Archive for December 18, 2008
Mubarak Police Brutality
Mubarak Police Brutality (thanks Hossam)
Posted on December 18, 2008 by As'ad
Me querulous?
“And the querulous Lebanese-American professor Asad Abu Khalil, who calls himself “The Angry Arab,†thundered that “the flying shoe speaks more for Arab public opinion than all the despots/puppets that Bush meets with during his travels in the Middle East.—
Posted on December 18, 2008 by As'ad
Bahraini Foreign Minister
I am impressed with this guy, really. I mean if you want to appoint a buffoon as a minister, this is your guy. You can’t find a better (and dumber) buffoon.
Posted on December 18, 2008 by As'ad
Rashid Khalidi talks to…Gizelle Khuri
My readers know how much I detest Gizell Khuri. Rashid today was a guest on her program. He was way too nice to this woman who does not miss an opportunity to 1) promote Saudi policies in the region; 2) insult the Palestinians and their cause. Rashid spoke about Obama: said that he was ambitious [...]
Posted on December 18, 2008 by As'ad
Shame of Arab Money
“The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia gave more than $10 million to the foundation, which pays for Clinton’s presidential library and his charitable work around the world. Other foreign government givers include Norway, Kuwait, Qatar, Brunei, Oman, Italy and Jamaica. Indian interests are represented.”
Posted on December 18, 2008 by As'ad
Shoe coverage
“Ù† الاهتمام الشديد كان واØدا ÙÙŠ جميع الØالات. اسعد ابو خليل, الاستاذ الجامعي اللبناني كتب ÙÙŠ مدونته على الانترنت لقد تكلم الØذاء الطائر بÙصاØØ© بخلا٠كل ما يقوله الطغاة والدمى عندما يلتقون ببوش.”
Posted on December 18, 2008 by As'ad
Now Hariri
This writer on NowHariri blames me for defending my…leftism.PS I am told the dude was a communist and was named Fidel after Fidel Castro. What does a former communist (present-day supporter of Saudi Arabia) do with a name like Fidel?
Posted on December 18, 2008 by As'ad
Western media coverage of Iranian affairs
Amer always criticizes me for being influenced by Western coverage of Iranian economic affairs. He wrote me this (I cite with his permission): “Yes, they will, most definitely, just pointing out that we can never trust western sources. I remember clearly, because I follow these things, how Iran was always reported on as being on [...]
Posted on December 18, 2008 by As'ad
Forgotten Gaza
“Located north of the Gaza Strip, the Beit Lahya community relies on farming, fishing and the service sector for its livelihood – all of which have been severely impacted by Israeli military operations, movement restrictions in the sea and border closures leading to a devastated local economy.”
Posted on December 18, 2008 by As'ad
Lebanonese violations
“”Madam asked me to hang the clothes. Then she came and pushed me from behind,” the 25-year-old woman told Reuters. Too frightened to let her name be published, she said her employer had frequently threatened and abused her. “Madam would tell me, ‘I will spill hot oil on you’, so I hid the oil. She [...]
Posted on December 18, 2008 by As'ad
For a Boycott of the "Peace" Process
Comrade Fawwaz calls for an Arab boycott of the so-called peace process
Posted on December 18, 2008 by As'ad
No peace (with that entity), no negotiation, and no recognition
“An Israeli patrol opened automatic rifle fire at a Lebanese farmer in the southern region of Blida on Thursday, but no casualties were reported.”
Posted on December 18, 2008 by As'ad
Chutzpah: a puppet who makes demands
“The Afghan president has sent a list of demands to the United States government about troop conduct ahead of the arrival of more U.S. forces, pressing for cooperation with his government.”
Posted on December 18, 2008 by As'ad
HRW: Criticisms but mild
“”With this ill-considered action, Israel put itself in the company of countries like Burma and North Korea in denying entry to UN human rights experts,” said Joe Stork, deputy director of Human Rights Watch’s Middle East division. “Strongly disagreeing with Professor Falk’s views is no good reason for denying him entry, treating him in a [...]
Posted on December 18, 2008 by As'ad
This, ladies and gentleman, is Zionism
“Israeli greed knows no bounds: It sends its tentacles into the homes of refugees who already experienced, in 1948, the taste of expulsion and evacuation and being left with nothing. Now they are refugees for a second time. Another 27 families here can expect a similar fate, and all under the aegis of the Israeli [...]
Posted on December 18, 2008 by As'ad
This means Az-Zaydi will be released
The apology is an exit strategy for the Iraqi puppet prime minister, who faces strong Arab public presssures. (thanks Marcy)
Posted on December 18, 2008 by As'ad
Give me a potato
“Officials said the State Department has contacted the Lebanese Foreign Ministry for clarification of Lebanon’s decision to procure the MiG-29 fighter-jet from Moscow. They said the procurement would escalate regional tension, particularly with Lebanon’s southern neighbor, Israel.” Oh, yes. US is worried. Lebanon acquired 10 used fighter jets from Russia, and they will be delivered [...]
Posted on December 18, 2008 by As'ad
Lebanonesia and the shoe
Lebanon would like to inject itself into every story. An-Nahar almost claimed that there was Hummus on the moon when Neil Armstrong first stepped foot there. Yesterday, As-Safir reported on its first page, no less, that the shoe was in fact purchased in Beirut although it gave no evidence.
Posted on December 18, 2008 by As'ad
Walid Jumblat
Walid Jumblat is now for both sides of every issue. He said that the shoe throwing was a form of protest. He added–I am not making this up–that US invasion had positives and negatives.
Posted on December 18, 2008 by As'ad
I Told You So, Damn It
“Barack Obama’s choice of a prominent evangelical minister to deliver the invocation at his inauguration is a conciliatory gesture toward social conservatives who opposed him in November, but it is drawing fierce challenges from a gay rights movement that — in the wake of a gay marriage ban in California — is looking for a [...]
Posted on December 18, 2008 by As'ad