Archive for July 25, 2006
An account of the meeting between Rice and the Lebanese Hariri leaders.
Posted on July 25, 2006 by As'ad
A Saudi cleric, Muhsin Al-`Awwaji, breaks with the House of Saud on Lebanon, and criticizes the statement of the royal family. I was surprised that he praised Nasrallah because Salafis hate him, but notice that he praised him as a “politician.”
Posted on July 25, 2006 by As'ad
It seems that this Israeli war of aggression on Lebanon has succeeded in bringing Muhammad Husayn Fadlallah (whose house was destroyed by Israeli bombing) closer to Hizbullah.
Posted on July 25, 2006 by As'ad
“Yet many religious leaders believe the Israeli government’s decision to allow a world homosexual parade in Jerusalem is having real-life consequences. “This [parade] is an attack against God himself,” Winston said. “God has told the Jewish people, ‘If you are not going to fight for my honor, you will be forced to fight for your [...]
Posted on July 25, 2006 by As'ad
Arab Parliamentary Union. They met. They really did. Delegates of Arab “parliaments” met today, and issued a proclamation. I will not insult you by quoting from it. They deliberated and discussed. Each delegation argued that its Arab tyrant is better than the tyrant of the other delegation. They got into a fight. They then disbanded. [...]
Posted on July 25, 2006 by As'ad
In an interview with AlArabiya, Nabih Birri revealed that of the 35,000 people in Bin Jubayl, 28,000 hold American citizenship. Is that why Bush is refusing to call for a cease-fire?
Posted on July 25, 2006 by As'ad
Since 2000, Hizbullah violated the Blue Line on the Israeli-Lebanese border 100 times, while Israeli violated that line 11,782 times. (These numbers are based on UN observers and were cited by Lebanese Speaker of Parliament in his interview with Al-Arabiya TV).
Posted on July 25, 2006 by As'ad
Al-Hayat columnist, Jihad Al-Khazin, who had supported the Oslo process, here calls on all Arabs to not recognize Israel, and calls on Arabs who had recognized Israel (like himself) to withdraw that recognition.
Posted on July 25, 2006 by As'ad
Hasan Nasrallah’s new TV message. This was a new TV message by Hasan Nasrallah released through Al-Manar TV to all Arab media. It was carried by all of them, except the sleaze-and-dance channels funded by House of Saud–who on the side also fund Bin Ladenites, chief among them is the Mufti of Saud Arabia. Visually, [...]
Posted on July 25, 2006 by As'ad
“The Israeli army has been accused of using Palestinian civilians as human shields in an operation in northern Gaza.”
Posted on July 25, 2006 by As'ad
A human story from the New York Times. They do have a heart, after all. “Yuri Foreman, a rising professional boxer living in Brooklyn, uses phone calls and TV news reports to stay in touch with members of his family in northern Israel, where rocket attacks out of Lebanon have become a part of daily [...]
Posted on July 25, 2006 by As'ad
Rebellious Puppets? “A group of House of Representatives Democrats was circulating a letter to House Speaker Dennis Hastert urging the Illinois Republican to secure an apology from Maliki or cancel the address on Wednesday to a joint meeting of Congress. Ron Bonjean, Hastert’s spokesman, said there was no intention to cancel Maliki’s speech, and accused [...]
Posted on July 25, 2006 by As'ad
Saudi Arabia donated $50 million to Lebanon. By the way, they often pledge what they don’t wind up giving. Saudi Arabia spent $20 billion to arm, support, and finance Bin Laden and his army of fanatics during the Afghanistan War.
Posted on July 25, 2006 by As'ad
The Thieves by Iraqi poet Nazik Al-Malaki’ah (my translation):“It is the night; all the borderssank in its pitch-darknessand it wrapped the existenceO, Arab bewareThe desolute open rangesare filled with the steps of enemiesfrom behind the banks ofthe Euphrates and the Gulf,to San`a’And numerous thives,all are greedy and deceptiveThey came from behind the seasstealing the food [...]
Posted on July 25, 2006 by As'ad
The ever-shifting Walid Jumblat–who discovers “documents” on the internet–just made a speech in which he sent “salutations” to Hizbullah for its resistance against Israeli occupation troops. Yesterday, he supported the demands of Israel in a meeting with Rice, and today he supports Hizbullah. This is the star of the Lebanese “Cedar Revolution.” PS It is [...]
Posted on July 25, 2006 by As'ad
Those poor invaders; those poor occupiers. Well, well, well. Did I not predict that to you. I was just waiting for this to come out, and it has. Please. Wake up the children and release the pigs from the barn. This is big news. The New York Times’ article–or the first in a series–about “the [...]
Posted on July 25, 2006 by As'ad
More Hizbullah terrorist targets hit by Israeli bombing. I can even feel the pangs of birth of “the new Middle East.”
Posted on July 25, 2006 by As'ad
Another not-so-small false assumption of the US administration is this: the US has assumed that House of Saud–HOUSE OF SAUD for potato’s sake–can speak on behalf of Arab public opinion, AND lead it in Bush’s direction. Oh, ya. Good luck in that one.
Posted on July 25, 2006 by As'ad
American Liberals and the Israeli War on Lebanon: the case of Nicholas D. Kristof. This is a man who turned Darfur into kitsch; this is a man who exploited the suffering of the Darfur victims before the TV cameras. This is a man who organized press tours of the refugees, and if you mention his [...]
Posted on July 25, 2006 by As'ad
Even the New York Times has noticed the Lies of Israeli propaganda: “The military spokesman’s office said the troops were on the outskirts, fighting their way in as of Monday evening. But Capt. Mitch Pilcer of the army’s northern command, said, “We’re definitely in there, we control it, though there are still pockets of resistance.—
Posted on July 25, 2006 by As'ad