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Ukrainian airline tragedy: Was it an error or part of Iran’s criminal behavior?
The Iranian Revolutionary Guards have claimed responsibility for the downing of the Ukrainian passenger plane, saying that it was shot down mistakenly by a missile. The IRNA news agency reported that Iran’s supreme leader expressed anguish over the incident and ordered the security authorities to conduct an investigation in order to ensure that such incidents are not repeated in future!Is this the end of the story? No! It is just the beginning.Was it reasonable for Iran to launch missiles targeting US bases in Iraq without taking precautionary measures in Iranian airspace? Are Iranian military institutions under a unified military command system, or are they simply militias, as was suggested in the conference of the Air Force commander under the Revolutionary Guards? At the conference,...
January 13, 2020

Ukrainian airline tragedy: Was it an error or part of Iran’s criminal behavior?

Political plumbing!
US President Donald Trump continues to state that he is the most supportive president of Israel in history, which is something that the Israeli government constantly reiterates, but despite all of this unprecedented support the large Jewish community in America suffers from a record and historic rise in hate crimes and anti-Semitism.It is a dilemma for Trump's supporters that his praise for Israel in an attempt to win over fundamentalist right-wing evangelical Christian voters also gives voice to extreme white racism against all ethnic and religious minorities. We must remember that racism that envelops patriotism or religiosity soon drops its mask quickly to show its ugly face. This is what is happening now in some Western countries. Voices rise bearing the slogans of love for the...
January 13, 2020

Political plumbing!

Tariq Humaid
What a hypocrisy!
OkazTHERE is a saying in the United States: “If you kill a person, look for a lawyer and if you kill 10 people, look for a lobby or pressure group.” This is exactly what is being done today especially by a section of the American media. A case in point here is an interview of Vali Nasr, an American national of Iranian origin with CNN, following the shooting down of the Ukrainian plane as it took off from the Khomeini Airport in Tehran.In the interview, Nasr spoke about things such as the nationalities of the dead, the countries that have the right to make an intervention and those who are not entitled to do so, and also about those among the dead who hold a dual nationality.He should have spoken about the need to own responsibility for the mishap by the Americans and the French,...
January 11, 2020

What a hypocrisy!

Goodbye... We love you and it’s time to leave
By Huda MajrakashTime sometimes makes us wake up from our absent mindedness so that we can continue our struggle to lead a worthy life. There was an Arabic proverb that went like this: “Time is like a sword. If you don’t cut it, it will cut you off.”And this also re-evoked in me the feelings of childhood ... Tours are still part of my life, and age has become more valuable while time has become a guillotine.Packing bags and gathering memories have become part of my life. In every country, I bid farewell to a memory remains in a corner of my mind where from it might call me one day...I have received the amount of love and friendly feelings that exceeded all the limits and hence bidding farewell has put a big burden on my shoulder. It is very painful to carry the quaintness of a...
January 10, 2020

Goodbye... We love you and it’s time to leave

The Okaz dialogue
By Humoud Abu TalibOkazThe direct, frank and transparent dialogue between the citizen and official differs from the cold and mummified dialogues via replies by the Public Relations administrations, whose replies are usually vague and beat about the bush, as they do not delve directly into the issues raised and are of concern to the society.Here, we have two types of officials.The first type are those who are capable of shouldering the responsibility of facing the public and the courage to open files (discuss and tackle any dossiers, issues), answer all the questions without any reservations or “keeping doors open”.Meanwhile, the second type of officials is of those who are reluctant to face the public. They always try to evade coming face-to-face with the public. It suffices them to...
January 08, 2020

The Okaz dialogue

History of Iranian-American confrontation!
Many Arab leftists and remnants of the Muslim Brotherhood and the Arab nationalism movement are talking about a secret alliance between Washington and Tehran.Of course, they can only attempt to convince those who are easily fooled that the US is coordinating with Iran to swallow the region and that all that we are seeing is merely a conspiracy.This is despite the fact that events of the past 40 years have proved that Iran and the US have moved in two separate directions, except during the Obama era.The important question is: Does Iran actually want enmity with the US? Of course, not!Iran is dying to establish close ties with Washington, which is rejecting this for historical reasons and the bloodshed between them that cannot be forgotten.Otherwise, who killed Al-Qaeda members and passed...
January 07, 2020

History of Iranian-American confrontation!

Assassinating Soleimani: The rights and wrongs!
My friend was adamant. “Assassinating Qasem Soleimani in Baghdad was an assault on Iraqi sovereignty. If we accept the right of mighty America to decide who lives or dies without due process in a court of law, then we cannot object to any future attack against anyone we regard innocent. I believe the man was guilty of horrendous crimes.I believe he was a worse terrorist than Bin Laden and Baghdadi combined. However, I also believe in the rule of law. He should have been apprehended, handed over to the International Court of Justice, shown evidence of his crimes and given the right to defend himself. If proven guilty, he should have been punished according to international law and norms,” he contended.My friend is not alone in this view. In an ideal world and normal circumstances, I...
January 07, 2020

Assassinating Soleimani: The rights and wrongs!

Iran after Soleimani
OkazThe liquidation of Qasem Soleimani, the commander of Iran’s Quds Force, in an American drone attack is to be considered as a dramatic shift in the rules of military confrontation between Washington and Tehran. It was, in part, a response to safeguard the dignity of the American army and the American arms, after the Iranian Revolutionary Guards shot down the American MQ-4C Triton over the Strait of Hormuz last June.The rules of confrontation may have changed, specifically after the red line was crossed with the killing of an American contractor at an international coalition base near Kirkuk. US President Donald Trump did not respond to Iran’s shooting down of the American plane, on the pretext that there were no American victims, and that the proposed response would be exceeding...
January 06, 2020

Iran after Soleimani

World’s policeman wakes up from coma
By Hani Al-DhahiriOkazAround 13 years ago, precisely in January 2007, an American military officer lifted his hand, in the last moment, from pressing the button to launch a missile toward a vehicle somewhere in northern Iraq.The vehicle was carrying Qasem Soleimani, the head of the Quds Force. What prompted the officer, who was tasked with a secret operation, to backtrack from eliminating him was an urgent order from his command, which found that Washington would avert the political fallouts by the cancelation of the operation and instead decided to continue surveillance on him.This alarming information was contained in an earlier article written in The New York Times by Gen. Stanley McChrystal, retired US commander of the Joint Special Operations Command, who had been assigned with the...
January 05, 2020

World’s policeman wakes up from coma

Saudi Arabia: Development of the mind and land
Saudi Arabia is a developed country that provides humanitarian and financial assistance to other countries in the region and the world. Depending on its youth that make up 67 percent of the total population, the Kingdom focuses on education, globalization, transformation, digitalization and the development of the mind and land. Saudi Arabia is an example of tolerance and religious coexistence, where officials in embassies and consulates from all over the world live in absolute peace. Having met many of them personally, I found that they were eager to be assigned to a diplomatic post in the Kingdom.As a female witnessing tremendous change in a short period of time, it will be an honor to tell future generations about this period in the Kingdom’s history. Movies, books and documentaries...
January 01, 2020

Saudi Arabia: Development of the mind and land

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