Archive for September 25, 2007
The Shaykh of Al-Azhar, Sayyid Tantawi, who has been out of it for at least the last 15 years and who once threw an ash tray at a reporter because she dared ask him a question that he did not like, is at it again. He now said that anybody who spreads false rumors about [...]
Posted on September 25, 2007 by As'ad
How pathetic: “Bhutto pitch for power urges US to see her as best ally against terror.” And is she referring to the role of her own government in sponsoring the Taliban?
Posted on September 25, 2007 by As'ad
The Qatari dance continues. The Emir of Qatar today met with the Israeli foreign minister.
Posted on September 25, 2007 by As'ad
“Israel is looking to a U.S.-India nuclear deal to expand its own ties to suppliers, quietly lobbying for an exemption from nonproliferation rules so it can legally import atomic material, according to documents made available Tuesday to The Associated Press.“
Posted on September 25, 2007 by As'ad
“In the 1980s, I spoke at universities from Smith College in the East to the University of California at Davis in the West. At Smith, lesbians sat in the front row kissing each other while the rest of the crowd shouted so loud no one could hear me”
Posted on September 25, 2007 by As'ad
“Fighting al-Qaeda in Iraq is the last big argument for keeping U.S. troops in the country. But the military’s estimation of the threat is alarmingly wrong.” (thanks May)
Posted on September 25, 2007 by As'ad
“One of Bollywood’s biggest film stars is being criticised by Asian campaigners for promoting a skin-lightening cream – a product that is now on the shelves of British shops.” (thanks Hicham)
Posted on September 25, 2007 by As'ad
“It was paid by the Pentagon to a South Carolina defense contractor, who sent the equipment to Iraq. But there were some expensive screws, too: three of those screws cost $1.31 each, and then presto chango, because a private firm is shipping them to Iraq, the bill for transportation shoots up to more than $400,000.” [...]
Posted on September 25, 2007 by As'ad
This man really is the official buffoon of the Palestinian National Movement: “Dr. Sa’eb Ereikat, the director of the negotiations department at the Palestinian liberation organization, stated on Tuesday that the statement made by the American president Bush reflects the true nature of the Palestinian position which looks for real political solution in the region.” [...]
Posted on September 25, 2007 by As'ad
“The clip [shown at the Ma'ariv link] apparently shows a meeting in Abu-Mazen’s [President Mahmoud Abbas] bureau in Gaza in which members of the preventive security force identified with [Fatah strongman in Gaza] Muhammad Dahlan participated. When meeting the older gentleman dressed in black uniform, Abu Mazen asks him “are you the head of the [...]
Posted on September 25, 2007 by As'ad
This is Lee Bollinger: ““President Musharraf is a leader of global importance and his contribution to Pakistan’s economic turnaround and the international fight against terror remain remarkable – it is rare that we have a leader of his stature at campus,†said Lee C Bollinger, the President of Columbia University.” (thanks Naqi)
Posted on September 25, 2007 by As'ad