Archive for October 16, 2007

Walid Jumblat and the Washington Institute (thanks Amer)

Posted on October 16, 2007 by As'ad

“”She realizes that her legacy right now is really very poor,””

Posted on October 16, 2007 by As'ad

“The Solomon Islands will export 28 live dolphins to Dubai despite protests by conservation groups after a four-year ban on the trade was overturned.”

Posted on October 16, 2007 by As'ad

“Ms Amelung reveals details such as how she cooked his favourite meat dishes such as leg of mutton with rosemary and garlic, brawn, entrails soup, calf’s brains and artichokes in vinaigrette. She produced the dishes for him on demand to keep him sustained while he wrote. On peeling the onions, a task he avoided, she [...]

Posted on October 16, 2007 by As'ad

Al-Quds Al-`Arabi is reporting that Mu`ammar Al-Qadhdhafi has purchased a house in Malta for Suha `Arafat, who still misses the millions that her late and corrupt and lousy husband used to transfer to her.

Posted on October 16, 2007 by As'ad

Do you have doubts that the entire meeting was devoted to democracy and human rights?

Posted on October 16, 2007 by As'ad

Ban Ki-Moon thought that Marwan Hamadah was Walid Jumblat (he also thought that Bush was God).

Posted on October 16, 2007 by As'ad

The entire Arab press has been ignoring the explosive articles by Fida’ `Itani in Al-Akhbar about interrogations with fanatical Salafi members who revealed information about the plot to assassinate Rafiq Hairri.

Posted on October 16, 2007 by As'ad

““I think the American government does give Egypt leeway to deal with the domestic opposition so long as Egypt supports the American foreign policy in the region,” said Mustapha Kamel el-Sayyid, a political science professor at the American University in Cairo.”

Posted on October 16, 2007 by As'ad

How obscene and absurd is this? “Israeli Tourism Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch and Palestinian Minister Of Tourism and Antiquities Khuloud Daibes met recently in Jerusalem to discuss promoting joint tourism projects, the two ministries said.”

Posted on October 16, 2007 by As'ad

“”The worse the security situation is in Lebanon, the more we can grow,” says Ali.” (thanks Laayla)

Posted on October 16, 2007 by As'ad

“Abbas and his unelected cronies are seen by many Palestinians as petty collaborators determined to do all they can to retain their place at the master’s table. Despite an overwhelming desire among Palestinians for unity, Abbas, blackmailed and bribed by the EU and US, refuses to talk to Hamas to heal the rifts caused by [...]

Posted on October 16, 2007 by As'ad