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Thursday, September 3, 2009

A Quick Tour of the Headlines.

Just a few short notices:
  • Odd things seem to be going on at Cairo airport: not only have many Egyptian bloggers and others been held up for hours or had their computers seized, but now an American, a long-term resident of Egypt, has been denied re-admission and deported with little explanation. I have no clue about the merits of the case, nor do I know the American involved, but it's all over the Egyptian opposition blogosphere. The basic story here. A news account here. No comment on the merits of the case since I don't know them.

1 comment:

LJ Marczak said...

On the Saudi terrorism issue, there is an interesting piece in yesterday's Ar-Riyadh giving a precis of a Saudi Television 1 interview with General Mansur At-Turky.

http://www.alriyadh.com/2009/09/03/article456879.html

Some discussion of Saudi anti-terrorism strategy goals and methods. And how success there is forcing AQAP to change its tactics.

Mansur also discusses the "insaniyya" of Amir Muhammad and the repatriation campaign. A theme that the press is emphasizing in connection with a variety of stories, Fawaaz Al-'Utaibi's return, attempts to assist the return of the mother and two children from Yemen, etc.