Archive for July 15, 2008
Al-Arabiya TV stressed in its report about this video that there is NO evidence of torture by U.S. personnel. If anything, an expert on the network added, the report is damning of the Canadian and Syrian governments, but not the American. Fair and balanced. Do you have a problem with that?
Posted on July 15, 2008 by As'ad
“In recent months, the army has also closed down an orphanage, a bakery and other institutions in Hebron, which Israel believes are associated with Hamas.” (thanks Olivia)
Posted on July 15, 2008 by As'ad
He does look “liberated”.
Posted on July 15, 2008 by As'ad
“Israel is widely believed to have a stockpile of nuclear weapons. But Israel’s official policy is called “nuclear ambiguity,” neither confirming nor denying it has nuclear bombs.” Can you imagine another country getting away with that “cute” policy?
Posted on July 15, 2008 by As'ad
I am sure that his internet service is not censored like that of the Syrian people: “« Ici, c’est la maison où je lis, où je travaille. Il y a seulement ce salon, une salle de conférence et une cuisine. Et, bien sûr, Internet et la télévision. Ma femme Asma y vient souvent aussi. Ici [...]
Posted on July 15, 2008 by As'ad
“Residents of a mostly black neighborhood in rural Ohio were awarded nearly $11 million Thursday by a federal jury that found local authorities denied them public water service for decades out of racial discrimination.” (thanks Toufic)
Posted on July 15, 2008 by As'ad
“American investigators probing allegations of torture at an Iraqi-run juvenile prison in Baghdad found clear evidence earlier this year that Sunni children had been murdered by their Shiite captors, according to a lead officer on the investigative team.”
Posted on July 15, 2008 by As'ad
You think Obama will visit the targeted village? “Police said Sunday they have arrested a settler suspected of involvement in a failed rocket attack on a Palestinian village in the West Bank.”
Posted on July 15, 2008 by As'ad
This is Zionism: “In fact, about 1,000 students here annually get places in foreign universities. And those now facing deep disappointment since Israel’s draconian closure after the Hamas takeover last June include many with visas and places at EU or even US universities. Israel has made it clear that “a few exceptions” have been allowed [...]
Posted on July 15, 2008 by As'ad
Notice that the Zionist “liberal”, Haaretz, refers to deep seated racism as “deep personal suspicion.” “But her father’s initial discomfort at the idea of an Arab donor betrays the deep personal suspicion that stokes this conflict, and gives the film a darker undertone. Yaakov Levinson remarks shortly after his daughter’s life-saving operation that he would [...]
Posted on July 15, 2008 by As'ad
“Although details of Mr. Obama’s trip are not final, he is planning to visit Sderot, an Israeli border town that for years has been a target of Palestinian rocket fire from Gaza.”
Posted on July 15, 2008 by As'ad