We knew Dubai was growing uncontrollably, but this video demonstrates how absolutely crazy this growth has been. It covers 11 years, from 2000 to 2011. These sheiks and their real estate developers are completely nuts.
In a new file released by WikiLeaks, Abd Al Rahim Abdul Raza Janko told interrogators at Guantanamo Bay that he was forced to spy on Al-Qaeda when he was blackmailed with a sex tape.
A couple of months of wrangling between the United Arab Emirates and RIM over the overseas storage of BlackBerry data have come to a close today, with a ban on email and BBM being lifted. Hear the joyous clicks of BBMs!
Unlike Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait does not yet have a ban or looming ban in place for BlackBerry smartphones and associated services. But it could, as Kuwaiti officials have today expressed “moral and security” concerns about the devices.
Bahrainian Crown Prince Sheikh Salman Al-Khalifa chimes in on the BlackBerry bans set to happen tomorrow in Saudi Arabia and the UAE over worries of encryption. Via his Foreign Minister’s Twitter account, he’s quoted as calling the bans “Ignorant, short sighted and unenforceable.”
