Archive for November 23, 2008
Amal Movemnet’s scout organization held a conference in South Lebanon today. Should not the New York Times carry a front-page article by Robert Worth about Nabih Birri’s scouts and how they pose a threat to Israel?
Posted on November 23, 2008 by As'ad
The unworthiest man I know said: “At heart I am the worthiest man I know.””
Posted on November 23, 2008 by As'ad
dear Hanady on Independence Day
Posted on November 23, 2008 by As'ad
“Abu Kamel of the Al-Kurd family, evicted by Israel from their home in Occupied East Jerusalem on the 9th November, has died after suffering from a severe heart-attack.”
Posted on November 23, 2008 by As'ad
“Harvesting Saffron in Birjand, Iran” (this is related to something I wrote on my facebook). (thanks Amer)
Posted on November 23, 2008 by As'ad
“Kurdish officials this fall took delivery of three planeloads of small arms and ammunition imported from Bulgaria, three U.S. military officials said, an acquisition that occurred outside the weapons procurement procedures of Iraq’s central government.” The punchline in this item is the reference to “Iraq’s central government”.
Posted on November 23, 2008 by As'ad
“The intense stranger introduced himself as Shlomi Michaels. He was a former commando with Israel’s elite internal counterterrorism force, the Yamam; he had since become one of the middlemen who work the seams between the worlds of security, intelligence, and international business, along with a few more colorful sidelines including a private investigations/security business in [...]
Posted on November 23, 2008 by As'ad
“Yaalon asserted that “Israeli Arabs, with four documents that they wrote over the past two years, are actually rejecting our right to an independent Jewish state. We are settlers, as far as they are concerned.” Ehhhh, but you are settlers.
Posted on November 23, 2008 by As'ad
“King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has offered political asylum to Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar, German weekly Der Spiegel reported on Saturday.”
Posted on November 23, 2008 by As'ad
“A Palestinian lawmaker on Saturday said Palestinian security forces still hold four teenagers for throwing stones at Israeli soldiers in West Bank. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) “follows the arrest of a group of boys since the security forces detained them in Bethlehem at the end of last month,” said Khaled[a] [...]
Posted on November 23, 2008 by As'ad
“President Bush’s addresses to the American people after 9/11 and the financial meltdown sound like two versions of the same speech. Both times, he evoked the threat to the American way of life and the need for fast and decisive action. Both times, he called for the partial suspension of American values (guarantees to individual [...]
Posted on November 23, 2008 by As'ad
“Millions of people in Malaysia have been banned from doing yoga because of fears it could corrupt Muslims.” (thanks Nabeel)
Posted on November 23, 2008 by As'ad
“Millions of people in Malaysia have been banned from doing yoga because of fears it could corrupt Muslims.” (thanks Nabeel)
Posted on November 23, 2008 by As'ad
“Our community thinks we are pirates getting illegal money. But we consider ourselves heroes running away from poverty. We don’t see the hijacking as a criminal act but as a road tax because we have no central government to control our sea. With foreign warships now on patrol we have difficulties.” (thanks Marcy)
Posted on November 23, 2008 by As'ad
“Members of Saudi Arabia’s royal family spent enough during a visit to the Mayo Clinic to give the area’s economy a shot in the arm, according to Rochester, Minnesota, officials…Rochester Convention and Visitors Bureau executive director Brad Jones says a conservative estimate of the royal family’s spending on the trip to Mayo Clinic is up [...]
Posted on November 23, 2008 by As'ad
From the Lebanese Air Force’s show of force yesterday: zeee planes. Zeee planes.
Posted on November 23, 2008 by As'ad
An Iraqi demonstrator rubbing his shoe on the picture of George W. Bush. (As is known, shoes are tools of affection in….Western culture). (thanks Muhamed)
Posted on November 23, 2008 by As'ad
An Iraqi demonstrator rubbing his shoe on the picture of George W. Bush. (As is known, shoes are tools of affection in….Western culture). (thanks Muhamed)
Posted on November 23, 2008 by As'ad
““Turkey is not an occupied territory where such arrogant behavior is acceptable,” he said.” (thanks Laleh)
Posted on November 23, 2008 by As'ad