Archive for August 8, 2005
Al-Arabiyya documentary with the compliments of Bin Laden: After the death of King Fahd–yes, he died, dont get too upset on me now–Al-Arabiyya TV ran unendingly a documentary on King Fahd. It is the one produced by none other than the director of Al-Arabiyya himself (the one who still writes editorials for Al-Sharq Al-Awsat in [...]
Posted on August 8, 2005 by As'ad
One of the old houses in the old section of Zahlah.
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In the old section of Zahlah.
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In the old section of Zahlah.
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In the old section of Zahlah.
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Zahlah.
Posted on August 8, 2005 by As'ad
Is this what “liberation” looks like? Please stop “liberating” Middle East countries. It is not good for their health.
Posted on August 8, 2005 by As'ad
I felt sad about the passing of Peter Jennings. We were not friends, but I knew him in the late 1980s when I was a graduate student in Washington, DC when out of the blue he hired me as a consultant for the network when his good friend Charles Glass (ABC correspondent at the time) [...]
Posted on August 8, 2005 by As'ad
Culprit of the week: So who is behind the Iraqi insurgency this week? Alas it is not Iranian revolutionary guards, Saddam’s briefcase, `Udayy Saddam Husayn, the head of former Iraqi mukhabarat, `Izzat Ad-Duri, Syria, Libya, the Ba`th party organization in Damascus, Zarqawi, which is what was reported previously. This week, officials are accusing Hizbullah (never [...]
Posted on August 8, 2005 by As'ad
“Abuse Cases Open Command Issues at Army Prison”
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This brilliant US Democratic Senator figured the situation out in Iraq: ““We don’t have enough troops,” Biden, of Delaware said.”
Posted on August 8, 2005 by As'ad
Is the Secretary of State reading, just reading, the newspapers? “Rice says insurgency ‘losing steam’ politically.”
Posted on August 8, 2005 by As'ad
“Detainees at Guantánamo Bay have clashed at least 16 times, according to documents obtained by the Associated Press. In one incident, a man claims he was beaten by fellow prisoners because he practices a different form of Islam than the majority at the camp.”
Posted on August 8, 2005 by As'ad
Not in the New York Times or the Washington Post. Images and news from “liberated” Iraq: “Hundreds of Iraqis, angry at poor public services, rioted in this town, south of Baghdad, yesterday and police opened fire on the crowd, killing one person and wounding 40, hospital sources and witnesses said.”
Posted on August 8, 2005 by As'ad
I have not recently read Hassan Fattah of the New York Times reporting about the “unity of the Lebanese people.” Remember his silly dispatches about the Hummus unity? Well, this will not be reported by the New York Times. In the village of Kfar Zabad near Zahlah yesterday, Muslims and Christians clashed and 8 people [...]
Posted on August 8, 2005 by As'ad
Limitations of American Leftism: Michael Kazin here reviews a recent book by right-wing columnist Christopher Hitchens. It is frustrating and infuriating to read. First, Kazin wants to declare that Hitchens is still a leftist, and he scrambles to find an issue or two with whom Hitchens deviates from the right-wing dogma–as if one has to [...]
Posted on August 8, 2005 by As'ad
Religion and Religious movements in Syria: The weakness of secularism in the Arab world is not accidental. It is partly due to Saudi funding and sponsoring of the most reactionary and religious groups, and partly due to the public detestation of ostensibly secular movements, like the cruel Ba`th Party in power. I just read a [...]
Posted on August 8, 2005 by As'ad
I like UK sociologist Sami Zubaida very much; I like him as a scholar and as a very decent human being, even if I may disagree with him here and there. And I highly recommend his writings. Here, he offers his analysis of the recent London’s bombings.
Posted on August 8, 2005 by As'ad
“Douglas Moore, 65, of Martin, who supports the war, shot and killed Harold Wayne Smith, 56, of Manchester, who opposed it.”
Posted on August 8, 2005 by As'ad