Archive for January 30, 2008
I dedicate this news item to Lebanonese readers: “Singing in Damascus for the first time in more than 20 years, the Lebanese diva Fairuz, 73, electrified an audience that included Vice President Farouq al-Shara on Monday night as that Syrian capital celebrated its designation as Arab Capital of Culture 2008, Agence France-Presse reported. Fairuz, above, [...]
Posted on January 30, 2008 by As'ad
“Klein versus the capitalists”
Posted on January 30, 2008 by As'ad
Clovis Maqsud on the “Dean of the Resistance.”
Posted on January 30, 2008 by As'ad
Ilyas `Atallah wrote a silly word in An-Nahar on Geroge Habash. He dared to compare George Habash to Rafiq Hariri.
Posted on January 30, 2008 by As'ad
Today, I was watching the LBC Newscast. They said that a human rights commission in Lebanon issued its annual report assessing the human rights situation in the country. I looked and the report was read by none other than Pierre `Atallah–a supporter of the Guardians of the Cedar (a fascist party in Lebanon which, among [...]
Posted on January 30, 2008 by As'ad
“Saudi Arabia on Wednesday beheaded two men”
Posted on January 30, 2008 by As'ad
Human Rights Watch used to issue statements of condemnation and concern if Muhammad Mughrabi (a right-wing lawyer in Lebanon who had supported the fascist militia of Bashir Gemayyel in Lebanon, and who reportedly had supported the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982) had a stomach flu. They even gave him a human rights and right-wing [...]
Posted on January 30, 2008 by As'ad
Bashshar Al-Asad and Rafiq Hariri have one thing in common: they both promised “a spring” to their people, and they both gave them stormy winters.
Posted on January 30, 2008 by As'ad
Do you notice that Israeli inquiry commissions always produce window dressings? Do you notice that they state the obvious, and always wind up absolving the government? And did the Arab media need to wait for an Israeli report to know that Israel, which used massive, reckless, and indiscriminate violence on the whole of Lebanon was [...]
Posted on January 30, 2008 by As'ad
Remembering “the Arab Guevara”
Posted on January 30, 2008 by As'ad
How many times per week does AlJazeera plan to air this one-hour report on the assassination of Ysufu Siba`i? I have had it with that report. I mean, I did read Siba`i’s trashy novels as a kid, but come on. There are other victims in the world, unless the intention is to whip up anti-Palestinian [...]
Posted on January 30, 2008 by As'ad
I found somebody who is a worse speaker than the Saudi King. It is Hizbullah MP, Muhammad Haydar. Who is he and why is he such a fumbler? He also said that he was not angry with states, like Saudi Arabia and Jordan, which supported Israeli war on Lebanon.
Posted on January 30, 2008 by As'ad
“‘Abused lives’ of Jordan’s maids” (thanks Laleh)
Posted on January 30, 2008 by As'ad
“US Congressman Tom Lantos harshly criticized Safia, calling it “stupidity†and arrogance to expect US leaders to express sorrow over the death of Habash. Safia’s desire to honor an anti-American terrorist leader is disturbing to those who wish to see true peace between Israel and the PA, he said.” Any peace that is supported by [...]
Posted on January 30, 2008 by As'ad
So now that Rudy’s campaign is down the drain, literally, does that mean that Daniel Pipes will not be serving as Secretary of Homeland Security? But then again, Hillary or McCain could easily put the people of Campus Watch in charge of the Justice Department.
Posted on January 30, 2008 by As'ad
On March 2nd, 1974, Al-Hadaf (the mouthpiece of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine), published the transcript of an interview conducted by an Italian leftist newspaper with the late George Habash. Here is what he said about the Rome bombing*: “And regarding every operation that our organization undertakes, we are responsible for the [...]
Posted on January 30, 2008 by As'ad
New TV had this headline for its evening newscast: “Syria and Saudi Arabia [the governments] agree on penalizing democracy.”
Posted on January 30, 2008 by As'ad
Electronic Ali asked me to write something about George Habash. Here, it is.
Posted on January 30, 2008 by As'ad