Archive for December 5, 2008
Flash. This has not been announced yet but a “confidential” source in Beirut informs me that Sa`d Hariri will be appointed on the Board of Trustees of AUB.
Posted on December 5, 2008 by As'ad
My weekly article in Al-Akhbar: “Eureka, Eureka: Two Planes for the Protection of Lebanon”
Posted on December 5, 2008 by As'ad
I knew that this was coming. Now the pirates are also terrorists, as are the pickpocketers if they happen to be Arab.
Posted on December 5, 2008 by As'ad
I Told You SO. “But as he moves closer to the White House, President-elect Obama is making it clearer than ever that tens of thousands of American troops will be left behind in Iraq, even if he can make good on his campaign promise to pull all combat forces out within 16 months.” (thanks Elie)
Posted on December 5, 2008 by As'ad
More Hariri bribes for the upcoming Lebanese parliamentary election. (thanks F.)
Posted on December 5, 2008 by As'ad
Israeli auction off gifts from Arab leaders. (thanks Eyad)
Posted on December 5, 2008 by As'ad
“An innocent Palestinian family, numbering close to 20 people. All of them women and children, save for three men. Surrounding them are a few dozen masked Jews seeking to lynch them. A pogrom. This isn’t a play on words or a double meaning. It is a pogrom in the worst sense of the word. First [...]
Posted on December 5, 2008 by As'ad
“An innocent Palestinian family, numbering close to 20 people. All of them women and children, save for three men. Surrounding them are a few dozen masked Jews seeking to lynch them. A pogrom. This isn’t a play on words or a double meaning. It is a pogrom in the worst sense of the word. First [...]
Posted on December 5, 2008 by As'ad
You won’t see those pictures in the US press. (thanks Wassim)
Posted on December 5, 2008 by As'ad
I Told You So. “There is no doubt US President-elect Barack Obama could work well with Likud head Binyamin Netanyahu, should the latter become Israel’s next prime minister, Congressman Robert Wexler, one of Obama’s most prominent early supporters in the Jewish community, told The Jerusalem Post Wednesday.”
Posted on December 5, 2008 by As'ad
I Told You So. “There is no doubt US President-elect Barack Obama could work well with Likud head Binyamin Netanyahu, should the latter become Israel’s next prime minister, Congressman Robert Wexler, one of Obama’s most prominent early supporters in the Jewish community, told The Jerusalem Post Wednesday.”
Posted on December 5, 2008 by As'ad
A well-know (alleged) Lebanese (royal) pimp (whose ring was busted in Cannes) blames Israel and Zionism for his troubles. (I kid you not). Oh, and Lebanon is always proud of its international pimps for raising the name of Lebanon high (or low, it does not matter to them).
Posted on December 5, 2008 by As'ad
“The need to give substantive meaning to the protection of Palestinians has never been greater. The former high commissioner for human rights, Mary Robinson has said that in Gaza, nothing short of a “civilisation” is being destroyed. Desmond Tutu has called it “an abomination”. The humanitarian coordinator for the occupied Palestinian territory, Maxwell Gaylard, said [...]
Posted on December 5, 2008 by As'ad
“”I thought – I can use those blocks, instead of them being rubbish,” said al-Sadoun, an engineer who works for the Red Cross.” (thanks Marcy)
Posted on December 5, 2008 by As'ad
I told you so. Henry Kissinger approves of Obama’s appointments. (thanks Nabeel)
Posted on December 5, 2008 by As'ad
Walid Jumblat’s letter to Ilyas Hrawi.
Posted on December 5, 2008 by As'ad
This is gun Zionism. “The Israeli human rights group B’Tselem has released graphic video footage showing settlers fighting with Palestinians in Hebron and shooting two men at close range in the hours after a settler house was evacuated by police yesterday.” (thanks Olivia)
Posted on December 5, 2008 by As'ad
On the violent rampages of Israeli occupation settlers in Hebron. Notice that the New York Times put on its front page a picture which is intended to show the Hebron attackers as victims. And notice that they chose a woman and child to depict in order to evoke sympathy. This is standard for the New [...]
Posted on December 5, 2008 by As'ad
So HBO could not find one Arab actor to play Saddam in their mini-series on him. I am sure that they really searched for an Arab actor before settling on an Israeli actor to play Saddam. I am sure that the Israeli actor was the best and most qualified and most competent actor that HBO [...]
Posted on December 5, 2008 by As'ad
Rashid Khalidi in Haaretz. First, I wish Rashid gave this lengthy and extensive interview to an Arabic (or even American) newspaper, instead of this lousy Israeli newspaper. Secondly, the problem with the Obama administration is not only in the person of Dennis Ross: “If some of the unimaginative, close-minded and biased advocates of conventional thinking [...]
Posted on December 5, 2008 by As'ad