Archive for April 23, 2006

“Western pressure irks average Iranians”

Posted on April 23, 2006 by As'ad

“As a youth, [`Adil] Imam was a communist activist, but during government crackdowns in the ’50s, his father ripped up Maoist and Marxist literature he discovered in his room. Imam once rejected a screenwriter’s remark that he is a political party unto himself, but he occasionally blurts out strong political opinions. He said Egyptians are [...]

Posted on April 23, 2006 by As'ad

“Last Nov. 13, U.S. soldiers found 173 incarcerated men, some of them emaciated and showing signs of torture, in a secret bunker in an Interior Ministry compound in central Baghdad.”

Posted on April 23, 2006 by As'ad

Oh, Haaretz found an agreeable Arab. Oh, he is a Zionist too. OK. (thanks to tons of you out there)

Posted on April 23, 2006 by As'ad

“Iran could tempt Mideast states to go nuclear” (Angry Arab: And Israel had tempted Mideast states to go nuclear DECADES AGO. Did you hear that Schiff? And could Arab newspaper really decrease their excessive citations of Schiff’s articles, please? I know that they think that it is quite “modern” and “enlightened” to read the Israeli [...]

Posted on April 23, 2006 by As'ad

“The atrocities committed against the Armenian people of the Ottoman Empire during W.W.I are called the Armenian Genocide. Genocide is the organized killing of a people for the express purpose of putting an end to their collective existence. Because of its scope, genocide requires central planning and a machinery to implement it. This makes genocide [...]

Posted on April 23, 2006 by As'ad

The epitome of Chutzpah: “Palestinians need an alternative to Hamas, one which works for peace and the interest of the Palestinian people.” What? The spoiled brats of the Harvard Crimson know what the interest of the Palestinian people are? They even dare give advise to the Palestinian people? How dare they?

Posted on April 23, 2006 by As'ad

Harvard “Sophomore’s New Book Contains Passages Strikingly Similar to 2001 Novel”

Posted on April 23, 2006 by As'ad

Human Trafficking: “Germany, Greece and France are among about a dozen countries identified as having a “high” incidence of acting as transit countries. Ten countries are named as the top destinations for trafficking victims: Belgium, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Thailand, Turkey and the US. Britain is on the “high” index of destination [...]

Posted on April 23, 2006 by As'ad

“An ethnic Armenian teenager was stabbed to death in a metro station in central Moscow on Saturday night – the latest attack in a growing wave of racist violence in Russia.”

Posted on April 23, 2006 by As'ad

I still find the mentality of the White Man appearing in the UK press‘ coverage of Zimbabwe.

Posted on April 23, 2006 by As'ad

“Bush ignored intelligence on Iraqi weapons, says ex-CIA officer” (Nooooooo. No way. Bush would do that?)

Posted on April 23, 2006 by As'ad

The new Iraqi speaker-under-foreign-occupation, Dawud Al-Mashhadani was a member of the (Salafite) Supreme Committee for Da`wah and [Religious] Guidance. Enjoy the “new” Iraq.

Posted on April 23, 2006 by As'ad

Fu’ad Sanyurah:“Why don’t you normalize relations with Israel?We will upon the finalization of the peace process.Didn’t Hizbullah kidnap three Israeli soldiers in 2000?Didn’t Israel kill tens of thousands of civilians?”(If Lally Weymouth’s family did not own the Washington Post, do you think that she would have ever had a journalist career?) (thanks Amal)

Posted on April 23, 2006 by As'ad

Saudi (American) Reform: The Saudi Minister of Islamic Affairs, Endowments, and Guidance, Salih Al-Ash-Shaykh, told Saudi journalists that his ministery will begin “imposing electronic surveillance” of all mosques in Riyadh (and later to spread throughout the kingdom). He said that officials will be able to to know “the situations of the mosques day by day, [...]

Posted on April 23, 2006 by As'ad

Does not John Kerry sound quite pathetic and desperate when he attacks the US war in Iraq when he, as a candidate, wanted to increase US troops AND firepower?

Posted on April 23, 2006 by As'ad

“Don’t dream about full exits. The military is in Iraq for the long haul.”

Posted on April 23, 2006 by As'ad

Iraqi Musician, Nasir Shammah is losing it. He told Al-Mustaqbal newspaper that he can predict “events, times, and things” and even deaths. OK, Nasir. Play the `Ud, now.

Posted on April 23, 2006 by As'ad

Sultan abu Al-`Aynayn is increasingly allowing himself to serve as a tool for Hariri Inc and Abu Mazen (tell him I said that, Mirvat).

Posted on April 23, 2006 by As'ad

Ilyas `Atallah, head of the Hariri Left Movement, would do anything to get before the cameras. He is worse than Sen. Schumer of New York. `Atallah used to beg journalists to put him on the air–and he did that in phone calls to live programs. Now, `Atallah is willing to invent assassination plots against his [...]

Posted on April 23, 2006 by As'ad