Archive for May 24, 2008

Notice that Hamas is silent about the Syrian-Israeli talks, as is the Iranian government and Hizbullah. If Bashshar Al-Asad were to emulate the lousy path of Anwar As-Sadat, they would even cheer him.

Posted on May 24, 2008 by As'ad

“It seems that an Arab man can now get on the cover of a romance novel in the United States almost more easily than he can get past airport security: According to the Chicago Tribune, the sales of sheik-themed romance novels have quadrupled in the years since the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington. [...]

Posted on May 24, 2008 by As'ad

This is funny. One day after the appearance of my article on the (imaginary) letter from the former leftist to Hanni Hammud (adviser to Hariri family, and editor of Hariri newspaper), the latter responded by hosting the former leftist in his newspaper. The former leftist accused me of furthering Israeli interests by attacking Saudi Arabia’s [...]

Posted on May 24, 2008 by As'ad

Somebody told me about an amusing (but vulgar) fight on AlJazeera TV between Michel Mu`awwad and Wi’am Wahhab. Does anybody have a link? (Please email it to me).

Posted on May 24, 2008 by As'ad

Lebanese newspapers are reporting that Hasan Nasrallah will be meeting soon with Sa`d Hariri. Don’t be surprised if the sectarian Sunni, Shi`ite, and Druze political forces come together again in the next parliamentary election, they way they did back in the last election. This is Lebanon.

Posted on May 24, 2008 by As'ad

“Rappelons que la première attaque d’envergure de l’armée israélienne contre le Liban a eu lieu en 1968. Dix ans après, elle a occupé une large partie du sud du Liban de façon permanente. En 1982, son armée a occupé une bonne moitié du Liban, dont la capitale Beyrouth (environ 20 000 victimes au cours de [...]

Posted on May 24, 2008 by As'ad

Norman: You are under no obligation to tell anything to Israeli interrogators and torturers, and your ban would not change by asserting your support for the “two-state solution”. Do you know how many Palestinian supporters of the two-state (it should be called a state and 1/5th of a state, not two-states) have been killed by [...]

Posted on May 24, 2008 by As'ad

“في عام 1994 كان عثمان العمير على موعد مع اطلاق شركة انتاج تلفزيوني مع عبد الرحمن الراشد وسميت بالاحرف الاولى من اسمي الرجلين ORTV وقد قدمت العديد من الافلام الوثائقية حول المواضيع العسكرية والسياسية والاجتماعية، وابرز ما قدمته في هذا المجال فيلمًا عن الملك عبد الله.”

Posted on May 24, 2008 by As'ad

Justice is served, again: “The Marine Corps will not bring criminal charges against two officers in command of a unit involved in the shooting deaths of as many as 19 civilians in northeastern Afghanistan last year after a car bomb struck the marines’ convoy, it was announced Friday. In the episode, on March 4, 2007, [...]

Posted on May 24, 2008 by As'ad

“”That’s not to say they’re just smut peddlers insult-wise. Some of the most disrespectful things you can say are 100 percent penis-free like “Surmayye a’raasac” (A shoe is on your head). The foot is considered the most filthy part of the body, courtesy of their deserts not having any shortages on dirt. To direct your [...]

Posted on May 24, 2008 by As'ad

I did not know that J.C. Hurewitz was still alive until I read his obituary in the New York Times. I never met him, but I read him although he was mostly retired when I came to the US. What struck me most about this obituary is that it presented a man that I could [...]

Posted on May 24, 2008 by As'ad

I don’t like flags, and I don’t like nationalisms, but for Palestine and the Palestinians anything and everything. (A group of Syrian and Palestinian activists in Damascus are showing the largest flag). (AFP)

Posted on May 24, 2008 by As'ad