Archive for September 13, 2008
Conspiracy? What Israeli-Saudi conspiracy? Hariri rag, Al-Mustaqbal, promotes Campus Watch.
Posted on September 13, 2008 by As'ad
“The World Bank and the International Finance Corporation ranked Lebanon in 99th place among 181 countries worldwide and 10th among 19 countries in the Middle East and North Africa region in terms of Ease of Doing Business in 2009, as reported by Lebanon This Week, the economic publication of the Byblos Bank Group.” Leave it [...]
Posted on September 13, 2008 by As'ad
“Five-year-old Mahran Al-Ja’bari from Hebron was hospitalized on Saturday after an Israeli military vehicle ran him over near his home.”
Posted on September 13, 2008 by As'ad
“Since 1956, sex education has been compulsory in Swedish schools, from the earliest grades through high school. Sex is a natural human act, the educators reason, and most people become active before they’re 20. Since there is no changing that, the Swedes figure, young people should at least understand sexuality and reproduction, as well as [...]
Posted on September 13, 2008 by As'ad
Now I have to deal with Lee Hamilton and Dexter Filkins posing as Middle East experts: the former because of a long record of supporting Israel (while criticizing it in private), and the other because of embedded experience in the Middle East. “They recall Mr. Filkins’s sketch of Kabul in 1998, where, at a public [...]
Posted on September 13, 2008 by As'ad
“Just before the Kadima primary elections, the Kuwaiti Al-Jarida newspaper has announced that Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, running against Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz for party chairmanship, has a new fan: Chief Palestinian negotiator Ahmed Qureia.”
Posted on September 13, 2008 by As'ad
“Even the most old-fashioned orientalist would think twice before hazarding claims like this one (which is repeated several times, for emphasis): “Today, Arab society runs on … parallel tracks. One hidden and permissive, the other ostentatiously religious. It could be argued that the Arab personality is equally two-faced, being founded on lies and hypocrisy.†As [...]
Posted on September 13, 2008 by As'ad
“The soldier was in command at the checkpoint outside the West Bank city of Nablus. The woman was trying to reach a hospital in the city. She was forced to give birth at the checkpoint. Her baby was stillborn. The Israeli army said the woman and her husband did not have the permit to allow [...]
Posted on September 13, 2008 by As'ad
“Bangladesh Embassy in Riyadh confirmed Saudi Arabia’s official ban on issuing visas to Bangladeshis seeking employment in households and in the agricultural sector. The kingdom is also refusing to allow transfers of sponsorship for workers and professionals who are already there, while refusing to extend residency permits of Bangladeshi immigrants’ children aged 18 and over [...]
Posted on September 13, 2008 by As'ad
“It’s a grisly story but hardly an isolated one. The month before the Azizabad incident, Afghan officials say that American airstrikes near Kabul killed 27 civilians at a wedding party — including the bride. In another incident, on March 4, 2007, nine civilians died when their mud home north of Kabul was hit by two [...]
Posted on September 13, 2008 by As'ad
This is Left in the U.S. (ask the Nation magazine): “”A strong America is a strong Israel,” said Biden. “I have a 35-year record of supporting Israel, and Israel’s security is enhanced the stronger America is. And right now around the world we’re not [respected].””
Posted on September 13, 2008 by As'ad
“”Look at their spite, their bigotry. They are so full of hatred.”” (thanks Olivia)
Posted on September 13, 2008 by As'ad
“Afghan police have arrested three men alleged to have provided “wrong information”which led to the deaths of scores of civilians in a US air raid.” Why blame the occupation troops who killed the innocent civilians when you can easily blame poor villagers. (thanks Carlos)
Posted on September 13, 2008 by As'ad
“The Ministry of Waqf and Religious Affairs announced the cemetary’s closure on Friday, urging citizens not to bury the dead in the packed cemetery, because there is no more space.” (thanks Marcy)
Posted on September 13, 2008 by As'ad
Fatwawawas from the House of Saud: “The most senior judge in Saudi Arabia has said it is permissible to kill the owners of satellite TV channels which broadcast immoral programmes.” (thanks As`ad–not me)
Posted on September 13, 2008 by As'ad
This is one of the most annoying Zionist columnist there is (and is so boring): “I know something about the subject because, as the Wikipedia entry on the Bush doctrine notes, I was the first to use the term.” And I am sure that Wikipedia mentions that because you yourself wrote that line. What an [...]
Posted on September 13, 2008 by As'ad
Every four years, a Democratic presidential candidate feigns outrage at Republican dirty tricks. And every four years, Democrats fail to respond to those dirty tricks and to engage in dirty tricks of their own against their opponent, and that is how they loose elections.
Posted on September 13, 2008 by As'ad