Archive for July 11, 2008
An Ethiopian maid was trying to flee from the home of her employer in Beirut when she fell from the balcony. She died instantly. Lebanese police never investigates. (thanks Wassim)
Posted on July 11, 2008 by As'ad
My article in Al-Akhbar: “American Propaganda: The Example of Al-Arabiyya”
Posted on July 11, 2008 by As'ad
“A U.S. military airstrike this week killed 47 civilians traveling to a wedding, the head of an Afghan government commission investigating the incident said Friday.”
Posted on July 11, 2008 by As'ad
“France has denied citizenship to a veiled Moroccan woman on the grounds that her “radical” practice of Islam is incompatible with basic French values such as equality of the sexes.” If feminism is a requirement for French citizenship, most of the political class in France would be stripped of their citizenship.
Posted on July 11, 2008 by As'ad
Lebanon has a new cabinet. Now the Lebanese can resume what they do best: getting ready for new fresh rounds of civil strife. The names of the cabinet ministers were not surprising: clearly, `Awn made the biggest victory: not only in getting a large number of ministries but in obtaining impressive (service) ministries. He is [...]
Posted on July 11, 2008 by As'ad
“Veterans of the anti-apartheid struggle said last night that the restrictions endured by Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied territories was in some respects worse than that imposed on the black majority under white rule in South Africa.” (thanks Zaki)
Posted on July 11, 2008 by As'ad
“According to reports, Miss Palmer shook a pair of £500 Jimmy Choos in the arresting officer’s face – something which constitutes a grave insult to a Muslim.” (thanks John)
Posted on July 11, 2008 by As'ad
“Documents obtained by the National Security Archive under the Freedom of Information Act indicate that the U.S. started drafting the agreement in November 2003. While information available in the heavily redacted copies that were provided does not specifically address such hot-button, present-day issues as the number and location of bases, or control of airspace, these [...]
Posted on July 11, 2008 by As'ad
“A U.S. coalition force air strike on Sunday killed 47 civilians, including 39 women and children, in the eastern province of Nangarhar, an Afghan official said on Friday.”
Posted on July 11, 2008 by As'ad
“But three days later, they watched on television as an Israeli army officer — future Prime Minister Ehud Barak — shot bullets into Dalal’s already dead body as it lay on a road in Herzilyah, Isarel.” And after shooting her dead body, he pulled her by the hair, and stripped her shirt before the cameras.
Posted on July 11, 2008 by As'ad
“While the US government finds ways to avoid taking responsibility, Iraqis die – in particular, translators and those who have worked with the Americans. These are victims of death squads and targeted assassinations, as the New York Times’s George Packer conveyed in his play Betrayed. In addition, this week US papers reported that the new [...]
Posted on July 11, 2008 by As'ad
“Spend long enough on the streets of Jeddah and you will notice a pink Hummer, encrusted with fake diamonds. The princess who owns this Hummer has even fitted Gucci interiors. All this for a car that she cannot drive.” (thanks Bruno)
Posted on July 11, 2008 by As'ad
“Saudi Police arrested a women in her twenties while driving her family’s car in Jeddah, west of the kingdom, a security source said Thursday.”
Posted on July 11, 2008 by As'ad
“Incidents of human rights abuse of Nepali women domestic helps in Saudi Arabia have gone up with more victims seeking refuge at the Nepal Embassy, said a senior Nepali diplomat in Saudi Arabia.”
Posted on July 11, 2008 by As'ad
“A 10-year-old boy was subjected to physical abuse amounting to torture for 2.5 hours by Israeli soldiers who stormed his family’s shop on 11 June, seeking information on the location of a handgun. The boy was repeatedly beaten, slapped and punched in the head and stomach, forced to hold a stress position for half and [...]
Posted on July 11, 2008 by As'ad
“Today, the Palestinian Authority (PA) police and paramilitary forces, recently returned from US-sponsored training in Jordan, have fanned out around Jenin as part of a new security campaign to regain control of West Bank cities such as this one, which have been in disarray since the start of the Al Aqsa intifada nearly eight years [...]
Posted on July 11, 2008 by As'ad
“An Associated Press television cameraman who was detained by U.S. and Iraqi forces in early June was ordered held for at least six more months Tuesday for “imperative reasons of security,” the U.S. military said.” (thanks Sellam)
Posted on July 11, 2008 by As'ad
“The US has allowed Israeli jets to use US airbases and fly over Iraqi air space for a likely attack against Iran, Iraqi media say. It is more than a month that some Israeli planes belonging to Israeli air force use the US military bases in Iraq to land and take off, Iraqi Nahrainnet news [...]
Posted on July 11, 2008 by As'ad
“Citing unnamed “sources familiar with the report,†Ms. Mayer wrote that the Red Cross document “warned that the abuse constituted war crimes, placing the highest officials in the U.S. government in jeopardy of being prosecuted.— (thanks Khaled)
Posted on July 11, 2008 by As'ad
“Palestinians in a West Bank village are taking two Canadian companies to court for allegedly breaking international law.” (thanks Hicham)
Posted on July 11, 2008 by As'ad