Archive for February 9, 2008
Allies of Syria in Lebanon have lately been fabricating stories and interviews for propaganda purposes. The so-called interview with the former chief of French counter-intelligence in Hizbullah’s mouthpiece is but one recent example. Almost every day somebody sends me some interview or a news story asking whether it is authentic or fabricated. Invariably, they are [...]
Posted on February 9, 2008 by As'ad
New York Times declares: Faith in Husni Mubarak rises.
Posted on February 9, 2008 by As'ad
I don’t want to raise alarm but I don’t think that the US public is aware of this: “In line with the approval of Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz, the Deputy Premier, Minister of Defense and Aviation and Inspector General, the participation of the Royal Saudi Air force in the exercise of the Red Flag-3, [...]
Posted on February 9, 2008 by As'ad
“Last week Mohamed Salmawy, president of the Egyptian Writers Union, wrote to the Italian writers union that “writers all over the Arab world†had been “shocked†by the fair’s decision and that the writers’ unions in Jordan, Tunisia and Egypt had officially condemned the choice. The book fair’s decision, Mr. Salmawy wrote, “has antagonized Arab [...]
Posted on February 9, 2008 by As'ad
“A top Army sniper testified Friday in a military court that he had ordered a subordinate to kill an unarmed Iraqi man who wandered into their hiding position near Iskandariya, then planted an AK-47 rifle near the body to support his false report about the shooting.”
Posted on February 9, 2008 by As'ad
I am not making this up. Last week, I mocked Hizbullah MP, Muhammad Haydar, as one of the worst speakers on Lebanese TV. Since then, he has been officially selected to represent Hizbullah’s views right and left, and yesterday he provided the most lame response to a statement by Walid Jumblat.
Posted on February 9, 2008 by As'ad
Why Zionism is doomed, no matter what.
Posted on February 9, 2008 by As'ad
New TV rightly observed that Angelina Jolie was supposed to be in Iraq to offer support for the refugees, but wound up only offering support for the occupation troops. These are the Hollywood war groupies.
Posted on February 9, 2008 by As'ad
Everybody who follows Lebanese politics should read this account of Rafiq Hariri by his propagandist, Faris Khashshan. So many things are unintentionally revealing, like when he tells casually that he was at the home of `Adnan `Addum, the legal henchman of Syrian mukhabarat in Lebanon. Also, read how this guy at one point was very [...]
Posted on February 9, 2008 by As'ad
Muhammad Al-Hujayri on Zandaqah in Islamic history.
Posted on February 9, 2008 by As'ad