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		<title>Tunisia &amp; the benefits of hindsight</title>
		<link>http://thegulfblog.com/2012/01/09/tunisia-the-benefits-of-hindsight/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 06:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Published in April 2010, many people have come across this book on Tunisia unerringly failing to discern the way things would go. The Arabist has highlighted perhaps the worst paragraph, its final conclusion: Authoritarianism in Tunisia could prove to be very durable, and not simply because the government represses opponents. A majority of Tunisians may [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegulfblog.com&#038;blog=2536663&#038;post=5953&#038;subd=thesinosaudiblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Blowback for Qatar</title>
		<link>http://thegulfblog.com/2011/10/25/blowback-for-qatar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 07:16:44 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[North Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qatar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Moussa Koussa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Moussa Koussa Qatar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qatar intervention in Libya]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[At some stage the adulation and praise that Qatar received was always going to give way to some grumblings of one flavor or another. Initially, Qatar was praised ad nauseum for their actions: First Arab state (second overall after France) to recognise the TNC Contributed 6 Mirage fighter jets to the NATO no fly zone [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegulfblog.com&#038;blog=2536663&#038;post=5852&#038;subd=thesinosaudiblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Qatar in Libya</title>
		<link>http://thegulfblog.com/2011/10/02/on-qatar-in-libya/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 14:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[North Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qatar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Affairs Qatar Libya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Libya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qatar's intervention in Libya]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been so horrendously busy of late that I&#8217;ve not even had time to publicize my latest article on Qatar in Foreign Affairs. Thus far it&#8217;s got a lot of good comments, so thanks to all. And a quick thanks to the editors too who made it even snappier.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegulfblog.com&#038;blog=2536663&#038;post=5819&#038;subd=thesinosaudiblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gaddafi forces capture 17 UK, French and Qatari &#8216;advisers&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://thegulfblog.com/2011/09/19/gaddafi-forces-capture-17-uk-french-and-qatari-advisers/</link>
		<comments>http://thegulfblog.com/2011/09/19/gaddafi-forces-capture-17-uk-french-and-qatari-advisers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 10:44:14 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[North Africa]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Allied support Libya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[British soldiers captured]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters is reporting that Gaddafi loyalists have captured 17 mercenaries, as they describe them. Most are French but there are also some from the UK, Qatar and an unspecified Asian country, the initial report notes. These &#8216;mercenaries&#8217; are in fact &#8216;technical experts and consultative officers&#8217; aiding the rebels in their advance on the last pockets [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegulfblog.com&#038;blog=2536663&#038;post=5802&#038;subd=thesinosaudiblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Least tasteful advert in history</title>
		<link>http://thegulfblog.com/2011/06/16/least-tasteful-advert-in-history/</link>
		<comments>http://thegulfblog.com/2011/06/16/least-tasteful-advert-in-history/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:07:15 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[North Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tunisia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tunisia revolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tunisia tourist authority]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tunisia tourist authority advert]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve just stumbled upon this advert currently adorning the sides of buses in London. It&#8217;s from the Tunisian tourist authority and shows, as you can see, a semi naked woman getting a massage with the line next to it saying: They say that in Tunisia, some people receive heavy-handed treatment This is a revolting play [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegulfblog.com&#038;blog=2536663&#038;post=5529&#038;subd=thesinosaudiblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On assumptions of truth</title>
		<link>http://thegulfblog.com/2011/06/09/on-assumptions-of-truth/</link>
		<comments>http://thegulfblog.com/2011/06/09/on-assumptions-of-truth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 21:04:04 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gaddafi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iran 2009 election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rape weapon or wat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stolen election 2009 Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Viagra gaddafi]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this evening I read an article in which Libya&#8217;s comical Ali-esque spokesperson refuted the claims that Gaddafi had given the order to use rape as a weapon of war and instead claimed that the rebels, as he refers to them, had even engaged in cannibalism. Immediately I assumed that, as you can clearly see, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegulfblog.com&#038;blog=2536663&#038;post=5511&#038;subd=thesinosaudiblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>KSA refusing overfly for Libyan rebels</title>
		<link>http://thegulfblog.com/2011/05/08/ksa-refusing-overfly-for-libyan-rebels/</link>
		<comments>http://thegulfblog.com/2011/05/08/ksa-refusing-overfly-for-libyan-rebels/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2011 05:43:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Libyan national transitional council]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reports indicate that the acting foreign minister of the Libyan rebels has cancelled a trip to Qatar after Saudi Arabia refused him permission to overfly the Kingdom. Traveling with the acting foreign minister were three other members of the rebels National Transitional Council who were held at Cairo Airport for 20 hours (I think we [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegulfblog.com&#038;blog=2536663&#038;post=5353&#038;subd=thesinosaudiblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Qatar and Libya</title>
		<link>http://thegulfblog.com/2011/04/13/on-qatar-and-libya/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 05:35:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Libya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Libyan intervnetion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Punching above its weight]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve penned an article in Foreign Policy looking at Libya and Qatar. The tantalising strap line/little summary of the article is Could tiny Qatar send ground forces to Libya? And before anyone tries to sling me out of Qatar, can I point out that this is a mooting article; a thought piece. I&#8217;ve not been [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegulfblog.com&#038;blog=2536663&#038;post=5304&#038;subd=thesinosaudiblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Defending the LSE</title>
		<link>http://thegulfblog.com/2011/03/05/defending-the-lse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2011 11:34:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is nothing more nauseating than self-righteous and overly earnest students. Even when I was an undergraduate the angst and self-importance that so many students imbued into their rants deeply annoyed me. I got more than a whiff of this &#8216;holier than thou&#8217; attitude in a commentary in  &#8211; quelle surprise &#8211; the Guardian lamenting [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegulfblog.com&#038;blog=2536663&#038;post=5207&#038;subd=thesinosaudiblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gadaffi&#8217;s bunker</title>
		<link>http://thegulfblog.com/2011/02/28/gadaffis-bunker/</link>
		<comments>http://thegulfblog.com/2011/02/28/gadaffis-bunker/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 13:08:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I agree with The Arabist. I want a bunker too.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegulfblog.com&#038;blog=2536663&#038;post=5202&#038;subd=thesinosaudiblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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