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Oil Prices in Steep Decline: Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid!

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 11.01.2008 | Business

Read More: Energy, Tom Freidman, OPEC President Khelil, Cftc, Saudi Arabia, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, King Abdullah, Treasury Sec.Paulson, Energy Sec.Bodman, President Bush, Gordon Brown, Oil, Business News

Something sinister is afoot in the steep decline of oil prices: Our sense of outrage at the oil industry risks being mollified; just when we become serious about alternative fuels, suddenly, magically, the price of oil retreats.

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As It Meets, Time to Make OPEC Understand Access To Our Market Can No Longer Be Taken For Granted

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 09.09.2008 | Business

Read More: Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Oil, King Abdullah, Chavez, Hezbollah, Opec, Nytimes, Crude Oil Prices, Crude Oil, Business News

The US market for oil should no longer be available to all suppliers irrespective of their adversarial policies and their pricing strategies.

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The Saudi Oil Summit: Pipeline to Nowhere

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 06.30.2008 | Business

Read More: Oil Speculation, Saudi Oil Minister Ali Al-Naimi, Saudi Arabia, Oil Prices, King Abdullah, Jeddah Summit, Opec, President Bush, Gordon Brown, Saudi Oil, Business News

Given the unwillingness of the Saudis and their assembled OPEC brethren to propose anything meaningful that would alter current price or supply trends, the Jeddah oil "summit" was a dud.

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The Future of the Middle East

King Abdullah II Ibn Al Hussein | Posted 06.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: King Abdullah Oxford, Middle East, King Abdullah, King Abdullah Oxford Speech, Middle East Politics, Politics News

Millions of people in the Middle East want to share in creating a century of progress and peace. Let us not allow false divisions to hold us back.

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The Why of Chokingly High Oil Prices: Bush Together with Saudi Arabia Spells Disaster for America

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 05.12.2008 | Business

Read More: Straits of Hormuz, Secretary Bodman, Strategic Petroleum Reserve, Cftc, King Abdullah, State of the Union Address, Opec, Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani, Secretary Gates, Iran, Saudi Aramco, New York Times, King Abdul Azziz Order of Merit, Department of Energy, President Bush, Ali-Al- Naimi, Business News

As our so-called friends in Saudi Arabia watch our economy sink into recession, it's clear that the price of Mr. Bush's friendship has become frighteningly expensive to us and the rest of the world.

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Cheney Greets King Abdullah In SaudiLand With High Fives As Oil Sails Past $100 Per Barrel

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 03.27.2008 | Business

Read More: Epa, Pres. Bush, Teapot Dome, Energy Task Forcee, Bp, Department of Energy, Saudi Arabia, Enron, VP Cheney, Exxonmobil, King Abdullah, American Petroleum Institute, President Harding, Washington Post, Opec, Business News

If anything can be called a success in these bleak seven years, it is the oil industry's triumphal avalanche of riches, having been orchestrated with the White Houses' blessing.

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Saudis to Execute a Woman for Witchcraft

AP | DONNA ABU-NASR | Posted 02.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Saudi Arabia, Middle East, Witchcraft, Saudi Arabia Executions, Withcraft Executions, Woman Withcraft Saudi Arabia, Human Rights Watch, King Abdullah, Politics News

BEIRUT, Lebanon — A leading human rights group appealed to Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah on Thursday to stop the execution of a woman accused of ...

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Questions Congress Needs to Ask Before Authorizing Bush's 'See, Hear, Speak No Evil' Saudi Arms Deal

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 01.21.2008 | Business

Read More: Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arms Deal, Sam Bodman, Imf, King Abdullah, Qatif Girl, Congress, Iraq, President Bush, Opec, Saudi Weapons, Oil, Business News

Before authorizing the sale of some of our most sophisticated military hardware to a fair weather friend at best, a number of questions should be asked and answered.

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Shadow Play in the Middle East

Barry Lando | Posted 01.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Persian Gulf, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Middle East Politics, Oil Prices, Oil, King Abdullah, Abu Dhabi, Bush Mideast Trip, Al Qaeda, Uae, United Arab Emirates, Politics News

Much of the reporting of President Bush's trip to the Middle East is shadow play, an incredible con game. The suckers are the American public.

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Bush: OPEC Nations Should Pump More Oil

AP | TERENCE HUNT and ANNE GEARAN | Posted 01.15.2008 | Business

Read More: World Market, King Abdullah, Energy Prices, Oil Prices, Oil, Opec, President Bush, Saudi Kings, Business News

President Bush urged OPEC nations on Tuesday to put more oil on the world market and warned that soaring prices could cause an economic slowdown in th...

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"I Have a Mirage!" Bush Declares to the Arab World

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 01.13.2008 | Politics

It's taken a terribly long time for Rice -- no Mid-East expert either before, during, or after her 7th year in this administration -- to understand that "elections" do not constitute "democracy."

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Was Bush's Team Making Fun of Saudi King's Night Habits on the Eve of the Bush-Abdullah Meeting?

Steve Clemons | Posted 01.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, King Abdullah, Stephen Hadley, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Politics News

This was strange exchange between a "senior administration official" traveling with President Bush in the Middle East and a journalist today in the ...

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President Bush in Saudi Land: Questions to Ask While Holding King Abdullah's Hand

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 01.11.2008 | Business

Read More: King Abdullah, Energy Department, President Bush, Bush Administration, Matt Simmons, Opec, Minister Ali-Naimi, Saudi Arabia, Oil, Oil Prices, Saudis, Bush Saudi Arabia, Business News

Here's a list of questions, some pragmatic, some visceral, that the president might ask while strolling with King Abdullah.

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Hillary's Unprecedented Experience on the World Stage

Lissa Muscatine and Melanne Verveer | Posted 12.14.2007 | Politics

Read More: Armed Services Committee, Darfur, Clinton Foreign Policy, Nato, Hillary First Lady, Clinton International Impact, Madeleine Albright, Nelson Mandela, Hillary Women Voters, Tony Blair, Hillary Social Activism, King Abdullah, Hillary Experience, Politics News

While American First Ladies historically have made great (and often overlooked) contributions to our nation, Hillary Clinton's wide-ranging experience on international issues as First Lady is unprecedented.

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Do Dictators Lose Elections?

David Goldstein | Posted 12.03.2007 | Politics

Read More: Elections, Hugo Chavez, George W. Bush, Chavez Government, King Abdullah, Pervez Musharraf, Venezuela Election, Politics News

The Bushies have called Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez a dictator and a tyrant... but since when do dictators lose elections?

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The Limits of Iranian Anger Over Damascus' Participation in the Reconciliation of Annapolis

Raghida Dergham | Posted 12.01.2007 | Politics

Read More: Egypt, Palestine, Annapolis Peace Conference, Uae, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, George W. Bush, Syrian-Iranian Relationship, King Abdullah, Tehran, Iran, Syria, World Economic Forum, Politics News

The US must pay attention to the repercussions of the Iranian position vis-a-vis Annapolis and the developments in the Syrian-Iranian relationship and assign this issue a clear priority.

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Taking Aim At Corporate Bribery Between Brits, Saudis

New York Times | NELSON D. SCHWARTZ, LOWELL BERGMAN | Posted 11.26.2007 | Business

Read More: Prince Phillip, King Abdullah, BAE, BAE Systems, BAE Bribery, Business News

Late last month, five jumbo jets from Riyadh touched down at Heathrow Airport in London. They brought with them 13 members of the Saudi royal family, ...

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As Oil Approaches $100, is Saudi Arabia Waging Resource Aggression Against the American People and the World Economy?!

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 11.08.2007 | Business

Read More: Iea, Pres. Bush, Saud Arabia, King Abdullah, NY Times, Opec, The Adimistration, Saudi Aramco, VP Cheney, Business News

By holding oil off the market, the Saudis are gouging the world's economies, pricing their product at levels that have no market rationale whatsoever.

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