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Tactical Weekly
November 14, 2008 – 15th Year, No 15/46
Front Page - KSA: Rheinmetall and Finmeccanica
News Briefs – Page 2
Bahrain: Security affairs
GCC: Offers from Thales UK
Iraq: Navy, Boeing and Finmeccanica
Kuwait: Equipment from Rheinmetall
UAE: Boeing, AgustaWestland and Sikorsky
Insight – Page 3
Oman: Iran and the Strait of Hormuz
Qatar: QAF transport fleet
UAE: Talks on the Rafale continue?
Focus – Page 4
KSA: Navy frigate programme
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Tactical Newswires |
Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics and the Saudi Navy frigate programme (100 $)
Posted on: Fri, Nov 14, 2008 |
Iraq: Pro-US Iraqi oil lobbies (30 $)
Posted on: Thu, Nov 13, 2008 |
GCC: Concerns about Iranian plans to close the Strait of Hormuz (50 $)
Posted on: Tue, Nov 11, 2008 |
Iran: Jask naval base (30 $)
Posted on: Mon, Nov 10, 2008 |
Kuwait: Talks with Boeing and Singapore Technologies Marine (30 $)
Posted on: Mon, Nov 10, 2008 |
Saudi Aramco: Khalid Al-Falih, a new president and CEO with experience (50 $)
Posted on: Wed, Nov 05, 2008 |
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Latest Newswires
Saudi Aramco: the pirates booby-trapped the hijacked oil tanker (30 $)
Posted on: Thu, Nov 20, 2008
Latest reports from Riyadh suggest the Saudi Oil Ministry prefers the negotiations with the pirates on the hijacked Saudi oil tanker to be direct. Meanwhile, Saudi Aramco is getting help from different companies and parties to stay in touch with the pirates and try to get back the oil tanker and ensure the safety of the crews. The following 350-word newswire focuses on the oil tanker issue and tells what the Saudis are planning to protect their oil tankers and cargo ships from now on. Click on the headline for further details.
US-Iraq security agreement deepens split among Shiite groups (30 $)
Posted on: Thu, Nov 20, 2008
The US-Iraq security agreement is expected to the political and regional split within the Shiite groups, notably in central and southern Iraq. The Shiite groups that are opposed to the agreement, notably the Sadrists and the Fadhila Party, are preparing to provoke an overwhelming uprising against the agreement, supported by fatwas issued by two senior Shiite clerics Mohammad Al-Yacoubi and Kazem Al-Hairi. The following 395-word newswire focuses on the issue and tells how the Iranians are reacting. Click on the headline for further details.
Saudis blame the US Navy for oil tanker issue (30 $)
Posted on: Wed, Nov 19, 2008
Latest reports from Riyadh suggest that the Saudis want the issue of the Saudi oil tanker MV Sirius Star to get solved through talks and not through military action, for fear the pirates may blow the oil tanker up and cause a pollution disaster in the area. Meanwhile, the Saudis are blaming the foreign navies in the region, notably the US Navy, for failing to protect the oil tanker, especially given that the oil tanker was bound to the United States. The following 375-word newswire focuses on the issue. Click on the headline for further details.
US-Iraq contacts on West Qurna and Nahr Omar oil fields (30 $)
Posted on: Wed, Nov 19, 2008
Reports from Baghdad suggest that Iraqi Oil Minister Hussein Al-Shahrastani will meet with some US officials of the US Treasury and the Department of Energy (DoE) to discuss with them some investment contracts in southern Iraq, including contracts for West Qurna and Nahr Omar oil fields. The following 37-word newswire focuses on these talks and on the future of US oil investments in Iraq. It also talks about the future of pre-war oil deals. Click on the headline for further details.
Saudi Arabia: Plans to reactivate border cooperation with neighbors (30 $)
Posted on: Tue, Nov 18, 2008
Saudi Interior Minister Prince Nayef Bin Abdulaziz is reportedly working on a border security plan including the Saudi border with Yemen, Iraq and Jordan. The plan seeks to reactivate common security cooperation with these countries to fight extremism, infiltration, arms smuggling and drugs trafficking. The following 358-word newswire focuses on this plan and on how Prince Nayef intends to achieve it. Besides, it tells who is in charge of the talks over it with the concerned countries.
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