Archive for October 30, 2007
“The ritual of chopping off heads was graphically described by an Irish witness to a triple execution in Jeddah in 1997. “Standing to the left of the first prisoner, and a little behind him, the executioner focused on his quarry … I watched as the sword was being drawn back with the right hand. A [...]
Posted on October 30, 2007 by As'ad
“When I was at Harvard, a very close friend lost someone to the violence in Israel. I felt so helpless watching her pain. I really wanted to do something, but I didn’t know where to begin. Coming from Israel, I know how polarized that part of the world scene in a can be. I had [...]
Posted on October 30, 2007 by As'ad
“”He was shrewd and pleasant and surprisingly frank, and at 82 still as sharp-minded as ever.”” (thanks John)
Posted on October 30, 2007 by As'ad
“Sudanese troops used force in an effort to relocate hundreds of homeless Darfur families, loading their possessions on to lorries and surrounding them with machine guns mounted on pick-up trucks late on Sunday evening, UN humanitarian officials said yesterday.”
Posted on October 30, 2007 by As'ad
It is a University, alright. The horrific Saudi Minister of Interior has his own university. I kid you not. It is called Nayif Arab University for Security Sciences. It offers degrees in electrocution of genitals, removal of nails, flogging, stoning of women, whipping based on Hanbalite penal measures, and it also gives graduate degrees in [...]
Posted on October 30, 2007 by As'ad
This is how Arab liberal columnist, Hazim Saghiyyah, refers to Israeli attacks on Gaza: “The Israelis were in the meanwhile responding to a military operation that targeted them in Gaza…” This was published in the mouthpiece of Prince Khalid Bin Sultan Al-Liberal Saud.
Posted on October 30, 2007 by As'ad
Al-Akhbar referred to protests against King `Abdullah on the front page.
Posted on October 30, 2007 by As'ad
In the Democratic presidential debate today, Sen. Clinton referred to her experience as “an activist.” An activist? Was that when she sat on the board of Wallmart? An activist my…potato.
Posted on October 30, 2007 by As'ad
Language skills of mini-Hariri. The linguistic skills of mini-Hariri were in full display today in Cairo. He invoked the Egyptian colloquial word “da” (this). How impressive. He now lists Egyptian as one of the languages he masters (just as Walid Phares lists “Lebanese” as one of the languages he knows).
Posted on October 30, 2007 by As'ad
Jumblat on US election. So Walid Jumblat gave an interview to AlJazeera. This leader of the sovereignty movement in Lebanon, and who called for the use of car bombs in his talk at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, said that Dennis Ross “will” be appointed Secretary of State if Hillary Clinton is elected [...]
Posted on October 30, 2007 by As'ad
Do you know that the toes (remember the famous breaking news story when comatose Ariel Sharon moved his toe?) and prostates of Israeli prime ministers receive more coverage in the US and Saudi media than the thousands of Palestinians who are killed and injured regularly by Israeli gunfire?
Posted on October 30, 2007 by As'ad
“[Israeli] Police Commissioner David Cohen announced Tuesday afternoon he would appoint a committee of inquiry to investigate a western Galilee clash between police and Druze residents, which left 40 people injured.”
Posted on October 30, 2007 by As'ad
“”When I met President Bush I told him directly that some of your policies concerned, I have some reservations. But as a person, I love you. I mention like that.”” (thanks Amina) A:link {text-decoration: none} A:visited {text-decoration: none} A:active {text-decoration: none} A:hover {text-decoration: underline; } a.red:link, a.red:visited { color: #990000 ; } .style1 { color: [...]
Posted on October 30, 2007 by As'ad
“That same Pew survey found that only 25 percent of Americans are satisfied with the state of their nation. That 40-point gap between private and public happiness is the fourth-largest gap in the world — behind only Israel, Mexico and Brazil.”
Posted on October 30, 2007 by As'ad
“”The only way to turn off the anti-U.S. war machine is to end the radical Shiite revolution against the Sunni Muslim world and the West.”” (thanks Niki)
Posted on October 30, 2007 by As'ad
“”We have sent information to Great Britain before the terrorist attacks in Britain but unfortunately no action was taken. And it may have been able maybe to avert the tragedy.” His claims were denied outright by the Foreign Office and domestic security service MI5 and criticised by newspapers including The Independent, which demanded: “How dare [...]
Posted on October 30, 2007 by As'ad