Archive for May 7, 2009
What counts as a crime in the usurping entity
“His “crime” was trying to stop a military bulldozer from destroying the homes of Palestinian Bedouins from Um El Hir in the South Hebron region. These Palestinians have been under Israeli occupation for almost 42 years; they still live without electri…
Posted on May 7, 2009 by As'ad
Barazani-Talbani Stan
“The Committee to Protect Journalists would like to bring to your attention the deterioration of press freedom in Kurdistan. There has been an alarming wave of politically motivated criminal lawsuits filed against mostly independent journalists as well…
Posted on May 7, 2009 by As'ad
So Let me explain: Israel did not do it, but was justified in doing it
“Israel denies that it intentionally struck the compounds. It also says it was forced to act against militants using these buildings and other civilian facilities for cover. Witnesses said at the time that militants fired from the area near the school …
Posted on May 7, 2009 by As'ad
Dahlan’s new definiton of collaboration
“The Palestinian Authority has established a special counter-intelligence squad in its West Bank-based security services to uncover agents working for Hamas and Hezbollah, the daily Haaretz reported yesterday.Haaretz said that the Palestinian Authority…
Posted on May 7, 2009 by As'ad
Flag Update
Regarding the post yesterday about the use of the Israeli flag as a symbol to represent the Middle East region. Ziad wrote in protest and received this:”Dear User,Thanks for your mail. Presently, we are displaying the flags of the most popular countri…
Posted on May 7, 2009 by As'ad
You can’t accuse Western media of insensitivity: they do care about the only pig
“Afghanistan’s only known pig has been locked in a room, away from visitors to Kabul zoo where it normally grazes beside deer and goats, because people are worried it could infect them with the virus popularly known as swine flu.”
Posted on May 7, 2009 by As'ad
Obama War
“The Pakistani army’s assault against Islamic militants in Buner, in northwest Pakistan, is flattening villages, killing civilians and sending thousands of farmers and villagers fleeing from their homes, residents escaping the fighting said Monday.”
Posted on May 7, 2009 by As'ad
Hariri Tribunal
I have a brief report about developments in the Hariri tribunal: blah.
Posted on May 7, 2009 by As'ad
Patriotism: the last refuge of…Muslims
“A Gallup poll examining Muslim integration in major European countries has shown that Muslims identify more strongly with the countries they live in than the average in the population.” (thanks Olivia)
Posted on May 7, 2009 by As'ad
Demise of An-Nahar
It is with glee that I report the demise of An-Nahar (the racist, anti-Palestinian (people), anti-Syrian (people), sectarian Christian, right-wing newspaper) in Lebanon. The woman who wrote those childish words now runs the newspaper. Enough said. (…
Posted on May 7, 2009 by As'ad
Embarrassed King PlayStation?
“HAS the Royal Society of Portrait Painters, patron Her Majesty The Queen, whose latest exhibition opens today at the Mall Galleries, inadvertently embarrassed the King of Jordan by hanging a new portrait of the Hashemite monarch next to a painting of …
Posted on May 7, 2009 by As'ad
Obama bombs injured this child
An injured child in a hospital in Farah, Afghanistan. (AFP)
Posted on May 7, 2009 by As'ad