Archive for April 13, 2008

“The man Cheney cites as an authority on Iranian apocalyptic thinking, controversial mideast scholar Bernard Lewis, hinted in an Aug. 8, 2006, Wall Street Journal op-ed that Ahmadinejad might be planning a nuclear attack on Israel just two weeks later, on the date in the Islamic calendar when the Prophet Muhammad made his mystical journey [...]

Posted on April 13, 2008 by As'ad

Where do I go for fresh air? Al-Hayat literary critic, `Abduh Wazin, believes that Jubran Khalil Jubran in The Prophet surpassed Nietzsche in Thus Spoke Zarathustra. To compare the Prophet to Thus Spoke Zarathustra is like comparing People magazine to Das Capital.

Posted on April 13, 2008 by As'ad

The Saudi Al-Hayat edition (the mouthpiece of Prince Khalid Bin Sultan) has this headline: “The Servitor of the Two Sites: Goods of of the country are plenty…plenty.(PS And As`ad–not me–points out to me that below that headline there is another headline about Hamas threatening Israel).

Posted on April 13, 2008 by As'ad

“An eight-year-old girl decided last week to go the Sana’a West Court to prosecute her father, who forced her to marry a 30-year-old man. Nojoud Muhammed Nasser arrived at court by herself on Wednesday, April 2, looking for a judge to handle her case against her father, Muhammed Nasser, who forced her two months ago [...]

Posted on April 13, 2008 by As'ad

This is the most buffoonish of all neo-cons and yet he received a hero’s welcome last time he visited the failed state of Lebanon. (Notice that An-Nahar thinks that John McCain is a Democrat): “Walid Maalouf, the former alternate U.S. Representative to the United Nations, quoted democratic presidential candidate John McCain as pledging to “drive [...]

Posted on April 13, 2008 by As'ad

“Mr Blair also noted the “critical difficulty presented to the negotiations over the Typhoon probe” in a note to Lord Goldsmith on December 8 2006, urging him to consider halting the probe. “It is my judgment on the basis of recent evidence and the advice of my colleagues that these developments have given rise to [...]

Posted on April 13, 2008 by As'ad

Anniversary of the Lebanese civil war. I have much to say but don’t have much time, if any, to write anything substantial. I am posting again what I wrote on the anniversary of the war three years ago.

Posted on April 13, 2008 by As'ad

On the “new angry leadership” of Egypt by `Abdul-Halim Qandil.

Posted on April 13, 2008 by As'ad

Be nervous. Be very nervous. When Lebanese Muslim and Christian clerics get together to stress national unity, you know that civil strife is around the corner. (An-Nahar)

Posted on April 13, 2008 by As'ad

Saudi King: “Crimes of terrorism only be born in the most dark and misguided minds.” He added: Take me as an example.

Posted on April 13, 2008 by As'ad

“In recent years, Mr. Black’s clients have included AT&T, Johnson and Johnson, the worldwide lottery firm GTech, Lockheed Martin, United Technologies, Yukos Oil, and the governments of Greece, Armenia and Cyprus. BKSH worked for Ahmed Chalabi and the Iraqi National Congress, as well as the Lincoln Group, hired by the Pentagon to generate positive stories [...]

Posted on April 13, 2008 by As'ad

Chris Mathews is huge in Tartus and Qamishly: “As we approached the airport gate, Matthews mentioned that he and his wife, Kathleen, have been contemplating a trip to Damascus. It’s something they have wanted to do for a long time. But he worries that he might make an inviting target for a kidnapper.”

Posted on April 13, 2008 by As'ad

“Afghan detainees held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are being transferred home to face closed-door trials in which they are often denied access to defense attorneys and the U.S. evidence being used against them, according to Afghan officials, lawyers and international rights groups.”

Posted on April 13, 2008 by As'ad

Conspiracy? What conspiracy? The mouthpiece of Prince Salman, Ash-Sharq Al-Awsat, has this headline: “Hamas Threatens Israel.” Yes, the state with the massive arsenal of WMDs is threatened by the rag-tag army of Hamas.

Posted on April 13, 2008 by As'ad