U.A.E. Founding Father, Sheikh Zayed, Would Be Ashamed

2018 was declared the year of the late Sheikh Zayed, may he rest in peace. I think that he'd be horrified and ashamed of the well-publicized and the well-hidden activities of his son Mohammed, perhaps more than that of any of his other 17 sons.

Mother made lots of videos of Sheikh Zayed when the family lived in Abu Dhabi. She agrees with me. He would not want his name associated with what his sons are doing. (She's doing okay, got out of the hospital with a pacemaker last week. She sends her regards to you and Uncle Khalifa. I don't understand her, but you may pass it on directly if it suits you.)

There's more ... 

but I'm busy right now. Nevertheless, have a look at the hashtags and you'll know the content, maybe before I write it.

====== Apologies for the delay. There were cakes to be baked.

I believe with all my heart that Sheikh Zayed would never, ever have given his heart and soul to Israel in the circumstances, to have consorted with Bonesaw in the destruction of Palestine, allowing the theft of Jerusalem, threats to the Holy places and the contrived continuing slaughter of Gazans. He would reject the wicked plan of Sheldon Adelson and Netanyahoo, the No-Palestine-Peace-Plan, and he would see the paid-for support of that whining, lying, corrupt ninny in the White House is not for a just and lasting peace.

I believe that Sheikh Zayed would never, ever have promoted a war against Iran and told the U.S. it would join a silly "Gulf NATO" and apartheid Israel in an actual hot war. I don't believe that he would put the people of the Emirates at the risk of the actual missiles of Iran in sufficient numbers to cause widespread death and destruction. He would not have even made an attempt to convince the mentally ill Bonesaw that it's a great idea to demonize Iran and all the Shia, to sectarianize and contemplate a real war.

For what? Do you honestly think that a military attack on Iran by any of the players -- whether due to a false flag or fictional terrorist operation or as a result of a long-running ambition of the Israel-firster neocon crowd who've got Bolton, Kelly, Pompeo and others in place or for any other reason -- would overlook the U.A.E. in response? Do you think that the few missiles the Houthis have landed in the U.A.E. and KSA is the extent of damage to be expected in a war with Iran? Do you think Iran will suck it up?

(I suppose that you and the boys think Bahrain would be safe from retaliation because we've paid for and have got the Fifth Fleet there and the Brits have paid to move back in. How did that work out when Saddam Hussein fired a few SCUDS your way? I forgot.)

I don't believe for a minute that Sheikh Zayed, a man with multitudes of sons and daughters, would have supported the inhuman, filthy war that Mo Zayed is leading on behalf of fucking Bonesaw. I don't believe that he'd allow a son of his to deliberately cause the deaths and unbelievable conditions of the masses, the millions of people of Yemen wretchedly thin from planned starvation, to have committed war crimes intentionally, many times. It is demented. Imagine your spawn with just skin and bones instead of fat asses. 

(I am deeply ashamed that the U.S. military supports it. It is one of the worst policy decisions made by President Obama and carried on by the Pentagon to this day, but that's not the subject of this post.)

I do not believe that Sheikh Zayed would have entertained the thought of allowing Abu Dhabi to be known as the country who hired thousands of foreign mercenaries not just to fight the dirty war in Yemen, but now openly known to assassinate opponents. Hired killers who've murdered clerics and important members of Islah in Abu Dhabi, Dubai andYemen have made the front pages of the major newspapers here because some are American, which is illegal and will soon be a matter for investigation in Congress. 

And then there's the hired killers of Jamal Khashoggi, where they're all Saudis and the important members of the Killing Delegation are connected to Bonesaw. However, that assassination wasn't carried out or accompanied by U.S. mercenaries, no matter the oversight, if any. I guess that would be the "smoking gun" that nobody can find.

I do not believe for a minute that Sheikh Zayed would have provided diplomatic or other cover for the disgraced Bonesaw as you did, let alone be photographed smiling, handing that blood-covered thug gold medals for his crimes, which you did. Seeing that made me sick to my stomach, knowing how low you've stooped. Jesus, I hope you didn't kiss his nose. I'm very sure that Sheikh Zayed would not have.

There's more, but not tonight.








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Dispute & Diplomacy Over 4 Persian Gulf Islands

Listening to the United Nation General Assembly speeches this week, I heard Shaikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan demand that Iran give up possession of the strategic and resource-rich Persian Gulf islands of Abu Musa and the two Tunbs to different historical claimants, namely the states of Sharjah and Ras Al Khaima, or, in the alternative, consent to let the International Court of Justice decide which country or countries have the right to them.

This is not a new demand. I wrote a lengthy term paper at university in the mid-1970s about the 1971 independence of Bahrain and formation in the Persian Gulf of the U.A.E. It included this matter.

( Aside: my research and result so fascinated my professor that he maintained a copy and was able to discuss it with me over 40 years later. I found that he'd used some of my work without attribution, but never mind, that happens at universities, students know it. He's gone now.)  

Most people who hear the demands of the Arab states with respect to the three islands claimed by the U.A.E and Iran do not know or recall that there were actually four Persian Gulf islands involved before Iran took control of the three disputed islands. The fourth was the British Protectorate of Bahrain, ruled in some aspects by the Sunni Al Khalifa family for over 180 years by 1971, but also by other countries historically, including Iran. 

The matter is multi-dimensional but a pedestrian summary would include: Bahrain had and has a majority Shia population with religious, family and other ties to Iran; aspirations for freedom, equality and dignity by the entire population, but especially the under-served Shia segments and those who know discrimination in many ways; a plebiscite asking if Bahrainis wanted to align with Iran or be independent; they heard promises from your family and the Brits of a constitution and rights and chose independence; the U.K. made a secret deal with the Shah, trading independence for Bahrain -- rather than restoration of Bahrain as a historical Iranian province -- for the restoration of Iran's historic right to Abu Musa and the two Tunbs. 

Influential factors have now changed. One of importance is that there's a Bahrain causeway connected to historical Bahrain some 18 miles long with special lanes for members of certain tribes on both sides. Tanks and armored personnel carriers rolled across that bridge to help your family and friends maintain power in 2011, and remain to this day, along with paid mostly Sunni mercenaries from other countries used to alter the demographic balance and suppress dissent in all forms.

To be fair to Iran, if the original 1971 deal is to be renegotiated, if the two member states of the U.A.E. who claim Abu Musa, Lesser and Major Tunbs AND the fourth island, Bahrain, all want to do what's fair, then the causeway built by the malign actor Saudi Arabia and a debt trap, must be immediately given to Iran, along with the full extent of territory stolen from the Arab Shia population by the Al Sauds in their historical rampage across Arabia. 

The planned causeway to Qatar could be built and Bahrain, then aligned with Iran, could share in the immense gas wealth and form a new, peaceful partnership. The fishermen of Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah could resume fishing or buy shares in luxury hotels to be built on the islands.

You want something significant, then you give something significant, right? That's what happens in negotiations between equals. Some underestimate their opponent.

#Bahrain #UAE #SaudiArabia #UK #Sharjah #RasAlKhaimah #AbuMusa #Tunbs #Hormuz #StraitofHormuz #Iran #Qatar #Oil #PersianGulf 

Fake Coups, Phony Coups and Fictional Terrorist Operations

Past references have been made to the so-called 1981 Coup in Bahrain by many, including by newspapers, magazines and published scholars. Wikipedia has an entry. All that I have read paint the blame on Iran, which became the boogeyman after the 1979 revolution proved that a government in the Persian Gulf could be changed by the will of its people.

Of course, as you and the good Major are aware, I had and have an entirely different view from that which has prevailed in the public discourse. I discussed the event -- shortly after it occurred -- with the Major in a personal conversation at a famous and favored Chinese restaurant in Mayfair. He was rather surprised that I was aware of it, as the details of the event were, shall we say, reiterated? Those details had been closely held by those involved. Surprise!

I've been calling it the Fake Coup or the Phony Coup, here and elsewhere in public, for a good number of years while busy with daily life far away from what had been planned for me. The Fake Coup been a mere footnote in my written and unpublished work until last November. Now I'm dealing with a housing emergency and have to delay for a month or so finishing that lengthy project for publication.

However, today Google provided a translation of an important Saudi blogger's post which caught my eye and inspired this post. The translation is much more accurate and picturesque than "Fake Coup" or "Phony Coup" could ever be. Since the Interior Ministries of many countries in the world include the both police and all sorts of internal security services, it is typically Interior Ministry personnel who carry out fictional terrorist operations. The example cited today was such an operation in Tunisia carried out by the Interior Ministry, supported by Saudi Arabia and the U.A.E., to justify repression during the so-called Arab Spring and deposing of Ben Ali.

Isn't that a beautiful term? "Fictional Terrorist Operations." I could just say it again and again. It better describes a fake and phony coup. If I could write a poem or song in Arabic, which I can't, but if I could, I would write one repeating that word and finding lovely rhymes to accentuate the irony.

It would be no surprise that the family ruling a small island country like Bahrain would use the services of both Interior and Defense ministries in 1981, along with a wee bit of help from some special friends, to carry out a fictional terrorist operation. The surprise is that a detailed and well-wrought cover-up worked, so far, but apparently you were unaware of the identities of all the special friends.