Archive for June 22, 2007
The nephew of Walid `Idu claimed in an interview with Al-Afkar magazine that `Idu was one of the founders of the Movement of Arab Nationalists. You know what that means? It means that Mr. `Idu founded the movement when he was around 10 years old. What a gifted boy he was. (Oh, and I was [...]
Posted on June 22, 2007 by As'ad
“Collective punishment of Palestinian civilians in Lebanon” (thanks Sophie)
Posted on June 22, 2007 by As'ad
“Nato responded by calling in airstrikes, which killed 20 suspected militants, but also 25 civilians, including nine women, three babies and the mullah of a local mosque, he said.”
Posted on June 22, 2007 by As'ad
“The House of Representatives voted Friday to withhold $200 million in military funds for Egypt until Cairo shows it is stopping weapons-smuggling from Egypt to the Gaza Strip and improving human rights abuses.” Don’t you like how they added the human rights phrase as an afterthought?
Posted on June 22, 2007 by As'ad
“Most Palestinians polled — 59 percent — said they saw Fatah and Hamas as equally responsible for the infighting, and 71 percent said that both sides were losers.”
Posted on June 22, 2007 by As'ad
Khalil Al-Hayyah, a Hamas official, held a press conference today to talk about the captured documents from the Preventive Security headquarters. The press conference was quite worthless: he only spoke in generalities and about “we have documents to show” and then would speak in general terms or about unnamed states and unnamed ministers, etc. If [...]
Posted on June 22, 2007 by As'ad
Protesting the Israeli racist separation barrier. (Musa As-Sahir)
Posted on June 22, 2007 by As'ad
The puppet clarifies: “Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said in a statement Friday that his objections to the US plan to arm Sunni tribal factions had been misunderstood. Not only does he approve of the plan, but he claims it was his idea in the first place.”
Posted on June 22, 2007 by As'ad
You can easily spot a brilliant mind when you see one: “The latest U.S. military offensive in Iraq should be judged not by whether it reduces violence but whether Iraqi leaders pass reconciliation measures, the top U.S. military officer said on Thursday. “If you try to define this in terms of level of violence, you’ve [...]
Posted on June 22, 2007 by As'ad
“The United States was intent to see the Hamas government fail. Not only did it work assiduously to block international funding, but it poured arms and money into militias controlled by the discredited nationalist forces that had lost the election. To add to the pressure, Israel refused to transfer tax revenues paid by Palestinians to [...]
Posted on June 22, 2007 by As'ad
The conspiracy. I came across an article in Haaretz last night (covered in an issue of An-Nahar) from July 1974 which talks about a meeting between Nixon and Rabin in which it was agreed that the Middle East priority should be a separate and comprehensive peace between Egypt and Israel.
Posted on June 22, 2007 by As'ad
This picture was taken today in Bi`lin. An unarmed Palestinian facing armed occupiers. And who is scared of whom? (thanks Sousan)
Posted on June 22, 2007 by As'ad
“U.N. Chief Shows Readiness To Side With Washington On Middle East”
Posted on June 22, 2007 by As'ad
“”Psychologists were central to the abuse””
Posted on June 22, 2007 by As'ad
“The 5,000-odd agents of Saudi Arabia’s Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (commonly referred to as the Haya, or Commission) carry a heavy burden of responsibility. Not only must they do things such as make sure shops close for the five daily prayers, enforce modesty of attire and strict separation of [...]
Posted on June 22, 2007 by As'ad
“THE MOTHER OF ALL SCANDALS” (thanks Wissam)
Posted on June 22, 2007 by As'ad
“Efforts are under way to get the Saudis to join future meetings like the Israeli, Palestinian Authority, Jordanian and Egyptian summit to be held in Sharm e-Sheikh on Monday, The Jerusalem Post has learned.”
Posted on June 22, 2007 by As'ad
““The world needs the Kingdom in order to achieve peace,†said Sarkozy. “The world needs the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques to find a way out of tension and clashes.— (thanks May)
Posted on June 22, 2007 by As'ad
For those who want to know why I don’t find Lebanonese adorable. (thanks Haytham)
Posted on June 22, 2007 by As'ad
“Earlier this week, a pro-Israel dovish group, Brit Tzedek v’Shalom, lobbied lawmakers to fund Abbas’ Palestinian Authority.”
Posted on June 22, 2007 by As'ad