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Tag Archives: Saudi Arabia
You’re not singing anymore….
The title of this blog is the first line of the UK footballer fans chant when the visiting top team favoured to win – is losing. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/04/17/saudi-turns-back-on-world-as-iran-war-derails-spending/ For example: LIV Golf just the start. Saudis abandon sportswashing after huge losses … Continue reading
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Tagged Aramco, insider trading, Iran, PIF, reputational loss, Saudi Arabia, sportswashing, US-ISRAELI illegal war, winners and losers
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Historical markers in the Middle East
Below is an extract from Wajeeh Lion’s, Substack. I urge you to read the full article ‘Beyond Belief: The 1,400-Year History and Modern Geopolitics of the Sunni-Shia Divide The 1979 Revolution and the Sectarianization of Geopolitics The catalyst for the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1979, British, Caliphate, egypt, French, GameTheory, historical divisions, Iran, Iraq, ISIS, Lebanon, middle east, Pakistan, Palestinians, Saudi Arabia, shia, sunni, Turkey
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Ben Delo of BitMex plus pattern of pardons
Ben Delo is a 42 year old billionaire and co-founder of the BitMex cryptocurrency trading platform. He is autistic and has managed to flourish academically after he found educational support as a child in the British education system. He has … Continue reading
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Tagged anti immigration, anti-woke, Arthur Hayes, autism, Benjamin Delo, billionaire, Binance, BitMex, British Democracy, Brock Pierce, Cantor Fitzgerald, Changpeng Zhao, cryptocurrency, David Sacks, Donald Trump pardon, Elon Musk, funding right wing campaigns, hate crimes, Howard Lutnick, inciting violence, investor, Jeffrey Epstein, Justin Sun, MBS, money laundering, no empathy, poisoning words, Project 25, Qatar, Sam Friedman, Samuel Reed, Saudi Arabia, Sheikh Tahnoon, stablecoin, Steve Witkoff, Tether, UK, undermining democracy, World Liberty Finance
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Strait of Hormuz: LNG prices to soar (of course they will)
Goldman: Asian and European LNG Prices Could Jump 130% By Tsvetana Paraskova – Mar 02, 2026, 1:27 AM CST The escalating conflict in the Middle East is delaying LNG shipments via the Strait of Hormuz from key exporters in the region, putting … Continue reading
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Tagged Aramco, export terminal, Iran, LNG, Mohammed bin Salman, oil, prices soar, Ras Tanura, refinery struck, Russian gas, Russian oil, Saudi Arabia, Strait of Hormuz
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Oil Reserves
Oil is a finite commodity. Oil reserves that remain have a calculation attached which tells producers how many years remain that they could expect wealth from this fossil fuel. Present regimes of United States, Russia and Saudi Arabia might not … Continue reading
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Tagged battle for resources, fossil fuels, oil reserves, Russia, Saudi Arabia, United States of America, venezuela
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When somebody speaks out
Mary Bruce of ABC challenged MBS: https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/trump-attacks-abc-news-correspondent-mary-bruce-in-angry-response-to-three-sharp-questions/ar-AA1QGWAZ And many Americans felt shame at cosiness displayed by their president toward this man who would be king. I am reproducing Michael D. Sellers Substack: So far this year 330 executions have taken … Continue reading
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Tagged 9/11, Caribbean, Eugene Vindman, executions, Jeffrey Epstein, journalism, Kashoggi, Mary Bruce of ABC, MBS, Mohammed bin Salman, Mrs Kashoggi, murder of journalists, national security, no due process, phone call transcript evidence, President Trump, Saudi Arabia, Saudi prince, trial
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Internet Shutdown. Is this a precursor….?
The Taliban in Afghanistan have shutdown the Internet on which those who had connectivity were dependent. 30 September 2025 Economic Development Lifesaving relief efforts to help remote Afghan communities devastated by last month’s deadly earthquake have already been hit by the … Continue reading
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Tagged 9/11, Afghanistan, al Qaida, Bagram, bin Laden, ethic minorities, internet threat, muslim, neighbours, Pakistan, religious ties, Saudi Arabia, security, shia, sunni, Taliban, ul Haq, USA
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Useful paedophiles?
Sexpionage is the likely reason Jeffrey Epstein became a useful asset to intelligence agencies. He was already building his criminal skills with someone 8 years older than him, Steven Hoffenberg. The two carried out financial scams and the media often … Continue reading
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Tagged academics, Adnan Kashoggi, black budget operations, blackmail database, blackmail leverage, British arms dealer, CIA, FBI, honey pot ops, Iran-Conta affair, Jeffery Epstein, Mossad, Robert Maxwell, Saudi Arabia, scientific espionage, sexpionage, Steven Hoffenberg, weaponized intermediary
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