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Prince Charles: Ceremonial Pimp of British-Saudi Venality & Hypocrisy

February 3, 2015 By Nu’man Abd al-Wahid 9 Comments

Before flying out to pay his last respects to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, the last time Prince Charles jetted out to the Kingdom was on Tuesday, 18th November, 2014 to bring a ceremonial end to a long running business saga by literally dancing to the tune of the Saudi-Wahhabi clan. The first in line to the British crown, dressed in the traditional military regalia of the Saudi nepotistic despots, helped to seal yet another military deal which will burnish the bottom line of Europe’s largest arms manufacturer, BAE Systems. The price for 72 Eurofighter Typhoon jets was finally agreed to by the Saudi clan.

The Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT), an organisation which monitors the arms industry, claimed that the United Kingdom sells more weapons to the Saudis than any other country in the world. On the day of the Prince’s arrival to Saudi Arabia, a CAAT spokesman urged him to “disassociate” himself from the “despotic regime” so as not to confer legitimacy on it. They also urged Charles to raise the issue of human rights abuses in the Kingdom.

It is all very well for CAAT to argue the UK and its wondrous Prince Charming are conferring and bestowing “legitimacy” on the Saudis, but if it wasn’t for the Saudis and the other Arabian despots of the Persian Gulf who else would be purchasing arms from BAE Systems or for that matter bankrolling the British economy?

Filed Under: Foreign Affairs Tagged With: Africa, Al Qaeda, al-Qaida, BAE Systems, Barclays Bank, British imperialism, CAAT, Campaign Against Arms Trade, endless war, energy, England, extremism, Human Rights, imperialism, Islamist extremism, King Abdullah, Kuwait, London Stock Exchange, MENA, Middle East, oil, Prince Charles, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Wahabism, War

Why Are Oil Prices Dropping And Who Really Gets Hurt?

November 6, 2014 By Kate Lanier 6 Comments

Who dunnit? Just a few weeks ago, the tumbling international price of oil burst upon the news scene.  Prices per barrel dropped from $107 during the summer to $81. Analysts, commentators and others wondered why, by whom and what the impacts would be on various enemies and allies. And the finger-pointing began. Tom Friedman of […]

Filed Under: Environment, Foreign Affairs, National News Tagged With: Algeria, Angola, Barclays Plc, Bashar Assad, Brookings Institute, Charles Ebinger, China, Climate change, economy, Ecuador, energy, Europe, fracking, Hassan Rouhani, hydraulic fracturing, Iran, Iraq, ISIS, Islamic State, Kuwait, Libya, New York Times, Nicolas Madura, Nigeria, oil, oil drilling, oil prices, OPEC, renewable energy, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tom Friedman, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela

Tar Sands Trade: Kuwait Buys Stake in Alberta As It Opens Own Heavy Oil Spigot

October 24, 2014 By Steve Horn 2 Comments

Chevron made waves in the business world when it announced its October 6 sale of 30-percent of its holdings in the Alberta-based Duvernay Shale basin to Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company (KUFPEC) for $1.5 billion.

It marked the first North American purchase for the Kuwaiti state-owned oil company and yields KUFPEC 330,000 acres of Duvernay shale gas. Company CEO and the country’s Crown Prince, Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, called it an “anchor project” that could spawn Kuwait’s expansion into North America at-large.

Kuwait’s investment in the Duvernay, at face-value buying into Canada’s hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) revolution, was actually also an all-in bet on Alberta’s tar sands.

Filed Under: Environment, Foreign Affairs Tagged With: Alberta, Alberta Tar Sands, Ali al-Shammari, BP, Calgary Herald, Canada, Chevron, Duvernay Shale basin, ExxonMobil, fracking, France, Gulf war, Iraq, ISIS, Islamic State, Keystone XL, Kuwait, Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company, Kuwait Oil Company, MENA, Operation Desert Storm, Ratqa, Royal Dutch Shell, Rumaila oil field, Saddam Hussein, Saudi Arabia, shale oil, Tar sands, Total, United Kingdom, War

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