Archive for June 14, 2007

They were supposed to impose the Israeli (dis)order in Gaza: “After a group of them detonated a small explosive device that blew a hole in the border fence, dozens of Preventive Security men rushed through a gap, and out of Gaza. “It was obvious they were running for their lives,” says Said Kaman, a Rafah-based [...]

Posted on June 14, 2007 by As'ad

A western reporter in Beirut attended the funeral of Walid `Idu. She reports to me this:“at the funeral procession…saddam, saddam!omar, omar!my dick, nasrallah and all of darhieh!we dont want sectarianism but god is with the sunnis!USA, USA! …”

Posted on June 14, 2007 by As'ad

American foreign policy is suffering from a serious crisis: American-funded and armed forces in the Middle East (Iraqi puppet forces, Dahlan militias in Palestine, Somali warlords, and Lebanese armed forces) are performing really really lousily. That only proves my theory: that no matter how much you spend on a force, it will not fight well [...]

Posted on June 14, 2007 by As'ad

“A terrorist watch list compiled by the FBI has apparently swelled to include more than half a million names.”

Posted on June 14, 2007 by As'ad

A Lebanese reporter who was at the scene at the hospital yesterday when the body of Walid `Idu was being brought in told me some of the chants that she heard (and which were not reported in the Lebanese newspapers): “الله، حريري، طريق الجديدة” “هزّي هزي يا بيروت وليد عيدو ما بيموت” “عمر، عثمان، علي، [...]

Posted on June 14, 2007 by As'ad

NBN-TV: heard on live TV. NBN-TV (owned by Nabih Birri, speaker of the Lebanese parliament) is now embarrassed. It was revealed in An-Nahar, and today was aired on Al-Arabiya TV. Apparently, yesterday, while airing footage of the reactions to Walid `Idu’s assassination, the anchorwoman of NBN-TV, Sawsan Safa Darwish, was heard on the air saying [...]

Posted on June 14, 2007 by As'ad

The record of Walid Jumblat. Meet your leaders, o Lebanese people. Walid Jumblat from May 2003: “There are American attempts that aim at breaking the Lebanese-Syrian track….We and Syria are in the same trench, and we are and were [in the same trench] even if Syria withdraws from Lebanon.”Here, Walid Jumblat in April 2003 vocalizes [...]

Posted on June 14, 2007 by As'ad

“The powerful Hamas move to exert authority in Gaza, and the poor performance and motivation of the larger security forces supposedly loyal to Fatah, raised troubling questions for Mr. Abbas and Israel, and left the White House with a dwindling menu of policy options….Abdullah al-Aqad, 28, of Khan Yunis, said he joined the national security [...]

Posted on June 14, 2007 by As'ad

The real record of Walid `Idu.In April, 2003, Walid `Idu said that “One wishes that all Arab leaders understand that American threats to Syria are threats to them, including those who march in the American procession. This arrogance will take its full course. If the Americans achieve success in Iraq, they are no more than [...]

Posted on June 14, 2007 by As'ad