Innocents lost: for many Iraqi women, political liberation has meant sexual enslavement.
IRONY IN MOTION: Iraqi girls dance nightly in bright, clinging gowns, circling the stage like glittering chattel, swaying their hips seductively one moment, fearfully clutching the hand of a peer the next. They were liberated, we are told, in the American invasion more than five years ago....

Saudi Arabia: bucking the global trend?
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] How resilient is growth in Saudi Arabia to a global downturn? The energy rich kingdom, endowed with one-fifth of the world's proven oil reserves, is in the midst of an investment-led boom that shows little evidence of being derailed by the credit crunch and ensuing...

A new U.S. policy for Syria: fostering political change in a divided state.
The American foreign-policy establishment seems deeply divided over how to deal with Syria. No one in Washington doubts that Damascus plays a pivotal role in the Middle East, helping to shape events in Iraq, Lebanon and Palestine while influencing calculations in Jerusalem, the capital of its principal foe, and...

Techem Energy Services Sees Growing Market in Middle East.
ENERGY RESOURCE-8 August 2008-Techem Energy Services Sees Growing Market in Middle East(C)2008 JeraOne - http://www.jeraone.com Germany's Techem Energy Services, a wireless metering technology company, will be showcasing its range of energy conserving solutions to the Middle East region at Working Buildings Middle East November 17 and 18...

Gulf food security: is there enough, and at what price?
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] DESPITE ESCALATING WEALTH, the Gulf states are facing a potential food crisis as world prices for everything from wheat and rice to fruit, vegetables, dairy goods and cooking oils rise dramatically. And while some prices may come down from their peaks later this year as...

ARAB-US RELATIONS - Jan 14 - US Will Push Ahead With Arms Sale To Saudi Arabia.
The Bush administration will move ahead with a high-profile arms sale to Saudi Arabia as early as Jan 14, as part of a $20 bn package of deals with the Gulf States. The Gulf is gearing up to sign a raft of military contracts after the US last July...

ARAB-US RELATIONS - Jan 7 - US Accuses Iran Of Harassing Navy Vessels.
The US warns Iran against provocative military gestures that can flare out of control as it revealed how five Iranian Revolutionary Guard boats threatened to blow up three US warships. The confrontation happened in the Strait of Hormuz, between Iran and the Gulf states, one of the world's most...

The absence of grand strategy; the United States in the Persian Gulf, 1972-2005.
9780801887826 The absence of grand strategy; the United States in the Persian Gulf, 1972-2005. Yetiv, Steven A. Johns Hopkins U. Press 2008 250 pages $25.00 Paperback DS63 Yetiv (political science, Old...

DTI focuses food exports in Gulf states.
Byline: BERNIE CAHILES-MAGKILAT The Department of Trade and Industry has focused marketing of the country's food exports in the independent Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries such as Dubai in UAE, Doha in Qatar, Manama in Bahrain, and Basra in Kuwait, while taking advantage on these country's proximity...

Reform may be lagging behind but progress continues unhindered: a View from the Gulf by Mustapha Karkouti.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] TRAVELLING IN GULF Cooperation Council (GCC) countries it is impossible not to be impressed by the sheer volume of progress and rapid changes taking place with varying degrees in a way that makes you wonder how, in such a short transition time, can such countries...