Forget what’s happening with Israel and Gaza: A Twitter war has broken out regarding Paris Hilton’s new shop for bags and accessories near Saudi Arabia’s holy site of Mecca.
There are a few things about Hilton that don’t sit well with devout Muslims, like that sex tape and her rampant materialism. So having her chintzy infidel wares available in the same area as the religion’s holiest shrine just ain’t flying.
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By:
Dale McFeatters
10/13/11 10:30 PM
Even though an alleged co-conspirator has confessed to U.S. authorities about the plot to assassinate Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the United States by blowing him up in a Washington restaurant, there are still significant unresolved questions.
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When al-Qaida was just a startup terrorist enterprise, the Sudanese government offered the group safe harbor. But after a few years, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United States began to take notice of what was going on in that little incubator. They turned up the heat.By 1996, Osama bin Laden was looking to relocate. No longer feeling safe in Sudan, he moved al-Qaida headquarters to Jalalabad, Afghanistan.
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WHAT: After Amnesty International posted a leaked copy of Saudi Arabia’s repressive new anti-terrorism bill, the Saudis shut down the group’s website inside the kingdom.WHY: Amnesty was highly critical of the proposed law, which would allow peaceful dissent or harming the state’s reputation both to be prosecuted as terrorist crimes.
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Yesterday I blogged about Saudi Arabia sending troops into Bahrain, and asked why they weren't willing to send troops into Libya too. Well today it seems that my question was answered.
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Multiple sources are confirming that Saudi Arabia has moved approximately 1,000 troops into the neighboring nation of Bahrain to help quell the ongoing protests there. A Saudi official told the Associated Press that the troops were sent in to help secure vital infrastructure such as the numerous oil installations on the island.
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Gas prices in the U.S. have risen roughly 34 cents a gallon since the rebellion in Libya began.
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President Obama is evaluating "a full range of options" to address the violent unrest in Libya and has dispatched Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Geneva to try to get peace talks going, but Rasmussen Reports says its latest survey finds that most Americans want this country to steer clear of all the uprisings in the Middle East.
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- Rep. Chris Lee, R-N.Y., has resigned after allegations of trolling for women on Craigslist, including sending a shirtless picture of himself. Looks like the White House banned shirtless photos of Obama just in time.
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A bird tagged at Tel Aviv University for a science study that flew into Saudi Arabia was reportedly being held for being a spy. The bird was wearing a transmitter and leg bracelet as part of a migration research project, but the tags bore the words “Tel Aviv University” and prompted suspicion.
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