Archive for May 22, 2007
The footage on Aljazeera tonight from inside the Nahr Al-Barid refugee camp is sufficient to condemn all those who stayed silent during another chapter of agony for the Palestinians in Lebanon. I am sickened by the rising manifestations of Lebanese patriotism: by the unending tributes for an Army that was too scared to defend the [...]
Posted on May 22, 2007 by As'ad
This woman is a huge hit in the US because Americans must really appreciate good philosophical arguments:“Do you think that Islam is not compatible with women’s rights? I do. Islam subjugates women’s rights because it is a totalitarian religion. My Christian friends tell me they go to church on Sunday, they baptized their child when [...]
Posted on May 22, 2007 by As'ad
The Jordanian Islamist opposition is the most annoying opposition I know. A Jordanian committee that opposes normalization with Israel has called on Mauritania to sever diplomatic ties with Israel, I kid you not. Jordan, of course, has the warmest ties with Israel of any Arab government. Let us not forget how King Husayn flew to [...]
Posted on May 22, 2007 by As'ad
The Lebanese Communist Party. It never misses an opportunity to prove its irrelevance and obsoleteness. Yet again, they watch as events that require their attention and participation, unfold before their eyes and they look the other way. During the Cold War, the Lebanese Communist Party (which never appealed to me even when I was a [...]
Posted on May 22, 2007 by As'ad
“”Massive destruction,” said Mohammed Akl, whose brother drove into the camp to rescue Akl after fighting collapsed his house, injuring his leg. “The room where I was staying was the only one undamaged,” Akl said. “Everything else was destroyed.”In other news:“Lebanon has asked the United States for $280 million in military assistance to help fight [...]
Posted on May 22, 2007 by As'ad
I can’t believe that there are leftists in the US who hold Robert Fisk as an exemplary model of good reporting on the Middle East. You read one piece by him (Abed is much better, by the way), and you come across so many generalizations, cliches, sometimes outright racism, stereotypes, and falsehoods. Look at this: [...]
Posted on May 22, 2007 by As'ad
Heroin addicts for Bush (on why the Bush Doctrine is a good thing)
Posted on May 22, 2007 by As'ad
“Nine Palestinian civilians were wounded as Israeli Apache attack helicopters struck two targets early Wednesday in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian medics and security sources said. The sources said that the Israeli aircraft fired at least one air-to-ground missile at a target belonging to the Islamic militant Hamas movement, but the missile hit a civilian house [...]
Posted on May 22, 2007 by As'ad
“Inside the devastated camp, residents waited without water or electricity for a ceasefire to come into effect. Coming under sniper fire from two positions, a woman clutching her child screamed, “Take us out of here, please take us out of here, they are going to kill us.””
Posted on May 22, 2007 by As'ad
From the poem I Call On You by Palestinian poet Tawfiq Zayyad (my translation):“I call on youI press your handsI kiss the ground under your feetand I say: I sacrifice myself for youI give you as a giftthe light of my eyesand the warmth of heart, I give youMy tragedy that I liveIs my share [...]
Posted on May 22, 2007 by As'ad
“Classical [Lebanese] Racism” by Khalid Saghiyyah.
Posted on May 22, 2007 by As'ad
Geneva Conventions and Nahr Al-Barid by `Umar Nashshabah.
Posted on May 22, 2007 by As'ad
“ومن مضامين تØرك الأمس «رسالة» باتجاه «المرجعية السنية الروØية ÙÙŠ لبنان» و«السنية السياسية اللبنانية» واستياء من دورها. Ùقد كال المØتجّون الغاضبون جام غضبهم، ÙوصÙوا النائب سعد الØريري «بالعميل الأميركي» ورددوا شعار «يا Øريري يا لئيم… نهر البارد مش يتيم» و«يا Øريري ويا سنيورة… نهر البارد مش سعورة (الغنمة الصغيرة)»، و«لا إله الا الله… Øريري والسنيورة [...]
Posted on May 22, 2007 by As'ad
“In her bank and academic work, Riza has promoted the link between freedom and feminism, reasoning that the fall of dictators in male-dominated societies in the Arab world and elsewhere would give rise to equality for women.” Oh, yeah brilliant expert on gender? Does this explain why you and Paul have succeeded in establishing a [...]
Posted on May 22, 2007 by As'ad
Look. Terrorists of Fath-Al-Islam fleeing the Nahr Al-Barid refugee camp.
Posted on May 22, 2007 by As'ad
I am not making this up. In an official statement, the Arab League came out with a statement that “expressed satisfaction” with the Lebanese Army’s shelling of the Nahr Al-Barid refugee camp.
Posted on May 22, 2007 by As'ad
Very soon, Seymour Hersh will come out with his long-awaited article on the Hariri assassination.
Posted on May 22, 2007 by As'ad
Ibrahim Al-Amin has revealing article about the plan of the Hariri intelligence apparatus (Fir` Al-Ma`lumat of the Internal Security Forces–the Hariri militia)–a plan that failed miserably. He also reveals that Fath-Al-Islam is closely linked to Al-Qa`idah (both of which have benefited from Hariri funding and arming in North Lebanon).
Posted on May 22, 2007 by As'ad
Those terrorists just fled the Nahr Al-Barid refugee camp.
Posted on May 22, 2007 by As'ad
Yes, we should punish and prosecute those who armed and financed Fath-Al-Islam. Join me in calling for the arrest of Sa`d Hariri.
Posted on May 22, 2007 by As'ad