Archive for July 7, 2008
How humane! “The policy shift, which is outlined in a three-page memo signed by Defense Secretary Robert Gates, would require that after 2018, more than 99 percent of the bomblets in a cluster bomb must detonate.”
Posted on July 7, 2008 by As'ad
Who is scaring whom? You tell me. (AFP)
Posted on July 7, 2008 by As'ad
“As an author, Mr. Bugliosi has written three No. 1 best sellers and won three Edgar Allan Poe awards, the top honor for crime writers. More than 30 years ago he co-wrote the best seller “Helter Skelter,†about the Manson case. So Mr. Bugliosi could be forgiven for perhaps thinking that a new book would [...]
Posted on July 7, 2008 by As'ad
“But then, almost certainly after a visit to the local federal prosecutors in Tampa by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, the feds double-crossed him on the plea agreement, and he was thrown back into prison. The biased judge handed down the maximum sentence, which meant a further eleven months of incarceration before release and deportation slated [...]
Posted on July 7, 2008 by As'ad
“It is difficult then to identify Lebanese national soccer characteristics beyond the traditional regional rivalries that have been transformed into highly politicized sectarian ones. The teams that play in Lebanon’s top division are now generally identified by overtly sectarian (and thus political) affiliation. Thus, al-Ansar is a “Sunni†(read: Hariri) team, the new champions al-‘Ahd [...]
Posted on July 7, 2008 by As'ad
Bush Doctrine in Jordan: “Jordan’s government is targeting its hard-line Muslim opponents with legislation restricting demonstrations and is pushing for constraints on non-governmental organizations and Christian groups in a rollback of promised political reforms.”
Posted on July 7, 2008 by As'ad
Khalil Harb on the dangers of Petro-Islam in Egypt.
Posted on July 7, 2008 by As'ad
“In the early days of the Korean War, other American officers observed, photographed and confidentially reported on such wholesale executions by their South Korean ally, a secretive slaughter believed to have killed 100,000 or more leftists and supposed sympathizers, usually without charge or trial, in a few weeks in mid-1950.” (thanks David)
Posted on July 7, 2008 by As'ad
“A Saudi appeals court is due this week to review the case of a biochemist and his female student sentenced to jail and flogging after a lower court ruled their research contact was a front for a telephone affair.” (thanks Khaled)
Posted on July 7, 2008 by As'ad
Do you notice how much self-praise Zionism heaps on itself? “Recently the impression has been strengthening that Israeli society is beginning to lose the equanimity, good judgment and psychological equilibrium that characterized it for so many years.” (thanks Brian)
Posted on July 7, 2008 by As'ad
A new way to predict elections by foreign correspondents. Here is Sam Dagher: “If the enthusiasm of the audience is any indication, ISCI and its affiliates are poised to do well at the polls.”
Posted on July 7, 2008 by As'ad
“Iran considers harsh penalty for some bloggers” (thanks Olivia)
Posted on July 7, 2008 by As'ad
“And they were, indeed, basic, relating to our expectations for the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Then one of us mentioned Hamas, and the exchange that ensued went something like this: “Vait, vait. Vat’s zee connection between a political movement and food. Vy hummus?†We exchanged astonished glances. “Hamas,†we explained, “is a Palestinian Islamist political movement. [...]
Posted on July 7, 2008 by As'ad
I put this post under the headline: Humor of the Day: ” Al-Hurra’s audience has increased from 21 million in 2006 to nearly 26 million today.” Oh, yeah: and Bush has 300 million supporters in the Arab world. As to the methodology that produced these figures, it was this: any Arab who ate Hummus last [...]
Posted on July 7, 2008 by As'ad
You may remember the story from few weeks ago when a U.S. diplomat in Lebanon visited the house of a Southern Lebanese dude (from the remnants of supporters of Kamil Al-As`ad, the feudal landlord from the past), and the protesters gathered outside and pelted them with rocks. Well, this Southern Lebanese dude held a press [...]
Posted on July 7, 2008 by As'ad