Archive for August 24, 2008
He robbed a Bangladeshi woman in Lebanon but was freed after two months.
Posted on August 24, 2008 by As'ad
Dina sent me this on Facebook: “Hassan Fattah and the National belong to the polygamous ruling family of Abu Dhabi, the Al Nahyans, not to the Al Maktoums of Dubai.” A polygamous royal family here and a polygamous royal family there. We are not going to quibble.
Posted on August 24, 2008 by As'ad
Hassan Fattah and the journalism of Dubai’s (polygamous) ruling family. This is an actual headline: “US warship brings aid to Georgia”
Posted on August 24, 2008 by As'ad
“It is not an unusual decision. Out of the more than 151,000 families who had fled their houses in Baghdad, just 7,112 had returned to them by mid-July, according to the Iraqi Ministry of Migration. Many of the displaced remain in Baghdad, just in different areas. In one neighborhood alone, Amiriya, in western Baghdad, there [...]
Posted on August 24, 2008 by As'ad
The puppet is not pleased. “President Hamid Karzai strongly condemned on Saturday a coalition airstrike that he said killed up to 95 Afghans — including 50 children — in a village in western Afghanistan on Friday, and said his government would be announcing measures to prevent the loss of civilian life in the future.”
Posted on August 24, 2008 by As'ad
If you read this review in the New York Times you will understand why I plug the Economist at every corner: “It would have been nice, for instance, had Pollack himself thought harder before arguing, in scholarly papers and his widely read 2002 book, “The Threatening Storm,†that America had “no choice†but to invade [...]
Posted on August 24, 2008 by As'ad
Somebody is going to lose his job over this. Al-Ahram (the official Mubarak daily in Egypt) came out with this festive headline about the resignation of Musharraf: “Pakistani president resigns and asks citizens for forgiveness: Thousands dance in the streets in joy of the resignation…and stocks rise 4%”.”
Posted on August 24, 2008 by As'ad
“Also travelling with the party is left-wing Greek MP Tasos Kourakis. “This is an effort to break the wall of silence surrounding Gaza … the EU and international community pretend they don’t know what’s happening in Gaza … children are starving there,” he told AFP. However, 84-year-old Holocaust survivor Hedy Epstein was unable to make [...]
Posted on August 24, 2008 by As'ad
Chris sent me this: “The NewsJournal’s (the local newspaper in Biden’s area) Aug 21 result of it’s online poll, asking: Do you think Joe Biden would make a good vice president? Yes 49.9 % No 50.1 %”
Posted on August 24, 2008 by As'ad
Justifying Bigotry in the New York Times. It is amazing how Sep. 11 released all those racists and bigots from the pro-Israeli camp into the open. Here, the public editor of the New York Times–no less–provides justification for the bigotry of Gabriel. Can you imagine if he were to do that for an anti-Semite or [...]
Posted on August 24, 2008 by As'ad
“”It’s a fabulous choice for the campaign as far as the pro-Israel community is concerned,” said Adler…” (thanks Toufic)
Posted on August 24, 2008 by As'ad
“Yet the Arabs have a persistent, ever regenerating Arab quirk that, in spite of an unbroken stream of disappointments at the hands of American presidents, whenever an election year comes up they inevitably fall prey to the illusion that it holds promise for the Palestinian cause. Ever since some conspiracy theorists put it about that [...]
Posted on August 24, 2008 by As'ad
“We want to tell the world that the Europeans are against the siege of Gaza as children die of the shortage of food and medicine. Our message to the Israelis is we do not support them and more than that, we oppose them and we will fight against their policy of besieging Gaza.” (thanks David)
Posted on August 24, 2008 by As'ad
“A court in Saudi Arabia is reported to be preparing to hear a plea for divorce from an eight-year-old girl who has been married off to a man in his 50s.” (thanks Tamir)
Posted on August 24, 2008 by As'ad
A court in Dubai convicts two Asian worker of offering to bribe an official. You see courts in Dubai rule that small bribes are illegal: only large hefty bribes are acceptable. (thanks Haytham)
Posted on August 24, 2008 by As'ad
Hassan Fattah (on behalf of Dubai’s ruling (polygamous) dynasty) categorically rejects the one secular state in Palestine. He argues that 22% of Palestine is large enough for all Palestinians.
Posted on August 24, 2008 by As'ad
“Chomsky stressed that, in light of how radical and war-loving McCain is, even he viewed it as essential that Obama win…” (thanks Maria)
Posted on August 24, 2008 by As'ad
Shoes and Arab culture: “Palmer, from Oakham, Leics, was accused of racial abuse to an officer and waving a shoe in his face — a insult to Arabs.” (thanks anonymous)
Posted on August 24, 2008 by As'ad