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The kingdom's Grand Mufti, Sheikh Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh, has declared the attack to be "against the teachings of Islam". A Western diplomat said the Sunni authorities had sent an important message that Shiites "are a part of the nation and we are with you against terrorism." He described it as "a turning point," noting that Interior Minister Prince Mohammed bin Nayef had visited families of the victims, the wounded, and a Shia religious centre.
In what looks like a provocative move that increases tensions in the eastern Mediterranean, the Turkish government authorized the country’s Navy for full implementation of recently amended rules of engagement off the shores of littoral countries Cyprus, Egypt and Israel.
A young Saudi citizen has shown it is no shame to take on an unskilled job and then work hard to achieve one's dreams. Mohammad Sharaf started out as a cleaner and dishwasher at a restaurant in 2004 and now 10 years later has been crowned the Young Hotelier of the Year at the Middle East Hotelier Awards for 2014. He is the first Arab in a decade to win the award.
Iraq priced its crude more competitively in the U.S. while raising costs for customers in Asia and Europe, mirroring moves a week ago by Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil exporter.
Aramco plans $100 billion of investments to become the world’s largest refiner with capacity to process 8 million to 10 million barrels a day of crude at home and abroad. The company has refineries in South Korea and China and it’s in talks to add other plants in China, Indonesia, and Vietnam. Aramco is targeting Asia for expansion as it starts to sell chemicals from its Saudi Sadara plant, a joint venture with The Dow Chemical Co., Aramco Chief Executive Officer Khalid al-Falih said said in May in Bahrain.
But O’Neill’s and Bissonnette’s decisions to go public with their role violates the SEALs’ tenets and irritates many in the military. These SEALs, in the eyes of the public, become heroes once their stories are told. But the action that warrants such acclaim has been built on the backs, boots and blood of thousands of anonymous troops (not to mention Pentagon civilians). An untold number of them played critical roles in the hunt for bin Laden; remove any one from the chain of success and the mission could have failed, with the loss of O’Neill, Bissonnette and the other SEALs who participated in the raid.
O’Neill confirmed to The Washington Post that he was the unnamed SEAL who was first to tumble through the doorway of bin Laden’s bedroom that night, taking aim at the terrorist leader as he stood in darkness behind his youngest wife. In an account later confirmed by two other SEALs, the Montana native described firing the round that hit bin Laden squarely in the forehead, killing him instantly.
So how can ISIS, cut off from the rest of the world by financial and trade sanctions, and under daily aerial and land bombardment by some of the richest countries in the world, afford to maintain a well-armed military and pay other bills?
Internet access doesn’t fully explain the imbalance. The Middle East scores much lower than you would expect, given how many people in that part of the world are are online, says Graham. There are some 7,000 languages spoken around the world today. Yet Facebook is available in just 75, with another 40 in translation, writes Facebook’s Iris Orriss, who runs its localization efforts. Even fewer are supported on mobile devices. Hindi, spoken by more than 250 million people, wasn’t available on Google’s Android operating system until last year, as Quartz has reported.
The second-ranking U.S. commander in Afghanistan says casualties suffered by Afghan security forces have reached a level that cannot be sustained in a successful fight against the Taliban. Lieutenant General Joseph Anderson told reporters at the Pentagon by video from his headquarters in Kabul on November 5 that the number of Afghan soldiers and police officers killed in battle rose by 6.5 percent so far this year compared to 2013.
