Monthly Archives: December 2011

Happy New Year!

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Muller

While 2011 draws to a close, New Year’s pledges are hard to formulate. Generally, predictions are unreliable, and what has happened this year hardly anybody had envisaged one year ago. So, there might be some hope for 2012. The year … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Oman | Tagged Mariinsky Ballet, Muscat, Pjotr Tchaikovsky, Royal Opera House Muscat, Sultan Qaboos bin Said al Said, Swan Lake, year-end retrospective | 1 Comment

Dangerous War Games

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Muller

Update below. Update II (Sunday). Both fascinating and alarming is the map of U.S. military bases in the Middle East, which had been posted a couple of days ago by Juan Cole. Essentially unsuccessful in designing several serious allegations, even … Continue reading →

Posted in Iran, USA | Tagged Barack Obama, NPT, Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, Velayat 90, war games | 1 Comment

The War Isn’t Over

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Muller

While the last American soldier has left Iraq (only to return, after seasonal holidays, to nearby Kuwait), the Iraq Body Count has certainly to go on. The war isn’t over yet. The arrest warrant for Sunni Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi … Continue reading →

Posted in Iraq, USA, WikiLeaks | Tagged Balad massacre, Barack Obama, Bradley Manning, Iraq Body Count, Iraq War Logs, Nouri al-Maliki, Tareq al-Hashemi | Leave a comment

No Immunity

Posted on December 17, 2011 by Muller

When President Obama welcomed all American troops from Iraq home the other day one should not forget that the reason for the withdrawal is that the Iraqi Government would not grant immunity for remaining troops. Taking the known and yet … Continue reading →

Posted in Iraq, WikiLeaks | Tagged Afghanistan War Logs, Bradley Manning, CableGate, Collateral Murder Video, Fort Meade, Iraq War Logs, Namir Noor-Eldin, Saeed Chmagh | Leave a comment

Tawakkul Karman

Posted on December 10, 2011 by Muller

Update below (December 14, 2011) With Tawakkul Karman, the Norwegian Nobel Price committee has revised its wrong decision of 2009. At least, she deserves. What a great choice. What a beautiful woman. Anyway, it’s Norwegian hubris at its best. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Arab uprising, Nobel Peace Price 2011, Tawakkul Karman, Thorbjorn Jagland, Yemen | Leave a comment

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