Al-Ahram Nails The Arab Leaders Cold ...

In an editorial from the Egyptian weekly Al-Ahram, the self-serving nature of the world's Middle Eastern Arab leaders are exposed.

Once again, with many more pressing problems, the leaders of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Co. are trying to save face in the Arab word (and their own skins) by massively refocusing all efforts on "The Peace Process." Nothing new here but it's just another chance to note how the Arab leaders have manipulated the Israeli/Palestinian crisis for their own gain for the past fifty years and will continue to do so however it serves their own best interests.

What a pathetic group of losers. Their greed and self-serving mismanagement of wealth and resources is the reason for the worldwide Islamic threat we all face. If they shared the wealth, focused on the present and offered their people hope these same killers we see todaywould be spending their weekends at their local mall buying mocca frapachinos and Gap jeans instead of blowing people up.


Taking the initiative

In Riyadh for the Arab summit, Dina Ezzat finds Arab delegates all but obsessed with one issue: the Arab peace initiative

This week in the Saudi capital for the annual Arab summit -- and indeed in the lead-up to the Riyadh meetings -- the Arab peace initiative was the uncontested focus of attention. This despite crucial political and security challenges facing the Arab world in Iraq, Lebanon, Somalia and Darfur, fears of a US strike against Iran, alienation of most Arab Maghreb countries from the rest of the Arab world, and many miscellaneous inter-Arab differences.

http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/838/fr2.htm