Archive for August 28, 2007

My article “Between Kamal and Walid Jumblat.”

Posted on August 28, 2007 by As'ad

For those who asked me about my talk in London next week. Yes, it is at King’s College in London and is open to the public. It is part of a conference on Saudi Arabia. Professor Madawi Rasheed (the organizer) informed me that a link will be available soon, and I shall post it when [...]

Posted on August 28, 2007 by As'ad

Scroll down to see the clients of this Israeli “security” company. (thanks Cheryl)

Posted on August 28, 2007 by As'ad

“Norman Finkelstein, whose work led to a long-running public feud with Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz, says he may respond by committing civil disobedience when classes resume Sept. 5. Finkelstein, 53, was denied tenure in June after six years on the DePaul faculty, but he was permitted to teach for the one year remaining on [...]

Posted on August 28, 2007 by As'ad

“Saudi Arabia has banned the influential Arab newspaper Al Hayat from distribution in the kingdom, just days after it reported a Saudi man had served as a key figure for an al-Qaida front group in Iraq, journalists and diplomats said Tuesday….One of Saudi Arabia’s most influential journalists, Dawood al-Shirian, who is a former regional director [...]

Posted on August 28, 2007 by As'ad

“Former interim Iraqi prime minister Ayad Allawi, who is trying to put together a new coalition to replace the current Baghdad government headed by Nouri al-Maliki, said yesterday that a powerful Washington lobbying firm is working on his behalf, funded by an Iraqi whom he cannot identify. Allawi confirmed on CNN’s “Late Edition” yesterday that [...]

Posted on August 28, 2007 by As'ad

“”We need weapons, conventional and advanced ammunition,” Gen. Michel Suleiman, commander of the Lebanese Army, said recently. “We didn’t get anything but promises and best wishes and some ammunition, but no equipment. It’s as though they are telling us, ‘die first and assistance will follow.’ ” The US views the Lebanese Army as key to [...]

Posted on August 28, 2007 by As'ad

“Russian police detained an Israeli man wanted by Interpol for training militants when he arrived at Moscow’s Domodedovo airport, Russia’s agency for fighting organized crime and terrorism reported Tuesday. Yair Gal Klein, 61, had been sentenced in absentia to 10 years in jail by a Colombian court in 1991 for training militants for drug cartels [...]

Posted on August 28, 2007 by As'ad

“But the president, who has his own very special set of history books…” (thanks Maryam)

Posted on August 28, 2007 by As'ad

“Lebanon renews diplomatic relations with Costa Rica: Tico Times reported that Costa Rica and Lebanon broke diplomatic relations in 1984 after the Islamic League Conference called on Arab states to reconsider their ties with Costa Rica because it chose to maintain its Israeli Embassy in Occupied Jerusalem.” (thanks Firas)

Posted on August 28, 2007 by As'ad

Saudi Arabia will open a new embassy in Iraq. That should end the conflict in that country. It is not clear who the new ambassador will be but it is expected that he will be somebody very senior in the Al-Qa`idah organization.

Posted on August 28, 2007 by As'ad

A rare article on Roma people in Lebanon.

Posted on August 28, 2007 by As'ad