Archive for November 12, 2006
Time’s book of Insults and Falsehoods about the Middle East. Time magazine has just published a special book on the Middle East. When I bought it to read it on the plane yesterday I knew what to expect. But it was beyond my lowest expectations. It was worse than bad, and more stupid than you [...]
Posted on November 12, 2006 by As'ad
“Emanuel’s father, Benjamin, worked for the Jewish underground in pre-state Israel.”
Posted on November 12, 2006 by As'ad
Oh, yeah. He will have all the answers. Disgraced at home, he seeks glory abroad.
Posted on November 12, 2006 by As'ad
“Despite Billions Spent, Rebuilding Incomplete”
Posted on November 12, 2006 by As'ad
A brilliant US Democratic Senator (who also wants to be president) finds the solution for Iraq: “I think we’ve got to put the pressure on (Iraqis), lead them to the abyss, and ask them to look over the edge and say, ‘Is this what you want for your country: violence and death and civil war? [...]
Posted on November 12, 2006 by As'ad
“Gaza: While the world looked elsewhere, another week of death and misery”
Posted on November 12, 2006 by As'ad
Where do New York Times correspondents learn about Middle East history? “Over the generations, power has essentially shifted from Sunni Muslims to Christians and now, perhaps, to the long-neglected Shiite Muslims.”
Posted on November 12, 2006 by As'ad
Phoenician account: ““We are different,†he said, “because we are Christian.—
Posted on November 12, 2006 by As'ad
This is how NYT remembers Ecevit: “His government maintained close ties with Israel, but he denounced Israel’s attacks on refugee camps in 2002 as “genocide.†Criticized for the remark, he said he had meant to accuse both sides.”
Posted on November 12, 2006 by As'ad
“How Israel put Gaza civilians in firing line”
Posted on November 12, 2006 by As'ad
I read that mini-Hariri went to the grave-site of his father, and placed the draft rules of the international tribunal for his daddy. What does that mean? Like his father will be able to read it? And if his father can read in his grave, why not place newspapers and magazines too? How about menus [...]
Posted on November 12, 2006 by As'ad
Mabruk to David. I just learned about this.
Posted on November 12, 2006 by As'ad