Category Archives: Kuwait

A Green Light for War

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Muller

April Glaspie, then Ambassador to Iraq, has long been blamed for giving a “Green Light” to dictator Saddam Hussein for invading Kuwait on August 2, 1990. The young Ambassador had been summoned, for the very first time, to the president’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Iraq, Kuwait, USA, WikiLeaks | Tagged 2nd Gulf War, April Glaspie, Baghdad, Husni Mubarak, Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, Maragaret Thatcher Foundation, Saddam Hussein | 1 Comment

Twenty Years of War

Posted on August 2, 2010 by Muller

When the Soviet Empire gradually collapsed between 1989 and 1991, the remaining sole superpower United States faced a new situation. The Cold War was over. What to do with the military-industrial complex? In August 1988, the eight-year long Iraq-Iran war … Continue reading →

Posted in Iraq, Kuwait, UK, USA | Tagged Barrack Obama, Dick Cheney, ecological warfare, Embedded Journalism, George H. Bush, George W. Bush, Ghazi ibn Faisal, incubator lie, Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, oil spill, Operation Desert Storm, Saddam Hussein, Sheikh Ahmad al-Sabah | 1 Comment

Anti-Semites and Hypocrites on the Freedom Flotilla

Posted on June 4, 2010 by Muller

Kuwait’s newspapers report today of exhilarated Kuwaiti ‘freedom fighters’ and ‘activists’ who had been on board the Mavi Marmara of the Gaza Flotilla. Some of them are notorious Islamists such as MP Dr. Waleed Al-Tabtabaie, who, as an example, had expressed … Continue reading →

Posted in Kuwait, Palestine, Turkey | Tagged activists, anti-semitism, Gaza Flotilla, Islamists, Mavi Marmara, Waleed Al-Tabtabaie | 1 Comment

Research in the Middle East

Posted on February 21, 2010 by Muller

Earlier this week, New Scientist has reported on a recent discussion paper by Science Metrix, which concludes that Iran is showing the fastest scientific growth of any country in the world, nearly four times faster than the world average. Al Jazeera … Continue reading →

Posted in Academics, Iran, Islam, Kuwait, Kuwait University, Science | Tagged Gallup report, Science Metrix report, transgenic animals | Leave a comment

A New Dawn

Posted on February 19, 2010 by Muller

Names have a meaning, usually. US American Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has agreed to General David Petraeus’ request to rename current ‘Operation Iraqi Freedom’ to ‘Operation New Dawn’ going into affect on September 1, 2010. There is so much hope, … Continue reading →

Posted in Iraq, Kuwait | Tagged David Petraeus, hope, Robert Gates, yes we can | 1 Comment

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