Archive for July 29, 2007
“Iraq: One in seven joins human tide spilling into neighbouring countries”
Posted on July 29, 2007 by As'ad
“He also says that “the committee is investigating on behalf of the PA the failure of Fatah”
Posted on July 29, 2007 by As'ad
“Israel signs off on U.S. arms sale to Saudis”
Posted on July 29, 2007 by As'ad
“Ashraf Alhajouj, 38, said he was beaten, held in cages with police dogs and given electric shocks, including to his private parts. He said that he and the nurses were sometimes put together naked in the same room and tortured…He said he saw the women being raped and watched as one of them broke a [...]
Posted on July 29, 2007 by As'ad
“”This administration does not have an arms sales policy, except to sell, sell, sell,” said Daryl Kimball of the Arms Control Association. “That approach in the Middle East can be like throwing gasoline on a brush fire.””
Posted on July 29, 2007 by As'ad
” I believe that Israel’s rebirth in 1948 was divinely inspired by God” (thanks May)
Posted on July 29, 2007 by As'ad
“In this regard, information strategists can consider clandestinely recruiting or hiring prominent bloggers or other persons of prominence already within the target nation, group or community to pass the U.S. message. . . . Sometimes numbers can be effective; hiring a block of bloggers to verbally attack a specific person or promote a specific message [...]
Posted on July 29, 2007 by As'ad
Amin Gemayyl promised to not exploit the death of his son in his political campaign for the parliamentary seat in Matn.
Posted on July 29, 2007 by As'ad
Yesterday, I posted a comment on Clovis Maqsud. In a phone call, Maqsud denied ever having been a member of the Phalanges Party. I was asked for my source. Here it is: It is listed in his bio on page 127 in Kemal Karpat, ed., Political and Social Thought in the Contemporary Middle East, (NY: [...]
Posted on July 29, 2007 by As'ad
The White Man is concerned about Africa after all.
Posted on July 29, 2007 by As'ad
Let me make this prediction. Sports teams of countries with governments submissive to the US will be miraculously winning more games in the near future. In fact, with the new Salam Fayyad government, I would not be surprised if a Palestinian team wins the World Series. And it would not be surprised if Fu’ad Sanyurah [...]
Posted on July 29, 2007 by As'ad
Today, in his report on New TV, Riyaq Qubaysi talked about the flourishing of Baghdad during Umayyad and Abbasid times. Tell Mr. Qubaysi that Baghdad was not founded until after the end of the Umayyad dynasty.
Posted on July 29, 2007 by As'ad
This only proves my theory: that public opinion is fickle, ill-informed, malleable, naive, gullible, and shifty. “Americans’ support for the initial invasion of Iraq has risen somewhat as the White House has continued to ask the public to reserve judgment about the war until at least the fall.”
Posted on July 29, 2007 by As'ad
Some of those who claim to be most sensitive about anti-Semitism are the most insensitive–no, most bigoted–about matters relating to Islam and Arabs. Look at this trash.
Posted on July 29, 2007 by As'ad
“The administration began by dismissing the misconduct at Abu Ghraib as the work of what President Bush called “a few American troops.†The bad-apple defense quickly crumbled, though, with the leak of government memorandums authorizing the use of “enhanced interrogation techniques.†These new methods were specifically sanctioned for members of the Taliban and Al Qaeda [...]
Posted on July 29, 2007 by As'ad
““Driven Out†cites records of more than 100 roundups, pogroms, expulsions and ethnic cleansings (to use Pfaelzer’s various terms for these actions) in which white Westerners united to drive the Chinese out of their communities from 1850 to 1906. They used warnings, arson, boycotts and violence to achieve their goal. In many circumstances, labor organizations [...]
Posted on July 29, 2007 by As'ad
Kooky. (Click to enlarge NOW).
Posted on July 29, 2007 by As'ad
“Members of Congress vowed yesterday to oppose any deal to Saudi Arabia on grounds that the kingdom has been unhelpful in Iraq and unreliable at fighting terrorism.”
Posted on July 29, 2007 by As'ad
My willingness to accept conspiracy theories is such these days that I would not be surprised if the victory of the Iraqi soccer team in the Asian games was arranged for political reasons.
Posted on July 29, 2007 by As'ad
The Sound of Music. Yesterday, I heard songs from Sound of Music while I was driving. It was the first movie I ever saw as a child. I remember leaving the theater with a crush on every single female in the movie–at least in that family. You know the story in Lou Cannon’s biography of [...]
Posted on July 29, 2007 by As'ad