Epstein Secrets

when it alienated local Sunni sheiks through sheer brutality and drove them into an alliance with the U.S. military. From Afghanistan to Egypt to Algeria, the Islamists' political Achilles' heel has always been their penchant to go too far. But it would be reckless for the Iraqi government or Obama A

y and security of the country and the success of the new government in gaining added legitimacy. The Saudis, as well as other Gulf countries, like the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait, realise full well that the Egyptian economy could prove to be the Achilles heels of the new political set up in Cairo. According to pr

lecting dissatisfaction with the regime, but they also fueled an ugly chauvinism. EFTA00684070 In the aftermath of a 2009 match between Egypt and Algeria held in Sudan, the Egyptian state media claimed that Algerian fans had attacked some Egyptians. The Egyptian and Algerian media traded the vilest o

rab world is now in the grip of a hysteria over the Brotherhood. I wish Mr. Hamid had addressed the strange spectacle of the secular government of the United Arab Emirates last year prosecuting dozens of Islamists as alleged members of a fifth column, while Saudi Arabia's Wahhabi government—far more theologically reac

05 2010 Note: *Oil exporters include Ecuador, Venezuela, Indonesia, Bahrain, Iran, lraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Algeria, Gabon, Libya, and Nigeria. KP Source: Dept. of Treasury, as of CQ2:10. (@E) www.kpcb.com USA Inc. | Income Statement Drilldown 172 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_

980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 Note: *Oil exporters include Ecuador, Venezuela, Indonesia, Bahrain, Iran, lraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Algeria, Gabon, Libya, and Nigeria. KP Source: Dept. of Treasury, as of CQ2:10. (@E) www.kpcb.com USA Inc. | Income Statement Drilldown 172 HOUSE_O

, SAMA, IMF, SFD, BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research. Middle East oil exporters consist of Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. OS merrill Lynch GEMs Paper #26 | 30 June 2016 9 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_016119 --- PAGE BREAK --- Historic energy sector liberalization Partial privat

pacity in the next five years, namely Iran the UAE Global oil consumption BofAML OPEC capacjty growth, 2015-2020F 105 Kuwait mn bpd fcast uwail 100 , Algeria 95 Qatar 90 Venezuela Angola 85 3 Ecuador 80 Nigeria 15 UAE 70 Libya 65 Iran Saudi Arabia 60 87 89 91 93 95 97 99 01 03 05 07 09 11 13 15 17 19 -0.3

ing manifestation of the urgent need to address security in Libya-especially border security- given the Mali crisis, the recent terrorist incident in Algeria, and concerns about security and stability across North Africa. Jordan: The results of the Jordanian parliamentary election came as no surprise: pro-

that King Abdullah is seeking to bolster ties with regional allies, perhaps for both political and economic reasons: the King made visits to Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, and Kuwait from January 29th to February Syria: Israeli warplanes are generally believed to have struck a convoy en route to Lebanon on January 30 t