Why Create had to close

Alex Tanner is a former editor of New Media Creative. For the last two years he has worked as a freelance journalist and media consultant, working for Create Online, Blueprint, Graphics International, eDesign, Macromedia, BIMA, PRO recruitment and Doors of Perception in Amsterdam. So farewell, then, Create Online. This week saw Future Publishing finally pull the plug. The final issue is being prepared and will appear in April. The magazine

Blog: Why Saudi Arabia is the real target

This is why concentrating on Iraq has lead to such a convoluted and – to some – apparently contradictory foreign policy on behalf of the UK/US alliance. A Saudi Arabian elite bankrolled much of al Quaida’s activites in the past, and bin Laden is from there. Most of the hijackers were from Saudi Arabia. In Saudi, the tradition of donating to fundamentalist muslim groups by oil-wealthy families is practically considered