Archive for June, 2009
Hummus of shame
“In a peaceful gesture two years ago, Syrian President Bashar Assad sent a tub of hummus to then-prime minister Ehud Olmert, Channel 2 reported Thursday.” It does not surprise me that the lousy Syrian regime dabbles in Hummus. (thanks Toufic)
Posted by As'ad at 10:53 AM 06/30/09
British honor crimes
“A man who stabbed his partner and his best friend to death after he found them having sex on his canal boat has been cleared of their murders. William Cranston was convicted of the manslaughter, by reason of provocation, of 39-year-old Kay Morton …
Posted by As'ad at 10:49 AM 06/30/09
Zionist hooligans
“A visit to Israel by five young American Jews turned into a nightmare on Friday evening when they were set upon by a large gang of intoxicated thugs armed with metal poles, rocks and chairs on a Lake Kinneret beach, in a brutal and unprovoked attac…
Posted by As'ad at 10:41 AM 06/30/09
Good protestors and bad protestors
Here is the New York Times’ account of the protests in Honduras: “Fierce clashes erupted Monday between thousands of soldiers and thousands of Mr. Zelaya’s backers. The protesters blocked streets, set fires and hurled stones at the soldiers, who fir…
Posted by As'ad at 10:40 AM 06/30/09
Removing the president but not a coup
You learn so much from reading the enemy’s official media. Read this account in the New York Times: “Still, administration officials said that they did not expect that the military would go so far as to carry out a coup. “There was talk of how they…
Posted by As'ad at 10:22 AM 06/30/09
HRW
“Gaza Civilians Killed by Israeli Drone-Launched Missiles” (thanks Nadim)
Posted by As'ad at 10:18 AM 06/30/09
Israeli checkpoints
“The security company also dictates the quantity of items allowed: Five pitas, one container of hummus and canned tuna, one small bottle or can of beverage, one or two slices of cheese, a few spoonfuls of sugar, and 5 to 10 olives. Workers are also …
Posted by As'ad at 10:11 AM 06/30/09
French racism: it is official
“La police française pratique à grande échelle des “contrôles au faciès”. Une étude scientifique, conduite dans la plus grande confidentialité, montre que les forces de l’ordre effectuent des contrôles d’identité discriminatoires vis-à-vis de…
Posted by As'ad at 10:07 AM 06/30/09
Saudi Arabia: in the lead
“Saudi Arabia leads the field among Arab regimes that practise internet censorship, blocking website content ranging from pornography to politics, but also in waging a highly effective online war against al-Qaida and other jihadi groups.” So the l…
Posted by As'ad at 10:05 AM 06/30/09
Paris Hilton and Lebanon: they deserve each other
“This Friday July 3 Beirut is scheduled to party with Paris Hilton at the Forum de Beyrouth. Timmy Vegas, Estelle and Sam La Marc will join the jet-set socialite in Beirut to party with the best.” Did you notice how proud An-Nahar (the right-wing,…
Posted by As'ad at 10:03 AM 06/30/09
That justifies the coup in Honduras
“Mrs. Clinton met with Mr. Zelaya, and he reportedly annoyed her when he summoned her to a private room late in the night after her arrival and had her shake hands with his extended family.”
Posted by As'ad at 9:58 AM 06/30/09
The New York Times has spoken…on behalf of the people of Honduras
“Although the coup has popular support in Honduras.” That is quite a scoop, in fact. Only hours after the coup, this writer in the New York Times was able to quickly and swiftly conduct an opinion survey among all the people of Honduras.
Posted by As'ad at 9:51 AM 06/30/09
Background
“When Manuel Zelaya was elected president on November 27, 2005 in a close victory, he became president of one of the poorest nations in the region, with approximately 70% of its population of 7.5 million living under the poverty line. Though siding …
Posted by As'ad at 9:46 AM 06/30/09
WTF?
“It’s day two of the Honduran coup, and the brand new military dictatorship is winning the hearts and minds of the people by, let’s see… cutting off teevee feeds and electricity throughout the capital and putting an “indefinite” curfew in effect, …
Posted by As'ad at 9:45 AM 06/30/09
When the protestors are not liked by Western media
Photos of repression and protests in Honduras. (thanks Ben)
Posted by As'ad at 9:41 AM 06/30/09
No calls please
“They say Honduran military officials stopped taking their calls as the crisis unfolded.”” Oh, yeah. That would be plausible. They receive US aid and weapons but refused to talk to the donors.
Posted by As'ad at 9:38 AM 06/30/09
Some good news out there
“Unwavering support for Israeli policy has eroded dramatically both on American college campuses and within the United States as a whole, according to a group of American university professors who on Sunday concluded an academic exchange program here, …
Posted by As'ad at 9:36 AM 06/30/09
Obama and Honduras
The statements by Obama on Honduras leads to think that 1) either he is lying and there is a long history of American lies about foreign policy and coups and foreign intervention especially in Latin America; 2) he may be telling the truth and that an a…
Posted by As'ad at 9:36 AM 06/30/09
US media love affair with any Israeli
Here we go again. The New York Times featured this Israeli man, and now the Nation magazine (one of the typical Zionist publications of the so-called American Left) features the same Israeli man under the obnoxious headline: “Israel’s Man of Conscien…
Posted by As'ad at 9:32 AM 06/30/09
Father and Son
The courageous Egyptian journalist, `Abdul-Halim Qandil (who would be famous and would be winning international awards if he were not pro-Palestinian and opposed to US wars), writes about the “Poverty of Father [Mubarak] and Son”. (thanks Dina)
Posted by As'ad at 9:30 AM 06/30/09
Note to my readers
Zionist hoodlums now regularly write Zionist comments on websites of Israeli newspapers using my name. They usually use “Angry Arab-As`ad” or “Angry Arab-As`ad AbuKhalil”. I of course did not write any of those comments, and would never write on Isr…
Posted by As'ad at 9:01 AM 06/29/09
Al-Arabiyya TV Report
It is without exaggeration that I compare this TV station of King Fahd’s brother-in-law, Al-Arabiyya TV, to the North Korean media or to a more crude and vulgar version of the crude and vulgar media of Saddam Husayn. I was watching a report from Iraq …
Posted by As'ad at 8:53 AM 06/29/09
Saudi Wahhabi exclusion
“In Saudi Arabia, the only country in the world where women are not allowed to drive, transportation is definitely an issue. Women are usually driven around by family members and personal drivers, or are forced to use some other type of private tran…
Posted by As'ad at 8:52 AM 06/29/09
Saudi tribute to Michael Jackson
A Saudi tribute to Michael Jackson. (thanks Sana)
Posted by As'ad at 8:50 AM 06/29/09
Ayatullah repression
“The Iranian authorities have ordered the family of Neda Agha Soltan out of their Tehran home after shocking images of her death were circulated around the world. Neighbours said that her family no longer lives in the four-floor apartment building…
Posted by As'ad at 8:47 AM 06/29/09
Nahr Al-Barid: never forgotten
A new film on Nahr Al-Barid. (thanks Marcy)
Posted by As'ad at 8:45 AM 06/29/09
he was greeted warmly by Palestinians near and far.
“True or not, Mr. Nawi is now in trouble. Having spent several short stints in jail for his activism over the years, he now faces the prospect of a long one. He is due to be sentenced Wednesday for assaulting an Israeli policeman two years ago durin…
Posted by As'ad at 8:41 AM 06/29/09
All that you have done to our people is registered in notebooks
“A Palestinian child died of wounds he sustained during Israel’s 22-day offensive on Gaza while he was at an Egyptian hospital, Palestinian medical sources reported on Saturday.” (thanks Sumayya)
Posted by As'ad at 8:39 AM 06/29/09
To Zionist hoodlums: Hear ye, hear ye
To Zionist hoodlums everywhere: hear ye, hear ye, year ye. Joseph Massad has indeed obtained tenure and it is all official and the Board of Trustees at Columbia University has voted already. I have known this for weeks but wanted to wait before I inf…
Posted by As'ad at 8:31 AM 06/29/09
Prince Nayef: your friend in need
“U.S. intelligence then intercepted communications from the highest levels of the Saudi government, including interior minister Prince Nayef, to the governor and other officials of Eastern Province instructing them to go through the motions of coope…
Posted by As'ad at 8:28 AM 06/29/09
Wonders of the world: please vote–but not for Lebanon
The Lebanonese are going crazy. They want Lebanon to be listed among the top 7 wonders of the world according to some silly site. The Phalanges Ministry of Interior has sponsored an expensive media campaign to urge the Lebanese to vote for Lebanon. …
Posted by As'ad at 8:25 AM 06/29/09
Lebanon’s greatness: A Labnah sandwich
The Lebanese are proud. They have accomplishments to brag about. Yet, anther evidence of the genetic superiority of the Lebanese people. A Labnah sandwich that is 150 meters long. If this is not a wonder of the world, nothing is. (As-Safir)
Posted by As'ad at 8:22 AM 06/29/09
Look how innocent US military intervention is
“The two nations have long had a close military relationship, with an American military task force stationed at a Honduran air base about 50 miles northwest of Tegucigalpa. The unit focuses on training Honduran military forces, counternarcotics operati…
Posted by As'ad at 8:21 AM 06/29/09
Obama coup
“As the crisis escalated, American officials began in the last few days to talk with Honduran government and military officials…”
Posted by As'ad at 8:19 AM 06/29/09
When are they heroes? And when are they not?
A demonstrator confront a tank of the anti-democratic coup soldiers in Honduras. Why are those demonstrators not heroic? Can you imagine if this tank were Iranian or Syrian or Cuban? And notice that in the New York Times, the pro-democracy demonstra…
Posted by As'ad at 8:15 AM 06/29/09
Those are the Palestinians
A Palestinian child confronts an Israeli terrorist soldier outside of his house in Khalil. (AFP)
Posted by As'ad at 6:43 AM 06/29/09
Good demonstrators versus bad demonstrators
Just look at how demonstrators (in Honduras) are portrayed when they don’t fit the foreign policy agenda of the US empire: “Hundreds of pro-Zelaya protesters, some of them masked and wielding sticks, set up barricades in the center of the capital, Teg…
Posted by As'ad at 6:39 AM 06/29/09
Dumb conspiracy theory
This article on Al-Manar TV’s website (Hizbullah TV) basically regards the upheaval in Iran as a mere outside conspiracy.
Posted by As'ad at 6:37 AM 06/29/09
Interference in Iraq
“[US Gen.] Odierno also said Iran continues to “interfere” in Iraq…” He called on all neighbors of Iraq to follow the model of US non-interference in Iraqi affairs.
Posted by As'ad at 6:35 AM 06/29/09
Flash: the Lebanese Army has a plan to confront Israeli aggression
“The Lebanese army is warning people not to respond to recorded phone messages asking for information about missing Israeli soldiers.” (thanks Michel)
Posted by As'ad at 9:40 AM 06/28/09
Obama rules: arming the war criminals of Somalia
“The US has revealed it is sending weapons and cash to the Somali government to aid its fight against al Shabab.” (thanks Sumayya)
Posted by As'ad at 9:37 AM 06/28/09
Sexist names
“Linguistically speaking, the vast majority of Czech women spend their entire lives belonging to one man or another. They’re born with their dads’ surnames, plus “ova” at the end; tennis champion Martina Navratilova, for example, is the stepdaughter…
Posted by As'ad at 9:36 AM 06/28/09
Israeli praise for Dahlan Armed Collaboration Gangs
“Brig. Gen. Michael Herzog, a senior aide to Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak, told the same forum that the new forces, most of them drawn straight from high school, are doing a good job. “It’s not quite that they can assume full security respons…
Posted by As'ad at 9:33 AM 06/28/09
Zionist Doctors
“A petition demanding the dismissal of Dr. Yoram Blachar as head of the World Medical Association asserts that Israeli doctors turn a blind eye to the involvement of physicians in torture.” (thanks Layali)
Posted by As'ad at 9:25 AM 06/28/09
Popular vote: Muravchik now poses as a Mid East expert
“Finally, Lebanon held a tense election earlier this month that many expected would result in the triumph of Hezbollah and its allies over the pro-Western March 14 coalition. Instead, the latter carried the popular vote and nailed down a commanding maj…
Posted by As'ad at 9:22 AM 06/28/09
Wahhabi Harmony
“Aiban said the problem is that under Islamic sharia law, the foundation of the Saudi justice system has no prohibition on child marriage and new regulations have to be crafted in harmony with sharia principles.” (thanks Sana)
Posted by As'ad at 9:19 AM 06/28/09
Prince Muqrin
“Chief of the Saudi General Intelligence Prince Muqrin Bin Abdulaziz is rumored to have been charged with the task of taking care of all what concerns the affairs of Prince Bandar, who still acts as Secretary-General of the Saudi National Security Coun…
Posted by As'ad at 9:15 AM 06/28/09
A Lebanese crook: Let An-Nahar be proud
“Tohme has been alternately described as a Saudi Arabian billionaire and an orthopaedic surgeon, but he is actually a Lebanese businessman who does not have a medical licence. At one point, Tohme claimed he was an ambassador at large for Senegal, bu…
Posted by As'ad at 9:10 AM 06/28/09
The New York Times has selected a new leader for Iran
“What do you make of Ahmadinejad’s rants against Israel? Of course it’s troubling, and it’s connected again to the viral, violent message embedded in the ideology that was brought about by Khomeini himself at the time of the revolution.When your …
Posted by As'ad at 9:02 AM 06/28/09
Mini-Hariri in the New York Times
“During the campaign, his candidates said they would fight to disarm Hezbollah.” I don’t know where Michael Slackman got this from: not a single Hariri candidate call for disarming Hizbullah, and yet Slackman repeated it twice in this article. Also, …
Posted by As'ad at 8:59 AM 06/28/09
Mini-Hariri in the New York Times
“During the campaign, his candidates said they would fight to disarm Hezbollah.” I don’t know where Michael Slackman got this from: not a single Hariri candidate call for disarming Hizbullah, and yet Slackman repeated it twice in this article. Also, …
Posted by As'ad at 8:59 AM 06/28/09
Deputy Israeli chief propagandist at the New York Times
From Isabel Kershner’s tribute to Shimon Peres in the New York Times: “Mr. Peres combines experience with curiosity and a delight of innovation. He has championed nanotechnology and the electric car, and speaks passionately about emerging industries h…
Posted by As'ad at 8:58 AM 06/28/09
Deputy Israeli chief propagandist at the New York Times
From Isabel Kershner’s tribute to Shimon Peres in the New York Times: “Mr. Peres combines experience with curiosity and a delight of innovation. He has championed nanotechnology and the electric car, and speaks passionately about emerging industries h…
Posted by As'ad at 8:58 AM 06/28/09
Errors and mistakes in Western reporting
“Lebanon’s Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, once a classmate of Khamenei in the Iranian holy city of Qom….” Only that Fadlallah studied in Najaf and never in Qom. (thanks Christopher)
Posted by As'ad at 9:57 AM 06/27/09
Isabel Kershner and her Israeli propaganda
Of course, NYT’s Isabel Kershner is incapable of writing anything but crude and vulgar Israeli propaganda. That is her thing. But does she not top herself here: “Instead, Mr. Peres, 85, the last of Israel’s founding fathers in office, seems to hav…
Posted by As'ad at 9:12 AM 06/27/09
Daily Situation Report: Palestine
Daily Situation Report: Palestine. (thanks Layali)
Posted by As'ad at 9:10 AM 06/27/09
Saudi intervention
“its effort to recast the entire conflict not as an internal dispute that brought millions of Iranians into the streets, but as one between Iran and outside agents from Europe, the United States and even Saudi Arabia.” The last part of this sentence i…
Posted by As'ad at 9:08 AM 06/27/09
Sheikh Mo
Sheikh Mo is in Facebook. Yeah. That should save your Dubai and restore its past glory. (thanks Hisham)
Posted by As'ad at 9:06 AM 06/27/09
Lebanon
I never thought less of Lebanon: mini-Hariri as prime minister is akin to Bashir Gemayyel (the little Lebanese Nazi) as puppet president for Israel.
Posted by As'ad at 9:05 AM 06/27/09
Pistachio King
Can somebody have the Pistachio King of Iran, Rafsanjani, send me some of his pistachio?
Posted by As'ad at 9:04 AM 06/27/09
