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Category Archives: Oman
Happy New Year!
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
The Spread of Democracy
When Kuwaiti citizens enthusiastically celebrated their Golden Independence Anniversary last month together with twenty years of liberation after Saddam Hussein’s invasion and expulsion as well as the present Amir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah being in power for five years (50-20-5) they … Continue reading
Posted in Bahrain, Iran, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, UAE
Tagged Andreas Gursky, Egypt, Hamad ibn Issa Al Khalifa, Libya, Pearl roundabout, Shi'a, Tahrir square, Tunesia, UN SC Resolution 1973
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Close Encounters
When CNN had reported Wednesday on an encounter between an Iranian navy plane and the American aircraft carrier USS Eisenhower in the Gulf of Oman earlier this month, the incidence recalled another, almost fatal, encounter two years ago in the Persian … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Iran, Oman, UAE, USA
Tagged Abu Musa, Fokker F27, Greater and Lesser Tunbs, Gulf of Oman, Iranian speedboats, Persian Gulf, USS Eisenhower, USS Hooper, war games
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