Archive for July, 2006
Israeli occupation troops (ab)using the lamas in their terrorist missions in Lebanon.
Posted on July 31, 2006 by As'ad
(Pictures of hassan on Monday , and zeinab on sunday)Hanady Salman (friend and editor at As-Safir in Beirut) sent this:“Three of my colleagues went to Tyre today. I will spare you the details of what they saw and wrote. Only one thing that I need to share with you. Saada went to Jabal Amel hospital. [...]
Posted on July 31, 2006 by As'ad
Grand (never) Ayatullah Sistani issued a statement agaisnt Israeli aggression in Lebanon. It reads: zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Posted on July 31, 2006 by As'ad
House of Saud’s propagandist (and Saudi embassy in DC advisor (and “former” Bin Ladenite), Jamal Khashuqji, distances himself from the opinion of anti-Shi`ite cleric, Nasir Al-`Umar.
Posted on July 31, 2006 by As'ad
“THE devastation that is being wrought in Lebanon — the destruction of civilian infrastructure, the death of hundreds of innocent civilians, the displacement of well over half a million inhabitants, the deliberate collective punishment of an entire population in an attempt to defeat Hezbollah — is not simply Israel’s doing. It is also America’s.”
Posted on July 31, 2006 by As'ad
The Syrian president ordered an increase in the level of “preparedness and alertness” of the Syrian armed forces. The preparedness and alertness of the Syrian armed forces is measured on a scale from 0 to 5. So yesterday, it went up from -80 to -70. I took notice.
Posted on July 31, 2006 by As'ad
I wish I am kidding, but I am not. Today, mini-Hariri landed in Cyprus. He urged the Cypriot government to end the war in Lebanon. The president of Cyprus (seen above with mini-Hariri) promised to not bomb Lebanon anymore. The people of Lebanon expressed their gratitude to mini-Hariri for saving them form Cypriot attacks on [...]
Posted on July 31, 2006 by As'ad
Karen Hughes studies the Middle East: “Her nighttime reading is telling. A re-reading of Bernard Lewis’ What Went Wrong? Western Impact and Middle Eastern Response. Alaa Al Aswany’s The Yacoubian Building, about a building in Cairo and all its inhabitants. And, at her bedside, evangelist Billy Graham’s new book, The Journey: How to Live by [...]
Posted on July 31, 2006 by As'ad
Ad-Diyar newspaper, which seems to be receiving funds from Qatar as of late (in addition to funding from Al-Walid bin Talal who must not have enjoyed Ayyub’s labeling of the Saudi King as “criminal” and “Zionist”), reported on the behind-the-scenes negotiations that averted a storming of the US embassy in Lebanon. Hizbullah, Amal, and the [...]
Posted on July 31, 2006 by As'ad
Hizbullah’s Support among the Shi`ite refugees. Make no mistake about it. The surprising show of support among the Shi`ite refugees from South Lebanon for Hizbullah is only partly due to sectarian bonds of solidarity. In the ugly world of Lebanese sectarian politics, each sect is pushed toward a sectarian group or leader. And the sectarian [...]
Posted on July 31, 2006 by As'ad
Has there ever been an Israeli massacre in which Zionist perpetrators did not lie about it? Ever?
Posted on July 31, 2006 by As'ad
Collective Enthusiasm for War in Israel. Yesterday I saw a demonstration against the war in Jerusalem. I swear, I counted 8 demonstrators. Only two of them did not look Arabs.
Posted on July 31, 2006 by As'ad
Israel kills more terrorists: “The Lebanese Red Cross, which conducted the rescue, counted 27 bodies, as many of 17 of them children. The youngest of the dead was 10 months old, and the oldest was 95. One was in a wheelchair.”
Posted on July 31, 2006 by As'ad
Human Rights Watch: “Israel Responsible for Qana Attack.” (But notice that lousy last sentence by Kenneth Roth. In other news, I received the original and unpublished cartoon above about Roth (by Lattuff). (Kathy and Amer did not like the cartoon. They were worried that it could be misinterpreted. I don’t know the cartoonist; I am [...]
Posted on July 31, 2006 by As'ad
The Hizbullah Body Language: read all about it. This is what American readers are reading: “We could identify them as part of Hezbollah by the way they behave, their age group and their body language.” What a sad state of the US press.
Posted on July 31, 2006 by As'ad
Micheal Young discovers that sectarian feudal warlord, Walid Jumblat, is a genius. His evidence: “he surfs the Internet at night.”
Posted on July 31, 2006 by As'ad
The leader of the Lebanese sectarian movement that called for the withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon in the name of sovereignty and independence says: “We need a force that can cover all of Lebanon, like in Kosovo.“ Enjoy the batata revolution of Lebanon.
Posted on July 31, 2006 by As'ad
“The crowd chased after Ahmed Fatfat, Lebanon’s interior minister, after he inspected the damage done to the United Nations building and walked back toward the Saray. “You Zionist dog!†shouted one young man as a group rushed after Mr. Fatfat and his security detail. “He’s the bigger devil.†(This Minister of Ping Pong was recently [...]
Posted on July 31, 2006 by As'ad
Fake French Intellectualism and the Middle East: the case of Bernard-Henri Levy (Levy should be good for the intellectual self-esteem of Americans. You read him and you immediately laugh at the sense of French intellectual superiority): “”J’ai connu, depuis quarante ans, bien des ministres de la défense d’Israël. De Moshé Dayan à Shimon Pérès, Itzhak [...]
Posted on July 31, 2006 by As'ad
Tikkun has a full-page ad in the New York Times–as always, the premise is (like in Paul Krugman’s) what is good for Israel and the “anguish” of Israeli occupation soldiers. But how dare Lerner begin the ad with this: “In the name of our sisters and brothers suffering and dying in Lebanon, Israel, and the [...]
Posted on July 31, 2006 by As'ad