Archive for March 9, 2006

Arab governments not only enjoy being humiliated by the US: but they even invite humiliation at the hand of the US government to show their submission: “Arab-owned firm bows to pressure to sell off US port operations”

Posted on March 9, 2006 by As'ad

You read the headline (“Abu Ghraib, symbol of America’s shame, to close within three months”) and then you read this: “4,500 inmates to be moved to other jails.” So what is the significance of this closure? Who is this going to impress? I mean outside of the US media and public opinion?

Posted on March 9, 2006 by As'ad

“Welcome to the Lebanese Blogosphere: An explosion of blogging activity corresponds to protests that erupted last year on March 14. “Khalil of the Angry Arab blog represents the left. Though Badran and the rest of the mainstream bloggers universally dismiss Khalil as irrelevant, the collective animosity he elicits suggests otherwise.” (thanks Ayman)

Posted on March 9, 2006 by As'ad

This is a sure sign of the sectarianism and feudalism of Lebanese politics: not a single person has resigned from Jumblat’s sectarian party to protest his radical, political transformation. Also, Hizbullah should be blamed for the disproportionately big role that Jumblat is playing, just as they helped Hariri Inc and Samir Ja`ja` in the last [...]

Posted on March 9, 2006 by As'ad

Lord Rogers is revealing his cowardice day after day. He has been a close friend of Edward Said. He has been a strong supporter of the Palestinian cause. When asked about his recent appeasement of Zionist hoodlums, he and his wife tell friends that “all his contracts have been canceled.” That makes it worse, in [...]

Posted on March 9, 2006 by As'ad

Usually, US diplomats in the Middle East are polite. Not the current US ambassador in Lebanon. Every time they ask him about US intervention in Lebanon, he answers by referring to the question as “silly.”

Posted on March 9, 2006 by As'ad

Among the Sierra Nevada Mountains, California, 1868. Albert Bierstadt.

Posted on March 9, 2006 by As'ad

“”What the attorney general is doing is selective, with partial investigations,” said Sami Abu Zuhri, a Hamas spokesman. “He has left the senior officials alone and is going after lower-level officials.”

Posted on March 9, 2006 by As'ad

“New York Asks Help From Poor in Housing Crisis”

Posted on March 9, 2006 by As'ad