Archive for December 11, 2008
Bush Doctrine in Iraq
“The U.S. Defense Department on Wednesday said it had approved the sale to Iraq of weapons valued at up to $6 billion, including 400 Stryker wheeled vehicles, military radios, training aircraft, 20 coastal patrol boats and 140 M1A1 Abrams tanks.”
Posted on December 11, 2008 by As'ad
Ethan Bronner calls him "unyielding"
“Mr. Feiglin is among the most unyielding of West Bank settlers. He has advocated Israeli withdrawal from the United Nations and the cutoff of water and electricity to the Palestinian areas. He says that there is no Palestinian people and that there will never be a Palestinian state, and that Israel will hold onto everything [...]
Posted on December 11, 2008 by As'ad
Seven cases of mistaken identity, but who is counting
“United States forces killed six Afghan police officers and one civilian on Wednesday during an assault on the hide-out of a suspected Taliban commander, the authorities said, in what an American military spokesman called a “tragic case of mistaken identity.†Thirteen Afghan officers were also wounded in the episode.”
Posted on December 11, 2008 by As'ad
Richard Holbrooke
Richard Holbrooke can easily qualify as one of the most boring and annoying men there are. I am so delighted that he was not appointed as Secretary of State, as much as I detest Hillary Clinton (a member of the racist campaign team of Bill and Hillary).
Posted on December 11, 2008 by As'ad
"Even I had to wear the Abayah"
Lesley Stahl did a report on Saudi Arabia’s oil production on 60 minutes last Sunday. It was the typical stupid and ill-informed show that you expect on that show. And they have a way of treating the audience like morons by repeating what the interviewee says on camera. So the interviewer would always repeat what [...]
Posted on December 11, 2008 by As'ad
Jimmy Carter in Lebanon
The boring and fake human rights president, Jimmy Carter, is visiting Lebanon. The best comment on his visit was provided by New TV: it called him yesterday “Abu Camp David”.
Posted on December 11, 2008 by As'ad
More on the Cleric of Senility
“The problem is that, intended or not, a friendly gesture between the Supreme Islamic Guide for the Muslim world on the one side and the president of a Zionist state on the other is seen by many in the Middle East as a painful propaganda gift to the Israelis, just as hundreds and thousands of [...]
Posted on December 11, 2008 by As'ad
I never thought I would enjoy singing Christmas carols until now
“The participants were a group of anti-Israel activists, most of them Palestinians and some Jews, who are urging a boycott of products made in the Jewish state.One of the Jewish activists even volunteered to change the songs’ words. The Times newspaper reported that the carol “Once in Royal David’s City” was altered to say “Once [...]
Posted on December 11, 2008 by As'ad
Potato (I could not think of a title)
“Mr Khan – who is the producer, lead actor and script writer as well as lyricist of the movie – was due to release his film on Nov 14, but the government in the western Indian state of Maharashtra banned the film, fearing it could provoke a communal flare up in the state.”
Posted on December 11, 2008 by As'ad
Just spare me Islamic states or Jewish states or Christian states
“Iranian students held a protest on Sunday at Tehran University calling for freedom and denouncing the policies of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a pro-reform student group said.”
Posted on December 11, 2008 by As'ad
Dialogue and beheadings
“The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz called for internal dialogue within Islam in a speech delivered Tuesday at the royal palace in Mina during the annual reception for leading Muslim dignitaries attending Hajj.” He added that one side will engage in beheading members of the other side, and that it [...]
Posted on December 11, 2008 by As'ad
…to let them grow in safety
“According to “Masterpiece: An Inside Look at Sixty Years of Israeli Intelligence”, American spy agencies use technologies like electronic eavesdropping, and trained staff from the U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv, for “methodical intelligence gathering”.”
Posted on December 11, 2008 by As'ad
Ed Asner is always brave on Palestine
“She’s already served two terms in an Israeli military jail, where she had to wear an American military uniform (a gift to the Israelis) or face solitary confinement. Now, she’s out of jail for medical reasons. But as you read this, many of her young friends are in an Israeli prison for refusing to serve [...]
Posted on December 11, 2008 by As'ad
Silly Games
The puppet Palestinian Authority figure, Abu Mazen (the Antoine Lahd of Palestine) says that those who attempt to break through the siege of Gaza are engaged in a “silly game”. He said that helping the Palestians starve and die is good for the “peace process”.
Posted on December 11, 2008 by As'ad
I don’t like flags but…
I don’t like flags and I don’t like nationalisms but…for the Palestine and the Palestinians, anything and everything. (Reuters)
Posted on December 11, 2008 by As'ad
US military policies in the Middle East
“Ambassador Michele J. Sison and Internal Security Forces (ISF) Generals Anwar Yehya and Robert Jabbour opened the refurbished ISF firing range. The Department of State through the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement provided $200,000 to refurbish the firing range in Aramoun. The firing range will be used by all members of the ISF.” [...]
Posted on December 11, 2008 by As'ad
Finally
Al-Akhbar’s Muhammad Zbib exposes the self-serving propaganda of the egocentric governor of the Central Bank of Lebanon. He has recently been sending press releases to the newspaper claiming that world economists are urging that all governments emulate his model (which helped accumulate the massive debt of Lebanon).
Posted on December 11, 2008 by As'ad
Zionism-is-fanaticism
“Israeli envoy to U.K. accuses church service of being anti-Semitic“. Do Zionist fanatics (and all Zionists are fanatics because Zionism-is-fanaticism) think that there is one anti-Zionist who is not anti-Semitic? Can they name one?
Posted on December 11, 2008 by As'ad
Am I missing something here?
“Obama’s atomic umbrella: U.S. nuclear strike if Iran nukes Israel”. I don’t get to see how that would protect Israel. This is like saying that I will save from drowning–after you drown.
Posted on December 11, 2008 by As'ad
Explained in plain English and Arabic
“In a rare interview, marking the third anniversary of his arrival here to head the United States Security Coordinator (USSC) hierarchy, Dayton told The Jerusalem Post that the trainees are taught over and again that “you are not here to learn how to fight against the Israeli occupation.”” (thanks Ben)
Posted on December 11, 2008 by As'ad