Archive for February 17, 2008
Flash. The (Saudi-controlled) Muslim World League has spoken…against…Danish cartoons.
Posted on February 17, 2008 by As'ad
“All across Europe, the new breed of right-wing populists are trying to revive their political fortunes by appealing to anti-Muslim prejudice.” (thanks Kamal)
Posted on February 17, 2008 by As'ad
“He said Mughniyeh had prepared a variety of “spectacular†attacks to be executed by Hezbollah if one of its top leaders was assassinated. These were now being dusted off and updated. On the day Mughniyeh was buried, Ehud Olmert, the Israeli prime minister, summoned Dagan from his cottage in Galilee to Jerusalem. “It was a [...]
Posted on February 17, 2008 by As'ad
“Civilian militia groups that have sided with US troops in the battle against al-Qaeda in Iraq are threatening to withdraw after three fighters were killed in a suspected friendly fire incident.”
Posted on February 17, 2008 by As'ad
“About half were set up in Europe, officials said — in part to put the agency in better position to track radical Muslim groups there, but also because of the ease of travel and comfortable living conditions. That consideration vexed some CIA veterans. “How do you let someone have a white-collar lifestyle and be part [...]
Posted on February 17, 2008 by As'ad
Look at this headline: “U.S. military says Iraqi civilians fired on troops.”
Posted on February 17, 2008 by As'ad
In the Saudi Wahhabi kingdom, guest workers from Bangladesh are described as “savages” and “black aunts”. (thanks Hussein)
Posted on February 17, 2008 by As'ad
Somebody needs to find me the transcript (NOW). The answer that was given by US Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell on the assassination of `Imad Mughniyyah on Fox News Sunday today revealed something–more than he wanted to reveal, I felt. (“First, the assassination of terrorist Imad Mughniyeh this week — did the U.S. have [...]
Posted on February 17, 2008 by As'ad
The last line of Jumblat’s passage from the speech was not accurately translated. He said that “which we will take from you” (not launch on you).
Posted on February 17, 2008 by As'ad
You have to read this account of a speech on the Middle East in the New York Times. What I like about the New York Times is that it does not even try to be “fair and balanced” when it comes to its coverage of the Middle East.
Posted on February 17, 2008 by As'ad
Sectarian politics: worse than disunity is sectarian solidarity. Read the text of this lousy letter from the Lebanese state’s most senior Shi`ite cleric, `Abdul-Amir Qabalan, to Iraqi puppet prime minister, Nuri Al-Maliki. Notice that he called on him to seek the guidance of the lousy Ayatullahs in Najaf–who are still worried about Chess but not [...]
Posted on February 17, 2008 by As'ad
“In 1986, there was one mosque for every 6,031 Egyptians, according to government statistics. By 2005, there was one mosque for every 745 people — and the population has nearly doubled.”
Posted on February 17, 2008 by As'ad
Full text: Human Rights Watch report on “Israel’s Use of Cluster Munitions in Lebanon in July and August 2006.” (thanks Nadim)
Posted on February 17, 2008 by As'ad
Conspiracy? What conspiracy? This is the most blatant element of the conspiracy and of the influence of the US administration in Saudi propaganda outlets. Look at this article in (popular sleaze website) Elaph: it does not even have a byline. It begins like this: “The US government, in both of its branches–the legislative and the [...]
Posted on February 17, 2008 by As'ad