Archive for September 26, 2006
More dirty tricks by Fath (thanks Yusuf)
Posted on September 26, 2006 by As'ad
I never thought that I would live to read Condoleezza Rice offering her “analysis” of the Shi`ite situation in Lebanon. I did not enjoy Rice’s work on the Soviet Union, and I enjoy less her “work” on the Middle East. But how ill-informed she is. There is no Amal Movement to speak of. Nabih Birri [...]
Posted on September 26, 2006 by As'ad
Gris, Juan, Three Lamps, 1910-11.
Posted on September 26, 2006 by As'ad
News from “liberated” Iraq: “Kurds, Sunni Arabs Clash in North — a Small Echo of Larger Dispute”
Posted on September 26, 2006 by As'ad
Oh, yeah. Clinton has come up with a solution to Afghanistan’s problems. What a wise man. What keen insights on international affairs. I thought that he was busy building his monument to himself (the presidential “library”).
Posted on September 26, 2006 by As'ad
“For fear of Muslim anger, the bosses of the world-renowned Deutsche Oper in Berlin have cancelled performances of Mozart’s Idomeneo. The decision has unleashed a storm of disapproval from politicians and writers, who claim that Germany has fatally compromised the freedom of expression.” Show the performance NOW, I say.
Posted on September 26, 2006 by As'ad
Poor oil. Or oil as a victim: “RIYADH: OPEC kingpin Saudi Arabia has expressed concern that oil could become a victim of “selective” environment policies and called for striking a balance between a cleaner environment and development.”
Posted on September 26, 2006 by As'ad
“In the House of Islam, you cannot have a principle other than that of the community.” What? “House of Islam”? What does that mean? Why not the Mansion or Bungalo of Islam? Are we reverting to 19th century Western lingo here? Which house of Islam are you talking about? Millions of Muslims now live under [...]
Posted on September 26, 2006 by As'ad
I know that Daoud Kuttab has been on a mission to please the White Man for a long time. But what is this nonsense here? I know that he wants Arab media to cover less Israeli and American aggression in the Middle East, but of course there is local coverage in Arab media. Like Saudi [...]
Posted on September 26, 2006 by As'ad
Full text: “Declassified Key Judgments of the National Intelligence Estimate “Trends in Global Terrorism: Implications for the United States” dated April 2006″
Posted on September 26, 2006 by As'ad
As Al-Akhbar points out. The governor of the Central Bank of Lebanon eagerly wants to be president of the republic. He has influence over Lebanese media because he “extends loans” to many publishers. Ad-Diyar for example is a free platform for Salamah who won the “best falafil consumer” award at an international competition recently.
Posted on September 26, 2006 by As'ad
This is Zionism: “Israel Air Force air strikes on a house in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah early Wednesday killed a 14-year-old girl and wounded seven other people, hospital officials said.”
Posted on September 26, 2006 by As'ad
“George Bush yesterday suffered a blow to his argument that the removal of Saddam Hussein had made Americans safer after he ordered the release of an intelligence report warning the war in Iraq had become a “cause celebre for jihadists”.”
Posted on September 26, 2006 by As'ad
Evidence that Iraq has been indeed “liberated”: “Amnesty International is greatly concerned at the sharp increase in executions carried out by the Iraqi authorities since the beginning of September 2006. On 21 September 11 people were executed by hanging in the city of Arbil, in the Kurdish-controlled area of Northern Iraq.”
Posted on September 26, 2006 by As'ad
This is journalism in Hariri media. An article is titled: “Saudi Arabia is a state for faith, and a kingdom of goodness and humans.”
Posted on September 26, 2006 by As'ad
Fatfatism by Husam `Itani.
Posted on September 26, 2006 by As'ad
(Indirectly, Bush’s allies) Hariri allies: Al-Qa`idah in North Lebanon.
Posted on September 26, 2006 by As'ad
It is hilarious that Bush administration officials have no clue how Hamid Karzai, Iyad Allawi, and the rest are perceived by the people of the region. Just hilarious. Did you see Hamid Karzai with the press conference with Bush today?
Posted on September 26, 2006 by As'ad
Nolde, Emil, Autumn Sea VII, 1910.
Posted on September 26, 2006 by As'ad
It is hilarious that Bush administration officials have no clue how Hamid Karzai, Iyad Allawi, and the rest are perceived by the people of the region. Just hilarious. Did you see Hamid Karzai with the press conference with Bush today?
Posted on September 26, 2006 by As'ad