Archive for March 10, 2008
Libyan propaganda comes to Washington, or maybe not? “Due to ongoing travel complications for the Libyan participants, The Middle East Institute is reluctantly canceling our Special Seminar,“Libya, Africa and the West,” scheduled for 27 November at the National Press Club.” Originally, the event was sponsored byExxon Mobil Corporation&The World Centre for the Research & Studies [...]
Posted on March 10, 2008 by As'ad
Saudi fatwawas and (male) dancing. (More permissive than you think).PS I now feel more obligated to cover Saudi Arabia since AlJazeera has officially retired from covering the kingdom.
Posted on March 10, 2008 by As'ad
The Muftititi of Saudi Arabia intervenes to ban a running race among female students at King Saud university.
Posted on March 10, 2008 by As'ad
From WSJ: “NSA gets access to the flow of data from telecommunications switches through the FBI, according to current and former officials. It also has a partnership with FBI’s Digital Collection system, providing access to Internet providers and other companies. The existence of a shadow hub to copy information about AT&T Corp. telecommunications in San [...]
Posted on March 10, 2008 by As'ad
Sha`ban `Abdur-Rahim (for those who don’t know he has one song–really only one tune–and he only changes the lyrics regularly) has a new song on Bush:“بوش قبل ما يمشي ناوي يقلبها مدعكة، من يومه وش بلاوي مولود ÙÙŠ معركة، الدعوة يا بوش قليلة عليك، “انت ولابوك، كان يوم أسود ومنيل يوم ما رشØوك
Posted on March 10, 2008 by As'ad
The speaker of the Iraqi puppet parliament accused the Libyan government of paying money to terrorists in Iraq. Did he tell that to Libya’s allies in Washington, DC?
Posted on March 10, 2008 by As'ad
Look at this headline in the Guardian: “Israel Reduces Activity in Gaza Strip.” Activity? Activity? Bombings are now referred to as “activity”?
Posted on March 10, 2008 by As'ad
I heard that Samir Ja`ja` (Ga`ga` in Egyptian accent) will be meeting with Dick Cheney. Is that true? Also, will Ja`ja` (Ga`ga` in Egyptian accent) be asked about his record in car bombings?
Posted on March 10, 2008 by As'ad
Rev. Jackson*: “”To suggest that somehow Barack Obama’s election to the presidency of the United States would be celebrated in the Arab world or in the Islamic world as a moment of jubilation is fearmongering at its worst, and it’s just horrible.”” (thanks Sam)* It is Representative Jackson. For more, see there.
Posted on March 10, 2008 by As'ad
“A small cardboard shrine is dedicated to Norris at a U.S. military helicopter hub in Baghdad, and comments lauding the manliness and virility of the actor have been left on toilet walls across Iraq and even in neighboring Kuwait, soldiers say.” (thanks Karim)
Posted on March 10, 2008 by As'ad
AlArabiya has a news flash: Amir of Qatar personally met Prince Sultan at the airport in Doha. You know what that means: the amount of coverage devoted to Danish cartoons on AlJazeera TV will increase exponentially.
Posted on March 10, 2008 by As'ad
“Anyone planning a trip to Paris soon might want to reconsider. Not because of anti-Semitism, but rather because of the outpouring of love for Israel. The new president-monarch has decided that President Shimon Peres’ visit is to be the first by a foreign leader to the City of Lights since Sarkozy came to power. Sarkozy, [...]
Posted on March 10, 2008 by As'ad
“Iraq’s government has been quietly bringing back into service Saddam-era intelligence agents who have experience spying on Iranians.” (thanks Laleh)
Posted on March 10, 2008 by As'ad
“The potato can be eaten fresh, or it can be stored over winter. It can be boiled, baked, fried, roasted, grated, mashed or turned into soup. What doesn’t get eaten can be dried, frozen, ground into flour or turned into vodka. Old sprouting spuds are clones poised to do what clones do best: replicate. Potatoes [...]
Posted on March 10, 2008 by As'ad
Thus Spoke May Shidyaq: “”They pretend to speak for Lebanon’s Shiites, but in fact they are crushing them. Hezbollah calls itself “the Islamic resistance in Lebanon” — they don’t consider themselves Arabs but Iranians. Hezbollah has received an estimated $20bn (€13.6bn) from Iran in the past 20 years. With that, they are buying up land [...]
Posted on March 10, 2008 by As'ad
“Elaine Hansen was eating a bag of Nacho Cheese Doritos when she came upon a perfectly shaped chip. After examining the chip for several hours and inviting neighbors and family members to examine the chip, she had finally reached a stunning conclusion. “You know, no matter how hard we looked, we just couldn’t see the [...]
Posted on March 10, 2008 by As'ad
“As a favor, he delivered a copy of the New York Review of Books to the Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic…” Did he deliver that favor to Walid Jumblat too? (thanks Paul)
Posted on March 10, 2008 by As'ad