Archive for August 23, 2007

This is a Lebanese group that just wants “sovereignty.” If this group is called Islamic Forces, it would be banned in the US, and listed as a terrorist organization.

Posted on August 23, 2007 by As'ad

“The charges Hilberg and I independently leveled back in 2000 have since been vindicated. The $1.5 billion extracted from the Swiss banks bore no relationship to the pittance they actually owed, while Holocaust survivors have complained of receiving only a pittance of the fully $20 billion extracted from Europe in their names.”

Posted on August 23, 2007 by As'ad

Walid Jumblat was asked why he agreed to serve as a client of Syria for decades, he answered: “It is better not to open the wounds of war.”PS Conspiracy? What conspiracy? Notice how Bush’s speech is prominently displayed on the site.Ù‹

Posted on August 23, 2007 by As'ad

“Reading Arendt in Caracas”

Posted on August 23, 2007 by As'ad

“Well what does Abdul calling Mohammed mean, and how do I interpret that?”

Posted on August 23, 2007 by As'ad

“Guess what’s King Abdullah of Jordan is doing?” (thanks F.)

Posted on August 23, 2007 by As'ad

“And I want to say, I stand before you a very miserable person.” (thanks Laleh)

Posted on August 23, 2007 by As'ad

“Although it has never formally accepted responsibility, the Israeli government has largely sponsored her complicated medical rehabilitation for the past 15 months. But now her father has been told by the Israeli Ministry of Defense that his daughter must leave Israel and return to the territory of the Palestinian Authority. “Sending her away from this [...]

Posted on August 23, 2007 by As'ad

The Syrian-Saudi conflict is getting funnier by the day. Syrian foreign minister insists that all is well. Syrian media refrain from saying one negative word about the Saudi government, while the Saudi media continue their 2 year-old attacks on the Syrian government while expressing outrage at criticisms of Saudi Arabia in Syrian media. I still [...]

Posted on August 23, 2007 by As'ad

“Israel kills 12 Gazans, including two children, in 24 hours”

Posted on August 23, 2007 by As'ad

When Syrian “liberals” appear in Saudi media they seem like a monkey on a rope. One “very liberal” Syrian appeared on Al-Arabiya TV (with Gizelle Khuri). He said that while he was not physically tortured (in Syrian jails), he was put in the same cell with “effeminate characters” (mukhannathin). He was outraged. But he remained [...]

Posted on August 23, 2007 by As'ad

“The American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP) and Americans forPeace Now (APN) today announced the initiation of a new joint internship program that will offer students a unique perspective of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict – from two leading*advocacy organizations – that spans borders, dispels prejudice, and promotes a two-state solution.” Toward that effort, interns will be [...]

Posted on August 23, 2007 by As'ad

“The letters, many of them preserved against her wishes (she had requested that they be destroyed but was overruled by her church), reveal that for the last nearly half-century of her life she felt no presence of God whatsoever — or, as the book’s compiler and editor, the Rev. Brian Kolodiejchuk, writes, “neither in her [...]

Posted on August 23, 2007 by As'ad

“Palestinians stand behind a fence on the Gaza side of the Rafah border crossing, which has been closed since Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip. (Hatem Omar, Maan Images)”. Look at the anger in the eyes. (thanks Yasmine)

Posted on August 23, 2007 by As'ad

A spider was spotted in a room at the Red Lion Hotel in Eugene, Oregon. Fortunately, it was not in my room.

Posted on August 23, 2007 by As'ad

A split in what is left of the Iraq Ba`th party? I am amused (not really) that the son of Michel `Aflaq is playing a role. (thanks Victor)

Posted on August 23, 2007 by As'ad

“A Malaysian newspaper is facing calls to shut down after it published an image of Jesus holding a cigarette and what appeared to be a can of beer.” (thanks Ema)

Posted on August 23, 2007 by As'ad

The two Kuwaiti reporters were harassed by Mukhabarat (see a previous post) because they posted this (now removed) on a website: هل الامير البلاد موجود في البلاد؟؟؟ هل يعرف الامير مايدور في الكويت من فساد ؟وهل يعرف عن الاختلاسات؟ والسرقات؟ وتنفيع شخصيات ؟ واهمال الشعب؟ وهل يعرف ان الشعب فيه حالة غليان؟ وهل يعرف ان [...]

Posted on August 23, 2007 by As'ad

The two Kuwaiti reporters were harassed by Mukhabarat (see a previous post) because they posted this (now removed) on a website: هل الامير البلاد موجود في البلاد؟؟؟ هل يعرف الامير مايدور في الكويت من فساد ؟وهل يعرف عن الاختلاسات؟ والسرقات؟ وتنفيع شخصيات ؟ واهمال الشعب؟ وهل يعرف ان الشعب فيه حالة غليان؟ وهل يعرف ان [...]

Posted on August 23, 2007 by As'ad

“”This is the work of the Saudi government,” he said. Abukhalil also testified that his cursory reading of Seda’s own pamphlet, “Islam Is,” does not match the extreme language found in the appendices to the Quran supplied to Seda through Al-Haramain’s parent organization in Saudi Arabia.”

Posted on August 23, 2007 by As'ad