Archive for April 19, 2008
The ostensible human rights presidents meets with the beheading King. They got along beautifully. Carter obtained a promise from the king that behadings would be humanely administered. (He also asked for extra donations to the Carter Ceter).
Posted on April 19, 2008 by As'ad
Lebanon would be better off without a president, and without a prime minister, and without a speaker. If you ask me, Lebanon would be better off without Lebanon.
Posted on April 19, 2008 by As'ad
No, I swear. This is not a press release from the White House. This is Michael Husayn Young (the well-known expert on offshoots): “Yet it was the 2007 surge that took this realization to new heights. US commanders grasped that the security of Iraqi cities and civilians had to be the centerpiece of a new [...]
Posted on April 19, 2008 by As'ad
“”Less than two years after it was fought, the Second Lebanon War is regarded by many Israelis as an embarrassment for a country that has long taken immense pride in its military prowess. Unlike Israel’s resounding victories of previous eras, this war’s outcome was more muddled: Israel was not defeated, but it did not win, [...]
Posted on April 19, 2008 by As'ad
“Yet you do not need me to tell you that there are also difficulties.” I never thought that I would ever agree with you, but you are right. We don’t need you. We don’t need you at all. We don’t need you for anything although I would like to hear more about you in Hitler [...]
Posted on April 19, 2008 by As'ad
One question to Lebanese journalist, Fu’ad Matar: does he think that people forgot his propaganda writings on behalf of the Nasserist regime in the 1960s? Does he think that people forgot his propaganda writings on behalf of Saddam’s regime in the 1970s and 1980s? And yes, we do notice his propaganda writings on behalf of [...]
Posted on April 19, 2008 by As'ad
Prince Nayif said two things here: 1) that news of Saudi involvement in the assassination of `Imad Mughniyyah is “a funny matter”; he also said that he discussed with the US ambassador in Iraq the plight of Saudis in US (he called it “alliance”) custody, and “the work to bring them home to their country”–as [...]
Posted on April 19, 2008 by As'ad
“After the deadly battle, a television camera caught an Israeli officer telling his men “we lost three soldiers – we can’t accept that. We’ll go back and find as many terrorists as possible and kill them.”” (thanks Tanya)
Posted on April 19, 2008 by As'ad
“Finally came Category III. These methods were to be used for only a very small percentage of detainees – the most uncooperative (said to be fewer than 3%) and exceptionally resistant individuals – and required approval by the commanding general at Guantánamo. In this category were four techniques: the use of “mild, non-injurious physical contact”, [...]
Posted on April 19, 2008 by As'ad
“Soldier: “Just this Arab… The soldier stole a tobacco box from him. “Suddenly the Arab came and yelled, ‘thieves, thieves, I saw you.’ He got close to the soldier and we tried to keep him away… We didn’t know about the stealing. “The soldier started to beat him, and everyone started pushing… It became a [...]
Posted on April 19, 2008 by As'ad
I just don’t get it. Is it not weird when Saudi propaganda vehicles–i.e. the mouthpieces of a regime that is founded on an ideology of misogyny, bigotry, and religious intolerance, and with a heavy dosage of a tradition of state-sponsored anti-Semitism–feign sensitivity to the Jewish people? Here Elaph has this headline: “Hamas ruins Passover for [...]
Posted on April 19, 2008 by As'ad
“The UN says it takes 232kg of corn to fill a 50-litre car tank with ethanol. That is enough to feed a child for a year. Last week, the UN predicted “massacres” unless the biofuel policy is halted.” (thanks C)
Posted on April 19, 2008 by As'ad
An angry message to the Iraqi people from Angry Arab. Now that really pisses me off. It is about the Iraqi people. Why can’t the Iraqi people foot the bill for the American occupation of their country? I mean, really. Here is the US going through the trouble of invading and occupying Iraq and the [...]
Posted on April 19, 2008 by As'ad
By the way, the article against `Azmi Bisharah in Al-Hayat was not written by “Ramzi Sa`d.” That was a pseudonym. The identity of the real author is clear.
Posted on April 19, 2008 by As'ad
Oh, another thing bothered me. I received a copy of the special issue of Al-Hadaf (the mouthpiece of the PFLP) on George Habash. They reprinted my article on Habash (which was published in Al-Akhbar) but they took the liberty of censoring chunks of the article, including the fact that Habash was sipping a glass of [...]
Posted on April 19, 2008 by As'ad
from my phone. I am pissed. I am with my students at model united nations in burlingame. my school was assigned thr country of iran. our school was seected among a handful of countries to give a speech before the general assembly on the basis of their excellent work. one member from our delegation gave [...]
Posted on April 19, 2008 by As'ad
“A leading human rights group called on Friday for an independent investigation into the death of a Reuters cameraman and other civilians in Gaza this week, saying Israeli forces may have targeted the media. Reuters cameraman Fadel Shana, a 23-year-old Palestinian, was killed in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday while covering events in the enclave [...]
Posted on April 19, 2008 by As'ad
“”The Simpsons” animated series has returned to Venezuelan television — shifting to a nighttime slot after regulators ordered it off the air in the morning.” (thanks Ben)
Posted on April 19, 2008 by As'ad
” According to doctors who examined the body of the 23 -year-old Palestinian Reuters cameraman at Gaza City’s Shifa Hospital, it was controversial darts like those, flechettes, fired from an Israeli tank shell that explodes in the air, that caused his death. X-rays displayed to Reuters showed several of the flechettes embedded in the dead [...]
Posted on April 19, 2008 by As'ad
Pakistan’s new ambassador in DC. A top expert on Pakistan, who does not want to be identified, sent me this: ““The new Pakistan People’s Party government in Pakistan has nominated Hussain Haqqani as the new Pakistan ambassador in Washington. Mr. Haqqani, currently the Director of the International Studies Center at Boston University, is also a [...]
Posted on April 19, 2008 by As'ad