Earlier today, the United States filed a civil complaint to forfeit thousands of cuneiform tablets and clay bullae. As alleged in the complaint, these ancient clay artifacts originated in the area of modern-day Iraq and were smuggled into the United States through the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel, contrary to federal law. Packages containing […]
United States Files Civil Action to Forfeit Thousands of Ancient Iraqi Artifacts Imported by Hobby Lobby…
UAE Has Secret Torture Prisons in Yemen, U.S. Involved in Interrogations…
The UAE operates a network of ‘black sites’ in war-torn Yemen, where terrorist suspects are abused and tortured, an AP investigation has found. US personnel have been involved in at least some interrogations, agency sources said. There are at least 18 clandestine prisons across southern Yemen operated by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) or by […]
UAE Warned U.S. It Could End Intelligence Cooperation over 9/11 Victims Claims…
The United Arab Emirates suggested it might withdraw intelligence cooperation with the US in an attempt to block legislation allowing families of September 11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia and UAE for compensation. Leaked emails seen by the Telegraph show how Yousef Al Otaiba, the UAE’s ambassador to Washington DC, privately warned senators that countries […]
Hacked Emails Show Top UAE Diplomat Coordinating with Pro-Israel Think Tank Against Iran…
The email account of one of Washington’s most connected and influential foreign operatives has been hacked. A small tranche of those emails was sent this week to media outlets, including The Intercept, HuffPost and The Daily Beast, with the hacker promising to release a trove publicly. The hotmail account belongs to the UAE’s ambassador to […]
U.S. To Escalate Its Two Years War On Starving Yemen…
The picture shows yesterday’s rally in Sanaa,Yemen where up to 1 million people were condemning the war Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the UK and the U.S. have been waging on them for two years. Neither the New York Times nor the Washington Post reported of the million strong rally. Both though reported widely […]
Yemen Is a Complicated Unwinnable War. U.S. Should Stay Out of It by Patrick Cockburn…
The Trump administration’s first counter-terrorism operation was a failure for the US and much worse for the Yemeni villagers who are dead, wounded, homeless and have seen their livestock, on which they depended for their livelihoods, all killed…
Finally, Someone Has a Realistic Timeline for Mars Colonization–the UAE…
NASA says it intends to send humans to Mars in the 2030s, but the space agency does not have a realistic budget to do so. SpaceX’s Elon Musk says he will send the first human colonists to Mars in the 2020s, but his company also lacks the funding to implement its bold plans without a […]
Huge Fire Engulfs Residential Building in Dubai’s Palm Jumeriah…
A huge fire has broken out at the residential Oceana Building in Dubai’s Palm Jumeriah…