Archive for September 6, 2005
So did Muhammad Dahlan’s sudden hospitalization in Jordan have anything to do with the timed assassination of Musa `Arafat, his most bitter rival? Both are notoriously corrupt, but corrupt people often compete.
Posted on September 6, 2005 by As'ad
Spread the Hummus: Hassan Fattah of the New York Times has arrived in Beirut, having covered the country from Dubai and Jordan thus far. Jubilant crowds take to the streets of Lebanon to welcome him. Hummus was splattered on the walls of the city and falafils were tossed from balconies in celebration. Here he says: [...]
Posted on September 6, 2005 by As'ad
“Bush launches inquiry and puts himself in charge of it” (Damn. Why could he not been in charge of Iraqi WMDs’ investigation. I mean given his extensive scientific and legislative knowledge, he alone could attain THE TRUTH.)
Posted on September 6, 2005 by As'ad
This is Zionism: “IDF killed unarmed teens, not militants, Haaretz probe finds”
Posted on September 6, 2005 by As'ad
I just don’t understand. WHY! WHY? “George Bush’s European charm offensive, which has seen him visit the continent three times since his re-election, has proved a flop according to a new survey which finds Europeans still overwhelmingly wary of Washington.”
Posted on September 6, 2005 by As'ad
““Disappearances†in the “war on terror—
Posted on September 6, 2005 by As'ad
Ù‹While Bush was busy making progress against the hurricane, “Al-Qaida in Iraq seizes border town as it mobilises against poll“
Posted on September 6, 2005 by As'ad
I learned this while in Beirut: the Syrian government was not certain that it wanted to support Lahhud for presidency last year. In fact, weeks before the undemocratic and arrogant decision to support an extension of the term of the presidency of Lahhud, the latter was notified by the Syrian government that Syria was not [...]
Posted on September 6, 2005 by As'ad
I am going to be in class on Wednesday, but I am very eager to know who will win the Egyptian presidential election? I can’t stand the anticipation. This election is believed to be the closest Arab election since Saddam ran against himself in 2002. (Oh, Saddam won that one, but it was close, very [...]
Posted on September 6, 2005 by As'ad
Palestinians: humiliated on their own lands by Israeli occupation soldiers (one of whom is pointing his gun at the camera–how brave!)
Posted on September 6, 2005 by As'ad
Hannah and Her (Lebanese) Sisters: Lebanonese Ultra-nationalists are at it again: As I reported previously, sectarian Christian right-wing Lebanese militia TV, LBC-TV, airs a short profile of “a famous Lebanese”–and all Lebanese are famous according to claimants of Lebanonese nationalism–prior to its evening newscast. Previously, they claimed that Frank Zappa was Lebanese. Today, they claimed [...]
Posted on September 6, 2005 by As'ad
The US ambassador in Lebanon stated yesterday that his government insists on knowing the “truth” about the killers of Rafiq Hariri. He did not say whether he wanted to know the truth about the killers of the victims of Qana and Jenin. Stay tuned.
Posted on September 6, 2005 by As'ad
Saudi police officially announces the identity of those five who were killed in this building, which shows the signs of gentle entry by the highly trained police. Apparently, all five of them were “misguided” (dallin) according to Saudi government. The House of Saud, in case you did not know, has been rightly-guided since the founding [...]
Posted on September 6, 2005 by As'ad
The new Lebanon. Prime Minister Fu’ad Sanyurah explains his economic philosophy to As-Safir newspaper: “…for legislation that would break all kinds of worries and obstacles in the path of whoever has money in his hand…Any investor comes to Lebanon and says candidly that he is here to work and to make profit, and we have [...]
Posted on September 6, 2005 by As'ad
There is occupation and then there is Abu Mazen’s puppet occupation apparatus. Here, Palestinian puppet police shoots at Palestinian demonstrators who dared to protest economic conditions.
Posted on September 6, 2005 by As'ad
Saudi police gently enters a house where Saudi militants were holed up. They gently were able to get rid of the threat posed by those men. I am sure that links between those men and Bin Laden will be found.
Posted on September 6, 2005 by As'ad
Abu Aardvark brilliantly diagnoses America’s image problems in the Middle East: you see, it is all because Thomas Friedman does not appear regularly on AlJazeera. Having proudly met Friedman, Abu Aardvark urges Friedman to do more of Al-Jazeera’s shows. Oh, ya. If only Arabs see more of Friedman, they would just be enamored with him. [...]
Posted on September 6, 2005 by As'ad
Security State and the Clashing Securities’ State in Lebanon. Nothing sums up the “new Lebanon” better than the headline of Ad-Diyar newspaper yesterday: “Conflict Over A Prison Linked to Lahhud and a Prison Linked to the [Hariri] Current.” Lebanon is now making its transtion from the Security State into the Clashing Securities’ State.
Posted on September 6, 2005 by As'ad
Features of Lebanese Democracy: The Hariri camp in Beirut was very pleased with Lebanese president Emile Lahhud yesterday. You know why: because during a cabinet meeting Lahhud said, among other things, “let heads be cut off.” That statement really pleased the democracy advocates of the Lebanonese opposition, and convinced them that Lahhud has now joined [...]
Posted on September 6, 2005 by As'ad
How far will the House of Saud go in their desperate and pathetic attempt to please US Congress (the White House is quite pleased, of course)? Have you seen this documentary on Israeli leaders running on Arabiyya TV? It is a crude piece of Israeli propaganda, and with barely a token Palestinian voice. If it [...]
Posted on September 6, 2005 by As'ad