Archive for June 13, 2007
Here, Walid `Idu in Nov. 2002, supports a crackdown against opponents of Syria in Lebanon.
Posted on June 13, 2007 by As'ad
Here, Walid Jumblat in Sep. 2002 expresses willingness to support a renewed term for Emile Lahhud.
Posted on June 13, 2007 by As'ad
Here, Walid Jumblat in August 2002, defends the Syrian regime and criticizes those who go to Washington, DC and meet with Rumsfeld (a swife at his current ally, Amin Gemayyel). Jumblat also criticized those who want to impose a UN trusteeship on Lebanon. Jumblat added: “President Hafidh Al-Asad is the first to recognize the Lebanese [...]
Posted on June 13, 2007 by As'ad
Walid `Idu in 2002. If I have a research staff, I can find plenty of juicy nuggets. Here, in this issue of Ash-Sharq Al-Awsat from July 20th, 2002, Walid `Idu–the same Walid `Idu who is described today in Saudi and US media as a “staunch critic of Syria–criticizes another politician because he was not vocal [...]
Posted on June 13, 2007 by As'ad
Walid `Idu in 2002. If I have a research staff, I can find plenty of juicy nuggets. Here, in this issue of Ash-Sharq Al-Awsat from July 20th, 2002, Walid `Idu–the same Walid `Idu who is described today in Saudi and US media as a “staunch critic of Syria–criticizes another politician because he was not vocal [...]
Posted on June 13, 2007 by As'ad
“Fatah’s Gaza Strip strongman Mohammad Dahlan is in Cairo recovering from knee surgery. Another powerful security chief, Rashid Abu Shibak, fled Gaza City last month after a sunrise attack on his family’s home.”
Posted on June 13, 2007 by As'ad
“Benni Eilon, an extreme right-wing member of the Israeli parliament, said that the fighting would put paid to Palestinian plans for an independent state. “The Fatah is diminishing in front of our eyes, and a group of gangsters is taking over. —
Posted on June 13, 2007 by As'ad
“Paris Hilton will end up serving more time behind bars than the vast majority of inmates sent to Los Angeles County jail for similar offenses, according to a Los Angeles Times analysis of jail records.” So why did the Los Angeles Times do this analysis to begin with? Why the concern?
Posted on June 13, 2007 by As'ad
“Violence in Iraq rose slightly in the three months ended ending in May because of increased attacks in cities and provinces that had been relatively peaceful before the Bush administration’s troop buildup, the Pentagon reported Wednesday.”
Posted on June 13, 2007 by As'ad
“QUESTION: Do you intend to do anything further to try to strengthen the hand of Prime Minister Siniora, notably by providing additional military equipment?MR. MCCORMACK: Well, we have the program of working with the Lebanese military that is ongoing. And that involves training, it involves equipping where we can help out, and also in the [...]
Posted on June 13, 2007 by As'ad
“About one in six Iraqi policemen trained by U.S.-led forces had been lost through attrition by last year—they were killed or wounded, deserted or just disappeared, a senior U.S. military commander said.”
Posted on June 13, 2007 by As'ad
Would the Washington Post allow somebody to write such a badly written piece about Israel? Would the Washington Post permit such polemics against, say, Saudi Arabia: “I should wait for the results of an investigation into the explosion to learn who killed Khaled and his dad. But I will not wait. I am tired of [...]
Posted on June 13, 2007 by As'ad
“Iraqi Boy Works in the Streets” (thanks Amina)
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“Iraqi Unions versus Big Oil” by Shawna Bader
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Baghdad Blues by Sinan Antoon. Read it NOW.
Posted on June 13, 2007 by As'ad
“The Candidates on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict”: “14 out of the 19 US Presidential candidates have vowed to continue American support for Israel’s occupation of Palestine territories, and five of them also go as far as to support the ‘security wall’ dividing Israel from the West Bank which has been ruled as illegal by the International [...]
Posted on June 13, 2007 by As'ad
“Fatah commanders told their forces to stay and fight.” Yes, Fath commander, Muhammad Dahlan, issued the orders from his hotel in Cairo.
Posted on June 13, 2007 by As'ad
Today, New TV reported that while clashes continue in Nahr Al-Bard, and on the day when a member of parliament and Lebanese civilians were killed in a car bomb, the Hariri Minister of Interior, Hasan As-Sab`, is resting near a lake in Turkey.
Posted on June 13, 2007 by As'ad
“I received the news in an email almost exactly a year ago. As so often in recent years, Rorty voiced his resignation at the “war president” Bush, whose policies deeply aggrieved him, the patriot who had always sought to “achieve” his country. After three or four paragraphs of sarcastic analysis came the unexpected sentence: ” [...]
Posted on June 13, 2007 by As'ad
Yesterday, March 14th Movement in Lebanon urged the Lebanese government to complain about the Syrian government to the UN, Organization of Islamic Conference, the Arab League, and….THE EU. Why the EU??? Is Lebanon now officially European and I have not been told?
Posted on June 13, 2007 by As'ad