61. Yousef Al-Otaiba.
62. The Atlantic , 6 July 2010.
63. The consortium comprising the Korea Electric Power Company (KEPCO), Samsung, Hyundai, Doosan, and Westinghouse.
64. The National , 29 December 2010.
65. Associated Press , 21 June 2009.
66. Agence France Presse, 30 July 2011.
67. The consortium comprising General Electrics and Hitachi.
68. The Guardian , 28 November 2010.
69. Arabian Oil and Gas Magazine , 2 January 2012.
70. Wikileaks, US Embassy Muscat, 1 March 2008.
71. Dow Jones Newswire , 14 July 2011.
72. Reuters, 7 December 2011.
73. Roy, Olivier, The Politics of Chaos in the Middle East (London: Hurst, 2008), p. 96.
74. Filiu, p. 133.
75. See Hall, Marjorie J., Business Laws of the United Arab Emirates (London: Jacobs, 1987).
76. The suffix:.IL.
77. In practice it is possible to enter the UAE with Israeli passport stamps, but no effort has been made to clarify the situation.
78. Davidson (2008). pp. 199–200. Until its closure in 2003 the ZCCF hosted a number of anti-Semitic speakers including members of the International Progress Organisation.
79. US Bureau for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor 2007 report on the United Arab Emirates.
80. Gulf News , 11 January 2009. Article entitled ‘Israel’s War of Deceit, Lies, and Propaganda’.
81. Gulf News , 4 January 2009. Article entitled ‘Zionists are the New Nazis’.
82. Davidson (2008), p. 200.
83. Reuters, 18 January 2010.
84. Davidson, Christopher M., Abu Dhabi: Oil and Beyond (London: Hurst, 2009), chapter 6.
85. New York Review of Books , 19 August 2010.
86. Associated Press , 25 October 2006.
87. Wall Street Journal , 18 February 2009.
88. The Hamdan bin Muhammed bin Rashid Sports Complex.
89. Arutz Sheva , 15 December 2010.
90. OpenNet Initiative press release, 20 November 2009.
91. Al-Watan , 22 November 2010.
92. Amnesty International press release, 11 February 2011.
93. Gulf News , 2 November 2007.
94. Haaretz , 8 April 2011.
95. Al-Hayat , 5 June 2011.
96. Fromherz, Allen J., Qatar: A Modern History (London: IB Tauris, 2012), p. 23.
97. Gulf News , 13 August 2010.
98. Al-Arab , 12 June 2011.
99. Agence France Press, 15 November 2010.
100. In summer 2010, for example, Iran’s semi-official Fars News Agency reported that Israeli military aircraft had landed at a Saudi airbase close to the city of Tabuk in the northwest of the kingdom. Moreover, it was claimed in the Israeli press that Israel was investigating the usefulness of Tabuk as a possible base for striking Iran, and that a senior member of the Saudi ruling family was coordinating the operation. A commercial passenger travelling through the airport was even quoted as saying that all air traffic was closed down without explanation during the alleged Israeli landings, but that all stranded passengers were compensated financially and housed in luxury hotels.
101. Wikileaks, US Embassy Abu Dhabi, 16 June 2009.
102. Cordesman, Anthony H. and Obaid, Nawaf, National Security in Saudi Arabia: Threats, Responses, and Challenges (Westport: Praeger Security International, 2005), p. 138.
103. Asharq Al-Awsat , 29 March 2011.
104. The Daily Telegraph , 26 March 2010.
105. The National 20 July 2008.
106. BBC News, 31 January 2011.
107. Ibid.
108. Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar.
109. Tehran Times Political Desk , 21 January 2011.
110. The National , 25 May 2009.
111. Abdul-Aziz bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi.
112. Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi.
113. For a full discussion of the 1987 Sharjah coup see Davidson (2008), chapter 7.
114. Khalifa bin Hamad Al-Thani.
115. Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani.
116. Kamrava, Mehran. ‘Royal Factionalism and Political Liberalization in Qatar’, Middle East Journal , Vol. 63, No. 3, 2009, p 415.
117. As referred to in Fromherz (2012).
118. Abdul-Aziz bin Khalifa Al-Thani.
119. Al-Bawaba , 28 February 2011.
120. Fars News Agency , 12 April 2012.
121. Khalid bin Saqr Al-Qasimi.
122. Saud bin Saqr Al-Qasimi.
123. Oxford Analytica briefing paper on Ra’s Al-Khaimah, 28 October 2010. Written by the author.
124. The Guardian , 28 July 2010.
125. Oxford Analytica briefing paper on Ra’s Al-Khaimah, 28 October 2010. Written by the author; Financial Times , 28 October 2010.
126. WAM , 20 December 2010.
127. Article 6 of the Omani constitution.
128. Tariq bin Taimur Al-Said.
129. Fatima bint Mubarak Al-Kitbi.
130. See www.motherofnation.ae
131. Charles E. Schumer.
132. New York Times , 1 August 2003.
133. Press TV , 26 December 2010.
134. New York Times , 23 October 2010.
135. Al-Akhbar , 3 November 2011.
136. Reuters, 18 June 2012.
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