Unidentified gunmen blew up Saturday night line to export natural gas to Israel and Jordan for the twelfth time in a single year, according to security sources.
The sources confirmed that the masked gunmen blew up the line in the area near the town of El Arish Almsaid in the north of the Sinai Peninsula, using improvised explosive devices that have been developed down the line.
Witnesses said they heard loud explosions followed by a large fire. They said the firemen rushed to the scene in an attempt to extinguish the fire without registration of injuries.
The sources said that the bombing of the line came a day after the death of a Muslim leader from the region, in prison in Cairo. Officials at the Ministry of Defense that his death resulted from natural causes.
One source said that the fire service were sent to the possibility to try to put out the fire, adding that he does not have the information now for the damages.
Ten is the second time since the revolution that led to the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak from power, which is the bombing of the pipeline that transports gas to Jordan and Israel, despite the announcement by the Egyptian authorities have repeatedly taken new security measures.
No one has claimed responsibility for the actions of the bombing.
Sale agreement and deliver natural gas to Israel, which struck during the reign of Hosni Mubarak, with strong opposition in public opinion and the political class in Egypt because of the Jewish state for the Egyptian gas at a lower price than the market price.
Israel’s imports and 43 percent of its needs for natural gas from Egypt and produces 40 percent of electricity from imported Egyptian gas.
As well as Jordan imports 80 percent of the needs of Egyptian gas to produce electricity, a 6.8 million cubic meters of imported gas a day.
The desert of Sinai, a sensitive area, particularly in the field of security because of tensions with some of the Bedouin tribes. And pass through many of the smuggling operations with the besieged Palestinian Gaza Strip.

Source: French

From being an asshole; this loser doesn’t take a holiday.

Stephanie Flores, he did kill;

From the Flors family, hye received a $74,300 bill.

Van der Sloot wants less time in prison;

But, that will not be the judge’s decision.

He could have been sentenced to thirty years in jail;

I definitely think that, in life, he fails.

He tried to bribe Holloway’s family for $250,000;

Which probably made many people scream and holler.

For his crime, he was sentenced to twenty-eight years;

That is a lot of time not to have any beers.

He has a friend named John Ludwick;

Who is, most likely, just a big dick.

A lot of evidence is probably buried with his father;

Which, Van der Sloot, it may or may not bother.

His father, Paulus Van der Sloot had been arrested;

It’s a shame that he died with a lot of information digested.

Van der Sloot sued Flores’ father for 10 million dollars in cash;

Obviously, this man makes many decisions that are rash.

I hope that Van der Sloot dies behind bars;

And from the depths of the fiery pit of hell; he isn’t very far.

Nazca Lines in the Middle East, Air shots and satellite have revealed the existence of ‘wheel’ mysterious stone with higher numbers and older than the Nazca carving, found in countries such as Syria, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan.

Nazca Lines in the Middle East

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This giant structure estimated 2,000 years old, but how the structure was built is still puzzling archaeologists and historians.

“In Jordan itself, we have a stone structure which is much more than the Nazca Lines, a much broader area diliputinya, and much older,” said David Kennedy, a professor of classics and ancient history from the University of Western Australia, told Live Science.

The Bedouins, the nomads are found in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Libya, Egypt, and Israel, calling such structures as ‘works of the old people’.

Nazca Lines in the Middle East

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He explained that structure comes in many forms, some like ‘kite’, the structure of animals, some meandering rows of stones that seem random, and the other rectangular.

Geoglif was first discovered in 1927 by an RAF pilot Lt. Percy Maitland, then Professor Kennedy and his team began studying aerial photos and images from Google Earth

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Nazca Lines in the Middle East

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CCTV footage from a local shop showed Douglas Landon, 39, and his daughter shopping before the accident on Friday night.

On Sunday a man spotted the white car lying on its roof in an 18ft embankment.

Jordan and her father were spotted on CCTV before the crash

Police officers said the car was travelling at more than 100mph at the time of the accident but people close to Mr. Landon said they do not believe he was speeding.

Officials said alcohol is not believed to have been a factor in the accident.

Jordan is now recovering in hospital.

The GCC’s aim is to enhance cooperation between member countries and they have been doing a good job. The GCC countries have cooperation in various fields such as military, science and technology, health, education and many other fields. Their headquarters is in Riyadh and they meet every year.

Just recently, the GCC has considered including Jordan and Morocco as their members.

This can be seen as an expansion of the GCC as a body. This is understandable as the GCC members have good cohesion and cooperation between themselves and naturally, they may feel the need to expand their domain and bring in more members in order to consolidate their powers.

There is a little confusion as to why Jordan and Morocco is being considered for membership of the GCC. After all, neither Jordan nor Morocco come at the Persian Gulf and neither have that much oil like the GCC does. Jordan borders Syria, Saudi Arabia and Israel while Morocco is at the far end of North Africa bordering countries like Tunisia and Libya.

Jordan has been trying since a long time in order to gain entry into the GCC and it is only now that the request is being considered. Since the establishment of the GCC, the body has been very exclusive in its membership. Though the 6 members of the GCC interact with other Arab countries like Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia and others through the Arab League, the membership of the GCC has remained exclusive.

So of course, the entry of Jordan into the GCC is due to larger geo-strategic benefits to the GCC because after all, in international relations and diplomacy, there are no free lunches.

So how does the GCC benefit with Jordan being a member?

To begin with, Jordan is an exporter of minerals. With membership, they can have easier market access to the gulf markets and the Gulf countries can fuel more industrialization. This serves them because they know that their oil is running out soon and they need other industries to establish a source of income before the oil actually runs out.

Next, Jordan’s educational and health facilities are quite developed. This benefits the GCC countries well. Jordanian teachers can contribute to the educational systems in the GCC countries and also promote research and development. This is beneficial especially when it comes to health facilities. They can kick-start new sectors like biotechnology and other high tech industries. Research and Development can help the GCC grow and become the next hub of technology.

Jordan has considerable political clout in the neighbourhood. First of all, it borders the state of Israel and has a peace treaty with them. So in case the Arab League decides to revoke the blockade on Israel, then Jordan can act as a mediator and bring about good relations. Jordan is also a trusted country amongst the other Arab countries. Adding Jordan into the GCC will give the GCC countries more influence in the Arab League. Jordan also has a somewhat good reputation during the Arab Spring as we see how the King of Jordan agreed to political and economic reforms in the country and the Arab Spring hasn’t been so turbulent in Jordan.

Lastly, Jordan’s military power is very good. They are US allies and are entitled to military aid from the Americans. They have good training and good equipment and are known to be good fighters. The GCC has a standing agreement on the defence of the 6 gulf states known as ‘Peninsula Shield’. This means that in case one country is attacked by an external enemy, then the GCC states will protect that country.

The Peninsula Shield agreement was invoked by Bahrain in order to quell riots during the Arab Spring. As they invoked the agreement, 1500 troops from Saudi Arabia and 500 Policemen from UAE arrived in Bahrain to police the streets. Adding Jordan would mean a bigger and better force in case they were attacked. Since the Gulf countries consider Iran as a big threat, Jordan’s inclusion would give the Gulf states bigger and better protection from being invaded and dominated.

Thus we see how the inclusion of Jordan in the GCC benefits the body to a big extent.

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Tongues of flame rising from the site prior to the bombing of the Egyptian gas pipeline (French)

Egyptian security forces announced that the tube that carries Egyptian gas to Israel and Jordan was attacked again in the early hours of Thursday, for the seventh time since February last year.

Quoted by Agence France-Presse quoted a security source said the blast occurred about 60 km from the city of El-Arish, North Sinai peninsula. The source said that witnesses had seen armed men in the place, but could not say whether there were any casualties.

The flames were seen rising to great heights, and headed for fire trucks and ambulance to the place of the bombing of the gas pipeline, as I moved a large force of police, military and security leaders in the Sinai to the site, and authorities are conducting preliminary investigations to determine the circumstances of the bombing.

And deliver the export of Egyptian gas to Israel’s opposition in Egypt for years. Opponents say that Egypt is the gas exported to Israel for less than market price, a price fixed in the contract will continue for many years.

They also said that the ousted government of President Hosni Mubarak violated legal procedures in the contract which is to offer the contract to the Council of People’s Assembly (Parliament) for discussion and ratification or amendment.

After the fall of Mubarak in a popular revolution in February transmit to the Minister of Petroleum
And Mineral Resources Sameh Fahmi, the former and six of the leaders of energy in Egypt to the Criminal Court on charges of causing the loss of the country hundreds of millions of dollars because of the contract. Is under Mubarak and businessman Hussein Salem, close to him, who fled to Spain for the same charge along with other charges.

Egypt was announced last month that pumping natural gas across the line after
Repair the damage it suffered in the previous explosion.

This tube and subjected to six attacks since February last, which led to a cessation of pumping gas to Israel and Jordan. And also foiled several attacks in recent months.

The attack comes despite the heavily guarded by the army and police, and the development of early warning gas stations that were destroyed before.

The Egyptian authorities announced several times for procedures to enhance the protection of these facilities and tried to arrest the perpetrators of these attacks.
 

Source: Agencies

Geolif phenomenon or image of the Earth visible from space turned out to not only belong to the Nazca Lines in Peru. The researchers found similar phenomena in the Arabian peninsula, stretching from Saudi Arabia to Syria.

Thanks to satellite mapping technology and aerial photography program in Jordan, the researchers found thousands of images shaped wheels. These wheels have a different design, but have one thing in common, namely the circle that converge toward the center. Its size varies, from a width of 25 meters to 70 meters. The researchers believe this figure has at least 2,000 years old.

“In Jordan alone, we find a structure like rock more than the Nazca Lines, stretched far wider and much older,” said Professor of Classics and Ancient History University of Western Australia, David Kennedy, as reported by Live Science.

Kennedy’s research will be published in the Journal of Archaeological Science next. This study revealed a number of design diversity ‘wheel’ which began to function as water channels, burial until just a mysterious wall.

What does it do?

So far, none of these wheels excavated, which makes way to know the date of manufacture and the purpose of making hard to identify. Archaeologists who study it before there was Google Earth application is speculated that this could be the ruins of houses or graves. But Kennedy stated, none suitable explanation.

Some wheels are found isolated alone, but there are clustered together. At one location, near Azraq Oasis, hundreds of wheels found together.

In Saudi Arabia, the Kennedy team to find wheels that have somewhat different styles: some were irregular and did not like the wheels. There is also a wheel that has a monument in the middle.

Amelia Sparavigna, Professor of Physics from the Polytechnic of Turin, Italy, told Live Science that the structure of the Arabs is clearly geolif. Geolif functions in Arabic, said the women researchers, perhaps similar to those found in the Nazca desert is generally as a place of prayer or ritual related to astronomy.

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