Archive for May 29, 2007
I have not seen this in any Lebanese or Arab newspaper. An item in the Saudi newspaper, Al-Watan, reports that the UN committee investigating the Hariri assassination has been examining soil samples in Saudi Arabia.
Posted on May 29, 2007 by As'ad
The Hariri family brings its monstrous urban mutilation to Amman (thanks Ali)
Posted on May 29, 2007 by As'ad
Guess who now cares about…Darfur?
Posted on May 29, 2007 by As'ad
“Bob Shrum’s book has already caused its share of trouble for John Edwards, in part from Shrum’s recollection that Edwards wasn’t comfortable with gay people in 1998. But the book is really sort of a pile of unexploded ordnance, and the person who comes off as most indifferent to questions of gay rights isn’t Edwards, [...]
Posted on May 29, 2007 by As'ad
“With all due respect for the ‘blue box’”
Posted on May 29, 2007 by As'ad
This writer in Haaretz plagiarized the headline from London Times without giving credit.
Posted on May 29, 2007 by As'ad
“Since March 2004, when the charred bodies of four American security guards were dragged through the streets of Falluja, private security in Iraq has become a multibillion dollar business for a handful of US and UK companies. For the hired ex-soldier earning up to $1,000 (£500) a day, it is also the most dangerous job [...]
Posted on May 29, 2007 by As'ad
I received a message from activists in Lebanon that “UNRWA is planning to build temporary shelters for Palestinians outside the Bared camp which means the fate of the camp will be similar to Tall Az-Zaatar.”
Posted on May 29, 2007 by As'ad
Do you see this old man? He was injured in Nahr Al-Barid camp. Do you know that he was a military commander of the Fath-Al-Islam gang?
Posted on May 29, 2007 by As'ad
A racist (in name and objective) Lebanese facebook group has over 700 members. It has as its heroes, the militia leaders who killed Palestinian refugees (among others) during the Lebanese civil war. The second site, states “Sabra w chatila was a huge mistake!!! it left some of those worms alive:)” (thanks Samer) Maybe now my [...]
Posted on May 29, 2007 by As'ad
My friends and comrades in Lebanon: who are helping the displaced Palestinian refugees. I salute them all.
Posted on May 29, 2007 by As'ad
Genetic Superiority of the Lebanese people Update. As you know, I monitor LBC-TV and An-Nahar newspaper (the first is the TV station of the Lebanese Forces militia, while the second is the right-wing, sectarian Christian, anti-Syrian (people), anti-Palestinian (people) newspaper) because they keep up with international evidence of the genetic superiority of the Lebanese people. [...]
Posted on May 29, 2007 by As'ad
Our second statement on the developments in Nahr Al-Barid.Here is an English translation (I will put the French translation in the comments’ section): (thanks to Zeina for English translation, and to Ghada for French translation). Bayan/Statement 2Accusations and AppealsWe, the undersigned:Accuse the majority of our Lebanese leaders of using the Palestinian people and its resistance [...]
Posted on May 29, 2007 by As'ad
Sa`ud Al-Mawla (a Hariri supporter) wrote an article yesterday in Hariri rag, Al-Mustaqbal, on the Salafi movement. Today, he basically was made to apologize for not being sensitive enough to the Salafi movement. (Saudi embassy must have protested).
Posted on May 29, 2007 by As'ad
Yesterday, on the same day, the Lebanese government, the Mauritanian government, and the Algerian government uncovered plots by Al-Qa`idah. Either Al-Qa`idah has become suddenly powerful, or those government now benefit from the new business of “fighting terrorism.”
Posted on May 29, 2007 by As'ad
Don’t you like it when you hear US officials declare their support for “the democratically elected government of Fu’ad Sanyurah”? I like it. I mean, the US has always been a stickler for democratically elected governments. This explains US support for the democratically elected governments of Muhammad Mossadeq and Salvador Allende. It also explains current [...]
Posted on May 29, 2007 by As'ad
Neither Bush, nor Bin Laden. Neither Bush, nor Saddam. Neither Bush, nor Taliban. Neither the Lebanese Army, nor Fath-Al-Islam.PS Neither Pepsi, nor Coke. Neither paper, nor plastic.
Posted on May 29, 2007 by As'ad
From a poem by Palestinian poet Tawfiq Zayyad (my translation)“My land..! My friends!..My stolen treasure..! My history..The bones of my father andgrandfather are denied to me,so how can I forgive?If they mount the gallows forme…I am not forgivingThese green villages of ourshave all become our bloodand scattered tracesOnes have remainedand still fightingwith nails…Do not tell [...]
Posted on May 29, 2007 by As'ad
From a poem by Palestinian poet Tawfiq Zayyad (my translation)“My land..! My friends!..My stolen treasure..! My history..The bones of my father andgrandfather are denied to me,so how can I forgive?If they mount the gallows forme…I am not forgivingThese green villages of ourshave all become our bloodand scattered tracesOnes have remainedand still fightingwith nails…Do not tell [...]
Posted on May 29, 2007 by As'ad
“Taliban militants ambushed U.S.-led coalition forces in southern Afghanistan, sparking a 10-hour battle and airstrikes that killed an estimated two dozen militants, the coalition said Monday. Villagers, however, said seven civilians were among the dead.”
Posted on May 29, 2007 by As'ad