Archive for April 26, 2008
“Karzai flees…”
Posted on April 26, 2008 by As'ad
“Fouad al-Farhan is one of the few Saudi bloggers who uses his real name. His blog discusses freedom, justice, equality and Islamic values — frequently touching on subjects that are sensitive or taboo in Saudi society. After his arrest, a letter was posted on his Web site saying Saudi authorities were after him for writing [...]
Posted on April 26, 2008 by As'ad
Abu Mazen again: he is willing to give up 3% of 23% of Palestine.
Posted on April 26, 2008 by As'ad
“Amnesty International has received secretly filmed grisly footage of a man being beheaded in Saudi Arabia. The organization strongly condemns the execution and calls for the Saudi Arabian government to adhere to the U.N. moratorium on executions around the world.”
Posted on April 26, 2008 by As'ad
“Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Friday that he failed to achieve any progress in Middle East peace talks.” You failed? Of course, you failed. You have been a failure all your life. You failed in every task or mission you undertook. You failed as teacher in Qatar and were known for putting your students to [...]
Posted on April 26, 2008 by As'ad
Hamid Karzai is mad as hell and he will not take it anymore. Here, he calls on the US and NATO to increase the number of Afghan civilian casualties: ““I am not happy with civilian casualties coming down.”
Posted on April 26, 2008 by As'ad
The new book by Noah Feldman. I have written before about this fellow, and I have made it clear that I have no respect for him whatsoever. When I read people like Feldman, I feel nostalgic to the old Orientalists who–with all their flaws and biases–were largely learned, erudite, knowledgeable, and had mastery over so [...]
Posted on April 26, 2008 by As'ad
What does that mean Borzou? “On the streets of Damascus people draw in American sounds, sights and icons, making them part of their cultural DNA.” (thanks Maha)
Posted on April 26, 2008 by As'ad
“One of Efrati’s worst experiences started when some Palestinian kids threw rocks and Molotov cocktails at his unit when he was out on patrol in south Hebron. About 40 minutes afterward, he says, other soldiers in his unit identified and shot dead one of the youths who threw a flaming bottle. He was 11 years [...]
Posted on April 26, 2008 by As'ad
Sneaky trickery of Haaretz: Yesterday, this Israeli occupation newspaper printed this sentence: “Muslim Hackers commandeered the Bank of Israel Web site early Friday and filled it with virtual graffiti in Arabic defaming Israel.” This led people to wonder how this newspaper was able to identify the religion of the hackers. Today, the newspaper removed the [...]
Posted on April 26, 2008 by As'ad
“He argued that former secretary of state Colin Powell and his deputy, Richard Armitage, were the ones who failed to challenge the logic of going to war — not him. He suggested that Powell, Armitage, Franks, former Iraq viceroy Jerry Bremer and even Feith’s old boss, Donald Rumsfeld, should be blamed for the postwar chaos [...]
Posted on April 26, 2008 by As'ad
The Muhammad Hasanyn Haykal Show on AlJazeera. The other day, I was driving and i tuned in to AlJazeera (through Slingbox on my phone) and I heard the last show of Muhammad Hasanyn Haykal. It was so painful, pointless, and boring that it sounded like this–kid you not: “When Enoch had lived for sixty-five years, [...]
Posted on April 26, 2008 by As'ad