Archive for August 3, 2008
“The architects of this network of secret prisons and secret torture were a small but powerful group within the Bush administration. Dick Cheney stood at the center of the effort but delegated many of its operations to others. The vice president’s counsel (and later chief of staff), David Addington, was a ruthless, bullying enforcer of [...]
Posted on August 3, 2008 by As'ad
What do you expect from American politicians (Democrats and Republicans) when their main adviser on Arab affairs–aside from the Israeli government–is King PlayStation III.
Posted on August 3, 2008 by As'ad
I have praised New TV correspondent, Riyad Qubaysi, here and in print in Al-Akhbar. But he hit a low point in his career when he did a kooky conspiracy report on Sep. 11 last week. Sadly.
Posted on August 3, 2008 by As'ad
“Anarchist in Lebanon” sent me this: “I don’t know if you’ve seen this picture (see attached) — it’s of the Nahr el Bared Refugee camp… I thought you might like to post it on your blog, on the occasion of the “army day” the Lebanese supremacists have just celebrated… It goes without saying that what [...]
Posted on August 3, 2008 by As'ad
“Saturday’s clashes ended with Israel opening its border to fleeing members of a prominent Gaza-based pro-Fatah family.” How nice and merciful of Israel. But then again: why would you not expect Israel to be a kind host to Dahlan gangsters, rapists, killers, collaborators, pimps, kidnappers, and extortionists? (thanks Enrique)
Posted on August 3, 2008 by As'ad
Saudi stamps honoring women. (A new stamp showing a Saudi woman being stoned will be released soon). (thanks Raed)
Posted on August 3, 2008 by As'ad
I was reading an article by Patrick Seale the other day in Al-Hayat and out of the blue he inserted a praise for the Saudi King. (But then again: Seale wrote the autobiography of Khalid Bin Sultan (owner or “leaser” of Al-Hayat. In that autobiography, I learned that Khalid bin Sultan is the biggest military [...]
Posted on August 3, 2008 by As'ad
“Human rights advocate Saad Eddin Ibrahim was sentenced today to two years in prison for “tarnishing Egypt’s reputation”. Should we not all tarnish the reputation of every Arab country?
Posted on August 3, 2008 by As'ad
“Two U.S. soldiers have been charged with premeditated murder in the shooting of an Iraqi detainee north of Baghdad, the military said Saturday.” Let me guess: Fox News will take up their case and they will be found innocent.
Posted on August 3, 2008 by As'ad
Dahlan soldiers: Fleeing for their lives…just like the Antoine Lahd soldiers. (thanks Olivia)
Posted on August 3, 2008 by As'ad
“Two Palestinians were injured when Israeli settlers attacked on Saturday a Palestinian wedding ceremony in the twon of Hebron in the West Bank. A group of settlers attacked by throwing stones at Al-Ja’bary wedding ceremony in the city, injuring two of the participants, Palestinian eyewitnesses said.”
Posted on August 3, 2008 by As'ad
“A Palestinian woman and her 7-year-old daughter were wounded Friday when unknown assailants hurled a brick at their car as it was passing the West Bank settlement of Yitzhar.” Unknown? Unknown only to Israeli occupation police, but known to everybody else. Unknown my…potato.
Posted on August 3, 2008 by As'ad
“Five Palestinians were killed and 18 wounded in a smuggling tunnel under the Gaza-Egypt border after Egyptian troops blew up the entrance, an Egyptian security official and Gaza hospital doctors said Saturday. “The destruction of the entrance deprived those inside the tunnel of oxygen,” said the Egyptian official, who is stationed at the border and [...]
Posted on August 3, 2008 by As'ad
Ramzi sent me those pictures with this message:“as u always say, this is zionism….Below [above, here] is a checkpoint in the middle of the old city of hebron, and the other pic shows nets installed by the palestinians to protect the people in the souk from objects thrown by the zionist settlers.” (thanks Ramzi)
Posted on August 3, 2008 by As'ad
This about Iraq in the New York Times: “But when an athlete has overcome stunning cultural handicaps…” (thanks Paul)
Posted on August 3, 2008 by As'ad
“In a graphic and hard-hitting film, Peter Beaumont speaks to Palestinians filming abuse from settlers and Israeli armed forces as part of a remarkable project called Shooting Back”. (thanks Dina)
Posted on August 3, 2008 by As'ad
Conspiracy? What conspiracy? “The Israeli-Saudi common interest.” (thanks Rakia)
Posted on August 3, 2008 by As'ad
“According to Netanyahu advisor Uzi Arad—a former Mossad official who was present at the 45-minute talk—Obama agreed with Netanyahu that “the paramount and most urgent issue is Iran,” and that “a nuclear Iran is unacceptable not only to Israel but to the United States.” Netanyahu “also made it clear to him that on the Iranian [...]
Posted on August 3, 2008 by As'ad