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Nearly 90 retired U.S. generals and admirals penned an open letter asking Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley to resign from their positions following their “negligence in performing their duties primarily involving events surrounding the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan.” “As principal military advisors to the CINC [Commander-in-Chief]/President, the SECDEF and CJCS should have recommended against this dangerous withdrawal in the strongest possible terms,” the letter states. “If they did not do everything within their authority to stop the hasty withdrawal, they should resign. Conversely, if they did do everything...

One of the scams highlighted by U.S. prosecutors detailed the story of a Japanese woman who believed she was corresponding with a U.S. army captain stationed in Syria. The two had been digital pen pals before the relationship turned romantic and the man claimed he had discovered a bag of diamonds in Syria. He wanted the woman’s help to smuggle the diamonds out and soon began requesting money to help with the effort in the elaborate ruse. The woman, known in documents as FK, also believed she was corresponding with an acquaintance of her online love who was a Red...

United States diplomats have described a world of "sex, drugs and alcohol" in which the official religious individuals of Saudi Arabian loyalties engage in, according diplomatic cables recently published by Wikileaks on Wednesday. According to the leaked dispatches, officials from the Jeddah consulate detailed an underground Halloween party in which alcohol and prostitutes were readily available. The party, attended by over 150 Saudi men and women mostly in their twenties and thirties, was organized by a member of the Saudi royalty, a wealthy prince from the Al Thunayan family.

We in the Gulf think we are a different race and that no other people descended from Adam and Eve are like us. Have you read about the new BMW studded with jewels, gold and gems that is being built especially for the people of the Gulf? The car is a joint venture between the manufacturer and a jeweler in the UAE. Most of the car's interior, we understand, is plated with gold and precious stones. The idea is to attract as many buyers as possible from the Middle East, particularly women. According to the company's regional manager, there are...

Saudi princes 'linked' to bin Laden By David Rennie in Washington (Filed: 01/09/2003) Strained Saudi-US relations were dealt another blow yesterday with the publication of allegations directly linking Osama bin Laden to leading Saudi princes. Time magazine will today carry details from a new book alleging that Abu Zubaidah, the leading al-Qa'eda terrorist captured in Pakistan last year, was duped into revealing details of support from members of the Saudi royal family. Why America Slept, by Gerald Posner, claims that Zubaidah resisted CIA interrogation, despite the use of "quick-on, quick-off" painkillers and truth drugs. Posner describes how, in an attempt...

President George W Bush devoted just 18 words in his hour long State of the Union address to a question that many consider to be at the heart of the current world instability. And those words could not have been more bland. He said: "In the Middle East, we will continue to seek peace between a secure Israel and a democratic Palestine." By speaking so little, Mr Bush said a lot. Not long ago the conventional view was that with Iraq out of the way, Bush junior, like his father before him, would turn his attention to Israel-Palestine. That does...

Jeddah, Sept 9, SPA -- Prince Mohammed bin Saud bin Hathloul Al-Saud passed away last night of an age of 55 due to a heart attack, the Royal Court announced here today.