Archive for March, 2007
“Saudi Arabia officially opens its doors to Israeli journalist for first time” (thanks E.)
Posted on March 31, 2007 by As'ad
“91 percent of American adults surveyed believe in God—and nearly half reject the theory of evolution”
Posted on March 31, 2007 by As'ad
“Putin hands Chechnya to his ‘little Saddam’”
Posted on March 31, 2007 by As'ad
Any “revolution” that gets its name from the pen of a US State Department’s bureaucrat is 1) not a revolution; 2) a movement that will push the country into the brink of a civil war. “Rival rallies in Ukraine political fight”
Posted on March 31, 2007 by As'ad
Arabs-on-a-rope. Let me ask it again, where do they find those Arabs who write in US newspapers? This Alia Ibrahim has a silly article on Hizbullah in the Washington Post. Nothing new or original beyond what the March 14th camp is saying in Lebanon on a daily basis. Her thesis, of the notion of Taklif [...]
Posted on March 31, 2007 by As'ad
“Fatah has established a new security apparatus in the Gaza Strip and is recruiting thousands of militants in preparation for another round of violent clashes with Hamas. So far the organization – known as the Special Force – has recruited 1,400 combatants, a thousand of which have undergone military training…Palestinian sources say some 350 combatants [...]
Posted on March 31, 2007 by As'ad
“This 1511 painting in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s exhibition shows the reception of Venetian ambassadors in Damascus.”
Posted on March 31, 2007 by As'ad
“What’s more, it is clear that the Iranians are not giving their British prisoners any decent physical exercise. The US military make sure that their Iraqi captives enjoy PT. This takes the form of exciting “stress positions”, which the captives are expected to hold for hours on end so as to improve their stomach and [...]
Posted on March 31, 2007 by As'ad
“A high-level al-Qaeda suspect who was in CIA custody for more than four years has alleged that his American captors tortured him into making false confessions about terrorist attacks in the Middle East, according to newly released Pentagon transcripts of a March 14 military tribunal hearing here.”
Posted on March 31, 2007 by As'ad
“These instructed that party members should not allow themselves to be distracted by charity work but rather that they form “Fighting organizations for seizing control of the state, for the overthrow of government and the establishment of the workers’ dictatorship.””
Posted on March 31, 2007 by As'ad
The lousy Kuwaiti newspaper, As-Siyasah, declares in a headline: “Ar-Riyadh summit is Sunni Arab”. (thanks Hassan)
Posted on March 31, 2007 by As'ad
According to one report, 1/3rd of foreign occupation troops in Iraq are mercenaries. (thanks Raed)
Posted on March 31, 2007 by As'ad
Gov. Bill Richardson informs viewers of the Daily Show on shoes “in Arab culture.” (thanks Shirin)
Posted on March 31, 2007 by As'ad
“The leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, toured Jerusalem holy sites Saturday alongside a congressional delegation that included Democratic Rep. Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress.”
Posted on March 31, 2007 by As'ad
“The Israel Factor: Panel looks more favorably on Obama”
Posted on March 31, 2007 by As'ad
“‘I wrote John Paul II’s name and I was cured’” (Please sister. Try to write his name again; see if he can cure you of your delusions and hallucinations).
Posted on March 31, 2007 by As'ad
A rare wise statement by a US Senator: ““Iraq belongs to the 25 million Iraqis who live there. It doesn’t belong to the United States. Iraq is not a prize to be won or lost.—
Posted on March 30, 2007 by As'ad
American occupation soldiers raided their homes, so…they asked to have their pictures taken with them. (Well, they have been quoted by Bush to the effect that he is “making progress” in Iraq). (thanks Amina)
Posted on March 30, 2007 by As'ad
“To avoid the closing of borders, UNHCR would set up camps in Jordan, Syria, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, effectively separating the refugees from the local population and economy, he said. Nouicer did not say how much of an increase in the number of refugees would prompt construction of the camps. Thousands are leaving Iraq daily.” [...]
Posted on March 30, 2007 by As'ad
“Mr. Nusseibeh is really an Israeli dream.” Who can disagree with that? But then Bonner says: “Such refreshing self-deprecation — rare in Arab public writing…” How would you know when you don’t know Arabic? Or did you hear that on good authority?
Posted on March 30, 2007 by As'ad