Archive for May 21, 2009
Flash: Mubarak dead?
I dont usually report rumors: and there are many rumors about Arab leaders, almost daily. I remember growing up the times we prematurely celebrated the death of many Arab dictators, only to learn that the man is not dead–unlike Prince Sultan (who is …
Posted on May 21, 2009 by As'ad
Sijjil
I hate those religious names that the Iranian government gives to its missiles. Sijjil is of course from Surat Al-Fil in the Qur’an which describes what God did to “Ashab Al-Fil” in reference to the attack by the Ethiopian army (using elephants) in Ar…
Posted on May 21, 2009 by As'ad
Terrorist plot?
I was reading about the terrorist plot in NYC. I do a lot of consulting (as an adviser or expert witness) with lawyers representing Arab or Middle East defendants in cases around the US and Canada. In my experience, many of the horrific schemes and t…
Posted on May 21, 2009 by As'ad
Foreign policy in the US
“A vast majority of US senators on Tuesday urged President Barack Obama to mind the “risks” to Israel in any Middle East peace accord as he presses for a two-state solution to the six-decade conflict.”
Posted on May 21, 2009 by As'ad
Security threat
So Zionist and Saudi media are insisting that people of the world should feel threatened by the Iranian missile test. Saudi media (echoing as usual the Zionist handlers) are citing “experts” (typically in Zionist bastions in the West) to the effect th…
Posted on May 21, 2009 by As'ad
attacking me?
So there is a front page article against me in Ad-Diyar newspaper (a formerly pro-Syrian regime newspaper which turned pro-Saudi after one meeting between its publisher, Charles Ayyub, and Prince Bandar bin Bribe). So the author makes those points:1) …
Posted on May 21, 2009 by As'ad
Mini-Hariri (or X-Box Hariri)
According to Faysal Salman (a writer in Hariri media) it is sectarian and even racist to criticize Mini (X-Box) Hariri. (thanks Yasser)
Posted on May 21, 2009 by As'ad