Archive for July 25, 2005
The Iraqi prime minister: Ibrahim Dukakis.
Posted on July 25, 2005 by As'ad
For those who care, I am interviewed on KPFA’s Flashpoint this evening. You may listen live. (I don’t think I was good. Still jet-lagged).
Posted on July 25, 2005 by As'ad
One of my favorite pictures: the sea off Tyre.
Posted on July 25, 2005 by As'ad
The old suq in Tyre.
Posted on July 25, 2005 by As'ad
The old suq in Tyre.
Posted on July 25, 2005 by As'ad
The old suq in Tyre.
Posted on July 25, 2005 by As'ad
The old suq in Tyre.
Posted on July 25, 2005 by As'ad
The old suq in Tyre.
Posted on July 25, 2005 by As'ad
The old suq (market) in Tyre.
Posted on July 25, 2005 by As'ad
Another view of the port of Tyre.
Posted on July 25, 2005 by As'ad
“A Saudi court has upheld jail terms of six to nine years for three prominent campaigners who called for political reforms in the absolute monarchy.”
Posted on July 25, 2005 by As'ad
“Beethoven (1.4m) beats Bono (20,000) in battle of the internet downloads”
Posted on July 25, 2005 by As'ad
“No Exit Strategy”
Posted on July 25, 2005 by As'ad
Saad Hariri was on CNN yesterday. As you may expect, he was asked probing questions by Wolf Blitzer (who started his journalistic career by writing for the publication of the Israeli lobby–AIPAC). One of the key questions, was: “How do you feel about being considered a heartthrob”? A heartthrob? A toethrob maybe, but a heartthrob?
Posted on July 25, 2005 by As'ad
UK Police explains the shooting of innocent man in London: “He had been in Britain on an out-of-date visa” they said. All men with expired visas will now be shod dead by UK police. US Congress is studying a bill that would make the execution of men with expired visas legal.
Posted on July 25, 2005 by As'ad
“Leading human rights organisations in Egypt have denounced Saturday’s terrorist attacks on the Sinai holiday resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, also known as the ‘City of Peace’, and called on the government to avoid any excessive security crackdown.” (Egyptian government is notorious for punishing innocent people to appear tough and to please US and Israel.)
Posted on July 25, 2005 by As'ad
“Clinton Expresses Regret Over 1994 Genocide” He promised to never ignore the “slaughter of more than 800,000 people” although he added that he may still ignore the slaughter of less than 800,000 people.
Posted on July 25, 2005 by As'ad
“Islamo-Anarcs or Islamo-Fascists?” (Neither of the label is accurate. We don’t have a mass movement that is comparable to European fascist movements. And they (the Bin Ladenite fanatics) certainly are not anarchist or anarchistic even. These people want to establish a strong and dominating state that is rigidly based on their narrow and strict interpretation [...]
Posted on July 25, 2005 by As'ad
Sources in Lebanon told me that the Hariri political Inc hired them during the Hummus Revolution to come up with the silly propaganda ideas. It is not clear whether they hired a North Korean company to come up with the human formation crowd design that are the specialty of North Korean government.
Posted on July 25, 2005 by As'ad
I will never recommend anything that Robert Fisk writes about Lebanon anymore. The man has lost it. The other day he wrote a piece on the assassination attempt on the Minister of Defense in Lebanon in which he was implying that it was staged. It must be the theory put out by the Hariri political [...]
Posted on July 25, 2005 by As'ad