of the same denial, so often given in Iraq. Read: Street Battles in Adhamiya.



PERSONAL INSIGHTS: (Not of VFF or those in Video above)
First... I believe that al-Qaeda is Iranian...Many signs point to Iranian Guard directorship of al-Qaeda... Read: this, and this, and this.

-How Democrat appeasement weakened Peace: Read.
Have the same Clinton officials (now in Obama Admin) compromized the region by entering into and (failing) in private negotiations with al-Qaeda group? Is this now in our U.S. judicial system? (see below)

Attorney General (AG) Holder's conflict of interest; as his C & B firm represents 17 Gitmo Yemeni (al-Qaeda sponsored) prisoners... Is this (perhaps) why we see Al Qaeda's new training camp in Yemen bordering Saudi Arabia?.. Are the (al-Qaeda inspired) Yemeni prisoners set to walk?
Amidst Int'l re-evaluation; is this negotiation with the enemy what led to a three month wait? Was Obama troop increase due to failed negotiations?

AUDIO: Moral imperative is to protect Americans: On Our soil
VOTE: They who served will serve a Constitutional Government…
Donate: VFF Candidates

KAUST Culture: Scientific Visualization; Virtual facility designed w/(UC San Diego)

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KAUST: The new ‘House of Wisdom’ Arab News.
A bid to develop new sources of energy in the Kingdom, to developing new crops to be cultivated in hot and arid lands and optimize utilization of the marine environment. read more.

KAUST: 6-sided virtual-reality facility; built w/ Techs at UC San Diego


Caption: In addition to the NexCAVE, KAUST’s visualization laboratory includes: “REVE” which stands for “Rapidly Expandable Virtual Environment”: i.e. passive 3D technology w/ limited stereoscopic display...
KAUST: Technologies will allow materials scientists, biomedical researchers, electrical engineers and other researchers to speed development of new technologies. read.

Wonderful new avenues of research at KAUST: Galleries

Increasing humanity's chances to work together for the benefit of unraveling key sources, amidst our changing earth... I hope there will become new avenues in furthered research for freshwater, and groundwater...
Best to you, Saudi Arabia... Will post updates, and we will visit one day.

KAUST: Quick over-view...


I will add... This may very well be the most important achievement of recent decade, as science knows no limits, and achievement is the result of combined efforts. We must broaden our understandings in areas of microbiology, to understanding and securing the viability of our planet... Truly worthwhile investments here.

More from Arab News...
"Freeing it from bureaucratic policies and giving it absolute academic freedom, KAUST is also the first and only educational institution in the Kingdom that is not under the umbrella of the Saudi Ministry of Higher Education."

"We hope that the university carries out its noble humanitarian message in a pure and clean atmosphere, taking the help of God and then that of enlightened intellectuals all over the world, without any bias or discrimination." -King Abdullah
Desiring that the new university serves as a bridge between cultures & nations.

Some 60 different cultures and many different backgrounds, races and genders and establish a unique, new culture — the KAUST culture. That is key to achieving the vision set by the king. Integral to this vision is KAUST’s extraordinary mission." Read more.

Today's Links...
(WHOI) US’ Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute:
Inception in 1930: Video-log History: HERE
2009: US & Int'l Collaborations (including KAUST) S. Arabia

Special Partnership w/ Technology Institute at UC San Diego, California:
(Calit2) will provide expertise in visualization, virtual-reality and collaboration tools to support KAUST’s ambitious plan to deploy state-of-the-art technologies for scientific research. (As top of post)

The technologies will allow materials scientists, biomedical researchers, electrical engineers and other researchers to speed development of new technologies. read.
UPDATE: In every country, LOYALTY always makes me cry:
VIDEO: KAUST Groundbreaking - The King's Arrival: VIEW.
More later... California (my state) is always available to assist.

Honduras enacts 45 day suspension of liberties; to halt an insurrection

-Posted by D. Worth (US) | for- M. Barbay (France) and US

Honduran Gov ultimatums ignored.
For many eyes around the world, we are seeing political organizations over-rule a Nation's legislative Congress, via insurrection of a political exile...
Constitutional Law Issues [PDF]


A host of reasons why it is wrong for large organizational bodies to use their power to publicly endorse agenda which might serve to incite populations...
Not only does it further undermine organizational standings; but UN, EU, OAS should know by now, that violence has a propensity to spread regionally... And any challenge or dispute should be made clear, its place in Council hearing.

-UPDATE: Ousted Honduran Leader Calls UN by Cell Phone: Read.
We all know that smaller countries are easily destabilized and collapse under weight... This gives the impression that they are part-and-parlay...
US demands return of Zelaya; and so he returned: Read.

Hondurans hope to prevent foreign-backed uprising.
Ironic, isn't it... That world bodies criticize Honduras for restriction of movement; yet had the world body not interfered in this Nation's affairs; Honduras would not be locked-down to protect their survival...

UN, EU, OAS, implementing Honduran laws?
Must Read: the Congressional Research Service’s Honduras:
Constitutional Law Issues [PDF]
Organizations lend their credibility, far too freely

I fear that fine people of Honduras face tragic uncertainty...
Time for an impartial intermediary to step forward...
One who will call for fair and impartial respect for national cultures and laws; and who will stand for resolution as pertains to the host Nation's laws...

Today's Links...
Article: American Thinker: read.
Legal findings at: Honduras.com
Scribd Report; The Law Library: Here.
Honduras restricts liberties to prevent rebellion: Read.

From Faustasblog's:
The Iran-Venezuela Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean
LINKS.
Mary Anastasia O’Grady explains Brazil’s role, in today’s WSJ:
Honduras Just Wants an Election
The U.S. demand that Mr. Zelaya be returned to power before a vote is destructive.

Honduras puts off OAS delegation...
The Micheletti government in Honduras delays a visit by OAS foreign ministers. The U.N. Security Council warns against any violation of the Brazilian Embassy.

HRH Saudi King Abdullah (KAUST) Ceremony

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KAUST:
Dream Come True
Arab News
KAUST -"The groundbreaking ceremony for a world-class coeducational research university brought together a number of learned men and women of all faiths from around the globe to Saudi Arabia. Read.



[Image-Enlarge]: Newswire
Speaking at the ceremony for the establishment of the SR10 billion King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), the king exuded optimism, saying the new university would serve as a bridge between cultures and nations and a lighthouse of knowledge." More.

Saudi launches first co-ed hi-tech university More.
The masters and doctorate degree students represent more than 60 countries, with some 15 percent from Saudi Arabia itself... Dedicated to inspiring a new age of scientific achievement in Saudi Arabia, the region and the world."

King Abdullah university wins US praise: read.

TSAV will be traveling to Saudi Arabia read!
TSAV, a US Tech (audio/visual) serv, will act as a design consultant and oversee the integration of learning presentation systems, and distance learning systems in over 100 classrooms and conference rooms on the KAUST campus.

Image:From Tsav: KAUST

Saudi aims for moon w/ new hi-tech research oasis: #
"Jammed with equipment most scientists can only dream of and sporting one of the world's fastest supercomputers, King Abdullah University for Science and Technology (KAUST) was to be officially unveiled late afternoon by King Abdullah with an audience of top world scientists and a handful of leaders. Read.

Model of (KAUST) 10/19/08:
"I stood here two years ago, there was nothing but sand and sea. Today, there is one of the best infrastructures for research"...
Image: News handout

"Hopefully, it will act as a catalyst in transforming Saudi Arabia into a knowledge economy," -Vice-President Nadhmi al-Nasr

Partnered with Cornell (2007) read.

Dow Chemical (DOW) Shares Rallying Despite Analyst Downgrade
Street Insider 1 week ago Standpoint Research downgrades Dow Chemical (NYSE: DOW) from Buy to Hold. Despite the downgrade, shares of Dow are moving higher today. The stock most recently traded at $26.44, up 2.4% from yesterday's close. Read.

Saudi Prince sheds light on effects of Dem's 'unrealistic' energy Legislation

-Posted by D. Worth (US) | for- M. Barbay (France) US Visit.

Prince Turki addresses US Democrat's push toward a wide-ranging energy and environmental bill, aimed to put limits on the amount of greenhouse gases that big industries are allowed to emit...#

Legislation lacks cause & effect.

Turki said energy independence was an unrealistic, groundless and harmful concept likely to re-emerge once economic recovery pushed oil prices up.

"There is no technology on the horizon which can replace oil to satisfy colossal needs of U.S. industry, transport and armed forces. Any future scenario will be characterized by mix of renewable and non-renewable energies whether you like it or not," Turki said... Read more.

Must read: by Prince Turki Al-Faisal
Why Barack Obama's energy-dependence talk is just demagoguery.

Note: US citizens opposed as Democrats shoveled this radical legislation in the Senate; with sole intent of mass taxation! It's back now, in a huge rush before Obama's mass non-stimulus "over-correction" impacts its inflation.
NOW OBAMA PUSHES CLIMATE-CHANGE BILL...

I call on Saudis to assist by educating this administration on the reality of the consequence of their proposals; as I believe that they can prevent this destruction...
Image- Prince Saud Al-Faisal et Hillary ENLARGE



And where's George Washington's portrait on the mantle-piece? Did Democrats replace it their own version of a former European Colonialist/Federalist? Not Patrick Henry (Haha)

"There has never been any country at every moment so virtuous and so wise that it has not sometimes needed to be saved from itself."
-H. E. Havelock (February 2, 1859 - July 8, 1939)

Scurrying blindly before the damage (that everyone warned about) hits.
Dem's need the facts, much like this...
ht: instapundit


From Prince Turki's article:
"Saudi Arabia has a long record of specific actions that prove its strong commitment to providing the world with stable energy supplies. We have consistently pushed for lower prices than any other OPEC members have, and we sharply increased supplies after the Iranian Revolution, during the first Gulf War to replace the loss of Iraqi production, and immediately after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks -- all in order to calm jittery global markets.

In fact, Saudi Arabia's oil policy has been consistent for the last 30 years: work to ensure the stability of the world's energy supply."

"The allure of demagoguery is strong, but U.S. politicians must muster the courage to scrap the fable of energy independence once and for all. If they continue to lead their people toward the mirage of independence and forsake the oasis of interdependence and cooperation, only disaster will result." -Prince Turki Al-Faisal

Today's Links...
No change in Saudi Oct oil cargoes to US – buyers: #
The Saudis announced lower prices to the United States Wednesday. The official selling price for benchmark Saudi Light falls to $2.90 a barrel below U.S. light crude, a $1.80 reduction. Read more.
NOTE: I recomend appointing the Prince as a "Foreign over-see" to stimulate and stabilize energy which includes S. Arabia in US renewable and non-renewable production; there-by replacing the U.S. "faux-green" energy Tsar!

HRH Saudi King Abdullah appoints Woman Minister -Noor Al Fayez

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JEDDAH - The appointment of Noor Al Fayez as the first woman in the Saudi Cabinet as deputy minister for women’s education has been widely welcomed. more.

Image: France24 HRH: S.A.





It is said that a lot more is coming, as King Abdullah is keen on reforms and in seeing women increasingly involved in the country’s development...read.

"This is an honor not only for me, but for all Saudi women. In the presence of a comprehensive operational team, I believe I’ll be able to face challenges and create positive change," Al-Fayez told Arab News.

People are very excited about this, Khaled Al-Maeena, editor-in-chief of Arab News told the U.S. broadcaster. This sends a clear signal that the King means business. Instead of appointing some bureaucrat, he appointed a woman.

Random M.East Links...
China to Build Mecca Rail System
China has signed an agreement with Saudi Arabia to build a new railway system to connect the city of Mecca with the pilgrim destinations of Mina, Arafat and Muzdalifah.
Reality producer Endemol inks Middle East deals
Reuters - Feb 4, 2009 Endemol Middle East said it will produce "Fear Factor Extreme" for local broadcaster Al Hayat TV. The 13-episode show will go into production in March and ...
Qatar stages first Middle East women's race
Reuters India, India - Feb 10, 2009 "We are very proud of this event, a women's race for the first time in the Middle East," said Belgian former champion Eddy Merckx, an advisor to the women's ...
Iraq bans Farsi signs in holy cities
BAGHDAD - Interior Minister Jawad Bolani on Saturday imposed a ban on signs in foreign languages in Iraq’s Shiite holy cities, in an apparent reference to Farsi, the language of Iran.
Jordan and Hamas: a window briefly opened, then shut
Daily Star - Lebanon

Heavy Snow hits Desert Emirates

-Posted by D. Worth (US) | for- M. Barbay France (US trip)

Heavy snow fell on the highest mountain in Ras Al Khaimah, leaving the Jebel Jais range covered in a thick white blanket of snow. read.

Well, ice-age confirmed... And just as the Arctic penguins were over-joyed by the bigger and slower fish, I have an idea that other animals will adjust beautifully...

Get ready fo it! VIDEO (haha)

Not sure what this says.. Sorry if I'm repeating myself, here...

في دولة الامارات سقوط الثلوج بكثافة على اعلى جبل في امارت راس الخيمه وانخفاض درجات الحراره




Random Snow Links...
Still one of the Funniest Snow Clips: VIDEO
(Saudis, don't try this!)

A little Science...
When the snow falls, it takes water out of the atmosphere, leaving it drier. Snow on the ground also reflects sunlight back into space, which helps cool the planet.
Image: NASA night instruments



So learning to portray global snowfall correctly in computer climate simulations is critical for accurately predicting how the real climate will behave in the future. read more.

VIDEO: 2008 Snow: BIG SCREEN

Shebab by land -Shebeb by Sea (face-off)

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"Every Somali has great respect for the holy kingdom of Saudi Arabia. We have nothing against them but unfortunately what happened was just business for us and I hope the Saudis will understand," the pirate said.
Let's hope saving face will not set-forth an ecological disaster...

Earlier: Saud against ransom, & Piracy:
"Like terrorism, it is an evil that has to be eradicated," Prince Saud told reporters in Oslo after talks with his Norwegian counterpart Jonas Gahr Stoere.
"Negotiations and payment of ransom only encourage the piracy and are not a solution to the piracy issue," he added. Source.


Prince Saud reiterated that his country was ready to take part in an international naval force to combat piracy. Norway has also said it would be willing to participate but not until new frigates enter service "in 2009 or 2010." Stoere said.

The navies of India, Russia, France, Britain and Germany have all battled pirate vessels in the past 12 days alone. Military action is "the only solution," Jens Martin Jensen, interim chief executive officer of Frontline Ltd.'s management unit, the world's biggest owner of supertankers, said in a telephone interview. He called for navies to be given a clearer mandate ``of what they can do and what they can't.'' more.

VIDEO: Opinions from region, but there is no justification for piracy!
(Arabic article below) Iraq4all details info. behind pirate Sponsor-ship.


In Harardhare, a town in Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region close to where the ship is anchored, pirates are bringing in extra fighters to strengthen security... How to Deal With Pirates: essay

The disruption East/West commerice appear not to be random acts; but rather, the result of a wider Rogue influence?
Interesting Article from Iraq...

الدب الروسي والاخطبوط الامريكي..لعبة الحرس الثوري الايراني في البحر الاحمر

ايهاب سليم-صحفي مستقل-السويد-12/11/2008-تقرير-وكالة الاخبار العراقية:

ذكرت مصادر مطلعة في العاصمة الايرانية طهران,ان الحرس الثوري الايراني الارهابي نجح خلال الاشهر الماضية في تدريب مجموعة من الصومالين على القرصنة في البحر الابيض المتوسط من جنوب لبنان لتطبيقها عمليا في خليج عدن الذي يقع في المحيط الهندي بين اليمن والصومال والمتصل بالبحر الاحمر من جهة الشمال الغربي من خلال مضيق باب المندب,المصادر اضافت ان الحرس الثوري الايراني قسم المجموعة الصومالية الى قسمين,المجموعة الاولى اطلق عليها اسم (القراصنة) التي تتالف هي الاخرى من ثلاث اقسام كل قسم فيها يضم ثلاثون عنصرا,المجموعة الثانية اطلق عليها اسم (قراصنة الارتباط) التي تتالف من ست عناصر(ثلاثة صوماليين وثلاثة لبنانيين) عملهم ينحصر في نقل المعلومات الاستخبارية عن حركة السفن البحرية القادمة الى خليج عدن من ضباط الحرس الثوري الايراني الى المجموعة الاولى(القراصنة) وفقا للمصادر.

المصادر كشفت ان احد مهمات القراصنة عرقلة السفن المحملة بالنفط القادمة من المملكة العربية السعودية باتجاه المحيط الهندي بهدف ضرب اقتصاد المملكة اضافة الى استهداف السفن المحملة بالاسلحة والمواد الغذائية والجنسيات الامريكية والاوربية كمحاولة لتوجيه انظار امريكا والاتحاد الاوربي بعيدا عن الملف النووي الايراني على حد ذكر المصادر.

المصادر اضافت ان عملية استهدف سفينة الاسلحة الاوكرانية التي حدثت في شهر ايلول سبتمبر الماضي كانت من تخطيط الحرس الثوري الايراني بهدف نشوب صراع روسي-امريكي في خليج عدن وتحقيق توازن عسكري في البحر الاحمر لمواجهة السفن العسكرية الامريكية اذا ما استخدمت في توجيه ضربة عسكرية ضد ايران ولاسيما ان السفينة كانت تحمل الجنسيات من اوكرانيا وروسيا ولاتفيا ما دعى البحرية الروسية الى تحريك السفن العسكرية الى البحر الاحمر وفقا للمصادر.
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Today's Links...
Pirates wallow in cash with no bank trail
LONDON - Tens of millions of dollars extorted from ship owners by Somali pirates are immune from interception and seizure because they are pouring into the economy of a nation with no effective government or policing.International crime gangs normally ...Read More

BBC NEWS Special Reports Pirates 'working with Islamists'
Nov 19, 2008 ... It says two shipments in May were for Sheikh Hassan Abdulle Hersi, who is also known as Hassan Turki, an Islamist leader who is based in...

Somali piracy: Islamic militants 'attack' pirates over hijacked
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - Nov 21, 2008The Sirius Star is owned by a Saudi-controlled company. "The Islamists say they will attack the pirates for hijacking a Muslim ship," an unnamed local ...
When the Jolly Roger flies over Somalia Globe and Mail
Pirates only hurting themselves Chicago Tribune

Shocking Pirate Problem (Solved)

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Time to evolve technology; or at least expand what we already have. Example below explains the nature of Magnetic fields; and I see this looped into Lazar electrical current; w/ beams above; to disable approach of invading pirates.

Image: Sirius Star Cargo

Nothing worse than an electrical fence to spoil your day...
Or better than a huge jolt, to keep pirates at bay...

Magnetic fields exposed
Uploaded by Youpinadi

VIDEO: How ships are currently equipped: Spec-ops officer

International Maritime Bureau counted the total Hijacking In African waters as 73; and that a total of 29 ships have been hijacked (so far, at this hour.) Of these hijacked vessels -- 11 remain in the hands of Pirates along with more than 200 Crew.. NATO gives the total of ships, currently held by Pirates, as 9...
Interesting site: Cargo Law.

Today's Links...

VIDEO: View Boosaaso (Pirate Boomtown) HERE!
Where rolls of cash flow onto bombed-out streets; residents unaware of the full Global picture! Meanwhile, in the streets of Mogadishu; children starve, while people kill one another for a handful of grain... read.

Pirate profits reach a record $50 million tax free. more.

VIDEO: 5/08 assessment. Six months later, multiply that by 10! #


Pirate sympathizers say they're 'Somali gone astray' & forced into a life of crime or starvation... But NO! They're Uzi & rocket wielding terrorists; paid for their successes by the warlord funded 'al-Qaeda associated' militant trade!

FACT: Since 2000, aid for Somali Civilians have been an average of 200 million per year; from international donors... Almost half are in the form of food shipments; that only combat troops can deliver!

[Image-enlarge] 217 mil (07)


Correction Update:
VIDEO: regarding PM Nur Hassan HUSSEIN: HERE
Just as was Kouchner; Nur was once an Aid Worker For Charity before he became Prime Minister... And very trustworthy! To stop evolution of weaponry & warlords expansion from completelydominating the region; I believe that the entire International community must help to restore a functional government in Somalia!

ArabNews: 1st Saudi to Climb Everest

-Posted by D. Worth (US) | for- M. Barbay (France)
This story caught my eye... In less than 24 hours this climber will make Saudi history... And although they've become world famous for "fearless" drifting...
This time the sport is climbing...
Al-Zuman: 24 Hours From Making History

"We hope to reach the summit in the early hours of May 21” he said... “I am fine except for some coughing and exhaustion.” Read more.

Update: 2008 Mt. Everest Expedition Arrives.
Images and Story: mountainmadness
Video & Gallery: peakfreaks

Image: Mountain Madness 5/21/08

Al-Zuman is an economics graduate and studied at Oregon State University in the US; who has scaled Mount Rainer in Washington State... And, according to the article, has looked forward to the Mount Everest climb...

As temperatures are known to dip to minus 50 degrees Celsius; Saudi media is following his progress via satellite...

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Oil Troubles Not From Saudis

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Our Oil Troubles Not From Saudis
The media is going wild with the rate hike that went up after Bush visit...
After reading some of the liberal blogs, I don't want the Left near Leadership of America... Or near Foreign policy with the Saudis...



The fact remains: Saudi/US mutuality of the 50's, has helped US... And helped Saudis to build their infrastructure and oil industry...Our relationship aided & advanced medical research and technologies, building hospitals, and educational opportunity for many Saudis, and others around the world...

Today, Bush regarded his meeting in the Kingdom, as successful... And told reporters in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh:

Our problem in America gets solved when we aggressively go for domestic exploration. Our problem in America gets solved if we expand our refining capacity, promote nuclear energy and continue our strategy for the advancing of alternative energies as well as conservation," he said.

Our problem in America gets solved when we overcome...
Eighties Liberal policy against "scary things" like Nuclear energy...
And "dirty things" like EPA-approved coal; and less visionary politics like thwarting approval of a "limited expand of U.S. oil exploration"... Also found nineties Democrat elitists as "Wealthy Reps" who took America's life-line;
And out-sourced it all...

Here's the Democrat Foreign policy on the Bush trip:

"Democrats introduced the measure to coincide with Bush's trip to send a message to Saudi Arabia that it should pump more oil to reduce the cost of gas for Americans...

Senate Democrats introduced a resolution that would block $1.4 billion in arms sales to Saudi Arabia unless Riyadh agrees to increase its oil production by 1 million barrels per day."

Yeah folks, the same Liberals that brought you "Hollywood environmental scares"...
(which could have been handled in a much more positive way)
Here they are again, with their "terrorist Appeasing" Film:



What a Pack of re-written history! Spliced in lies! Played fast so you don't have time to question veracity. Don't vote for this mindset!

Janine Zacharia at Bloomberg reports on the Saudi Increase:"
Saudi Arabia Says It Will Boost Oil Output in June
In another sign of cooperation, Saudi Aramco, the kingdom's state-run oil company, and U.S.-based Conoco Phillips said they will build and own a 400,000 barrel-a-day refinery in Yanbu on the Saudi Red Sea Coast, to be completed by 2013. Read more.

Eco-lawyers road-blocks against alternative energy sources, and potential environmental voter-blocks... Must end. Don't vote for them!

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Saudi King on interfaith Dialogue

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Saudi Arabia's top clerics have given him the green light to the idea — crucial backing in a society which expects decisions taken by its rulers to adhere to Islam's tenets. read more.

"Culture and the Respect of Religions."
Replacing 'perception of Religious Divide', with Peace.
Religious understanding and acceptance has always been a direction of a higher path... Today's multiculturalism has not only impacted and joined us geographically; it has joined our families in worship…

Saudi King Abdullah is (once again) on the right track…

His call is significant and could add weight to sporadic efforts at dialogue among religious leaders in recent years... #
Note: Clip (below) Interesting (until it slips into Media division; half-way through!)

Saudi king calls for dialogue among different religions.
"The idea is to ask representatives of all monotheistic religions to sit together with their brothers in faith and sincerity to all religions as we all believe in the same God," the king told delegates Monday night at a seminar on "Culture and the Respect of Religions." #

Wiki highlights today’s Old City of Jerusalem, as home to several sites of key religious importance: The Temple Mount and its Western Wall for Jews, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre for Christians, and the Dome of the Rock and the al-Aqsa Mosque for Muslims.

UPDATE This socio-political system leads nowhere! VIDEO!

Nothing is healed inside of a vacuum, and nothing is healed within a perception of division...And considering that radicalized militancy preys upon religious divide as a recruitment tool, this was a logical first step...

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S. Arabia's Snow- بركان Jabal al-Tair (Red Sea)

-Posted by D. Worth (US) | for- M. Barbay (France)

Dr "H" (Alexandria) says that the effects of جبل الطير‎ stratovolcano of 2007 have aided in impacting colder temps for the region; bringing frost, snow, and the coldest temps in 3 decades... Aided by stratovolcano cloud drifting formations etc; we are seeing a shift in the region's climate...(More later)


جزيرة جبل الطير in calmer days...
Remembering: Red Sea volcano's 'catastrophic' eruption

It is cited that the sulfur dioxide (SO2) in this cloud, combined with water to form droplets of sulfuric acid, block some of the sunlight reaching the Earth and thereby cooling temperatures in some regions by as much as 0.5 °C. And along with "other factors" impact a shift in weather conditions.

Paleosols of middle Holocene Age... (Paleoclimatic significance)
Remember, we were once hot, without ice… And the nearly 20 serious glacial episodes, which disrupted the flows of warming currents between the Atlantic and Pacific; were templates for the merge of Human life…

Saudi Arabia Enjoys the Snow...
Northern regions of Saudi Arabia have been hit by the second cold spell this winter, the Al-Watan daily said, on Wednesday. Weather forecasters say the freeze is set to continue until Friday.


In mid-January, unusually cold weather smashed decades-old records in Saudi Arabia where temperatures reached a record low of -6 degree Centigrade (21.2 degree Fahrenheit)...

Temperatures in northern and northwestern parts of the country plunged to -5 degrees Centigrade (23 Fahrenheit) with bitterly cold winds raging at speeds of 60 km/ph (37 m/ph).

The Red Herring is man-made "global warming"...
Dr. sites what lies beneath on its way to surface, should be carefully monitored... Looks little to do with man's carbon here...
More to do with "the Rise of the Red Sea (bed)"...
I want to see the programs (instead of declarations) that will stop this.

NOTE:The April (1815) cataclysmic eruption of Tambora Volcano in Indonesia is sited to be the most powerful eruption in recorded history. Tambora's volcanic cloud lowered global temperatures by as much as 3 °C. Even a year after the eruption, most of the northern hemisphere experienced sharply cooler temperatures during the summer months. In part of Europe and in North America, 1816 was known as the year without a summer.

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Saudi Man Survives Impact (Drifting Car)

Posted by D. Worth (US) For: m. barbay (France)

Wow! I can't believe this Man escaped injury!
The recent video (below) from Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia; shows a man crossing the road in the path of a drifting car... You can see him sailing through the air; and landing relatively unscathed...
I'm sure he'll have a tad-bit of road rash (as we say in California)
Or (rouge derrière) in France. :D

Video small: To avoid the not-related...


I might mention... If you look (at end of clip) you can see dozens running to see if he's ok! In fact, the driver is said to have ended up taking him to hospital for a quick check up!

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