Archive for February 9, 2009
Shimon Peres on terrorist settlers on the border
Comrade Laleh sent me this: “Peres, Shimon. 1970. David’s Sling. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson. “The organization of regional defence is another vital element in Israel’s overall defence system. Without it the security of the country would have been seriously impaired – and the structure and size of the army would have had to be quite [...]
Posted on February 9, 2009 by As'ad
Abrams and the Middle East
“Abrams asked him when he thought the system would collapse on its own. “I’m sure it’s beyond your political time frame,” Welti told him.” (thanks Dina)
Posted on February 9, 2009 by As'ad
WTF?
“the GM aubergine is unfit for consumption [1] . That’s the verdict of French scientist Professor Gilles-Eric Seralini of the Committee for Independent Research and Information on Genetic Engineering (CRIIGEN), who carried out the first ever independent assessment of Monsanto-Mahyco’s dossier on toxicity tests submitted to the Indian regulatory authorities.” (thanks Jocelyn)
Posted on February 9, 2009 by As'ad
Dahlan o Dahlan
“A senior Hamas official alleged to TIME that Dahlan appeared in El Arish, an Egyptian coastal town near Gaza, shortly before the Israel attack, and had sent in Fatah loyalists to “cooperate with the Israelis” in hunting down Hamas commanders. Hamas officials say their allegation is based on interrogation of suspected collaborators accused of helping [...]
Posted on February 9, 2009 by As'ad
Spreading democracy and slicing genitals
“The 25 lines edited out of the court papers contained details of how Mr Mohamed’s genitals were sliced with a scalpel and other torture methods so extreme that waterboarding, the controversial technique of simulated drowning, “is very far down the list of things they did,” the official said.”
Posted on February 9, 2009 by As'ad
Obama rules
“Yet Mitchell did not attempt to talk to Hamas or even visit the Gaza Strip during the visit. Like many others in the West and in the Arab world, he appears to believe it is possible to rebuild Gaza yet ignore its Hamas-led government. His itinerary took him to Ramallah, Cairo, Amman and Riyadh – [...]
Posted on February 9, 2009 by As'ad
Hoax
That alleged quotation by Karl Marx from Das Kapital, in which he specifically predicts the features of the current financial crisis, is made up. It is a hoax.
Posted on February 9, 2009 by As'ad
Hoax
The letter attributed to Muhannad Al-Akhatib (and billed as his resignation letter) is made up. It is a hoax.
Posted on February 9, 2009 by As'ad
War criminals and fascists compete
NBN TV today talked about the Israeli elections by saying that “Israeli war criminals and fascists are competing.”
Posted on February 9, 2009 by As'ad
Zionism: "worse than apartheid"
“South Africa on Sunday said that some of Israel’s actions against Palestinians are worse than what happened during apartheid.”
Posted on February 9, 2009 by As'ad
The new Dubai
“Tens of thousands of Indian construction workers are being flown out of [UAE] by their employers on bulk-booked flights in March, it was reported on Sunday.” (thanks Ali)
Posted on February 9, 2009 by As'ad
Obama rules
“But surprisingly, in Guantanamo’s eleventh hour, conditions are deteriorating due to a massive hunger strike. Lt. Col. Yvonne-Bradley, a lawyer of detainee Binyam Mohamed, revealed to The Observer’s Mark Townsend and Paul Harris that 50 out of 260 prisoners within Guantanamo are on strike. 20 of those are unhealthy enough to be listed as “critical.†[...]
Posted on February 9, 2009 by As'ad
The special relationship
“The 6,780 reports, current as of this month, comprise over 127,000 pages of material on some of the most contentious issues in the nation, from the U.S. relationship with Israel to abortion legislation.”
Posted on February 9, 2009 by As'ad
Accidental discharge
“An 8-year-old Iraqi girl was killed Saturday and several other civilians were wounded when gunfire from an American military convoy struck a crowd of Shiite pilgrims traveling to the holy city of Karbala, witnesses and Iraqi officials said. In a statement on Saturday, the American military said that there had been an accidental discharge of [...]
Posted on February 9, 2009 by As'ad
Professional Dahlan gangs
“Now we have professionalism in our security work. We told the people during the Gaza demonstrations, ‘You can protest, but you must do it in a modern way.’ — First, notice that all American and Israeli gangs and puppets in the Middle East refer to what they do as “professional.” It is the code word [...]
Posted on February 9, 2009 by As'ad
Hard-liner
Do you notice that racists and race/ethnic supremacists are referred to as “hardliners” in the New York Times but only if they happen to be Israeli?
Posted on February 9, 2009 by As'ad
Israel’s boycotters of the world, unite
“Only the conscience of the Bangladeshi consumer will keep out Israeli goods and punish companies that support Israel. So all of us should become more aware of the activities of the companies from whom we buy. In this way, we can pressure multi-nationals to stop doing business in Israel. They should decide which is the [...]
Posted on February 9, 2009 by As'ad
Dia `Azzawi removes his name from Barenboim’s statement
Regarding that lousy letter by Daniel Barenboim, I received this letter from Iraqi artist, Dia `Azzawi (I cite with his permission): “Dear As’adBadr forewarded to me your message and the whole text of the document.I am very embarrassed to sign this document, due to my mistake not to read the whole text. My understanding was [...]
Posted on February 9, 2009 by As'ad