Captagon, also known as fenethylline, “poor man’s cocaine”, and “the drug of jihad”, is a synthetic stimulant drug that has been making headlines in recent years due to its use by terrorist groups in the Middle East to increase endurance. Despite being banned in many countries, Captagon remains a popular drug of abuse in many…
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The Line megacity: Step aside Dubai. Saudi Arabia is building an amazing dream city 105 miles long by 220 yards wide called The Line.
FBI accidentally releases name of US-based Saudi official suspected of directing support for 9/11 attacks.
It has been one of the most sensitive secrets surrounding the Sept. 11 terror attacks – the identity of a Saudi Embassy official in Washington D.C. who officials believe directed support for the al-Qaida hijackers. The name was accidentally revealed in a FBI legal declaration in response to a lawsuit brought by families of 9/11…
Saudi man receives 1000 lashes for “insulting Islam” – punishment postponed while he recovers from first beating
Raif Badawi just can’t keep his mouth shut. When Badawi created a web forum for liberal Saudis, the government of Saudi Arabia said “enough” and found Badawi guilty of “insulting Islam and sentenced him to 1,000 lashes. Problem is, 1,000 lashes would kill a man so the sentence had to be split into 20 sessions…
For first time in history, dinosaur fossils found in Saudi Arabia
For the first time in history, confirmed dinosaur fossils have been found in Saudi Arabia. Rare in the Arabian Peninsula, the finding of the 72-million-year-old tail-bones of the plant-eating titanosaur and a fossilized teeth of a sharp-toothed theropod were discovered in the Adaffa formation, a pile of sandstone and conglomerates deposited during the Late Cretaceous…
Deadly new virus (MERS) in Saudi Arabia – more than half of those infected have died [UPDATE]
Saudi Arabia continues to announce new deaths from a lethal outbreak of a mysterious new novel coronavirus (NCoV) in the Middle East. The new virus is a cousin of the SARS virus that causes kidney failure and pneumonia. To date, 16 of the 24 that have been infected have died. The virus has been reported…
Sidewall skiing – Saudi Arabian youth drive on two wheels in latest craze
Saudi Arabian youth, who apparently have very little to live for, have introduced some wild and crazy driving stunts to the world before. Last year YouTube video of Saudi youth “skiing” behind speeding cars went viral. This year they’ve upped the ante with “sidewall skiing”. Sidewall skiers use a ramp to tilt the car up…
Cats out of the bag – secret U.S. drone base discovered in remote Saudi Arabia desert via Bing Maps.
Using Bing Maps, a remote airstrip deep in the desert of Saudi Arabia has been discovered and given the design elements present, is almost certainly a secret United States drone base. The images show a trio of “clamshell”-style hangars, surrounded by fencing. Each is more than 150 feet long and approximately 75 feet wide; that’s…