Archive for June 10, 2009
Western observers in Lebanon
A Western observer in Lebanon was offended with my reference to Western observers’ support for March 14 (minus the French professor who talked to my mother). He/she (does not want to be identified) wrote me this: “Your French professor friend does not…
Posted on June 10, 2009 by As'ad
Explaining the defeat of the opposition
Comrade Khalid provides an anatomy of the defeat of the opposition.
Posted on June 10, 2009 by As'ad
Nobel for Wahhab fanaticism
I am told that a group linked to Nadir Hariri (cousin of mini-Hariri) set up this site to nominate Saudi king for Nobel prize. (thanks Ibn Rushd)
Posted on June 10, 2009 by As'ad
Jumping…Zionism
“The light rail projects for Jerusalem and Tel Aviv are both facing difficulties. In a body-blow to the future Jerusalem light rail, the French company Veolia, which was supposed to run the train system after its construction, is abandoning the proj…
Posted on June 10, 2009 by As'ad
Western observers
One of the European election observers in Lebanon is a French professor who is close to my family. He told my mother the other day that every person–to a person–in the European and American delegations in Lebanon for the election were staunch suppor…
Posted on June 10, 2009 by As'ad
women and nationality
Sean Lee is right: the intro section of the article on women and nationality in EI (which I cited yesterday) is not accurate. (thanks Sean)
Posted on June 10, 2009 by As'ad
Editing
“AP Edits Palestinian Suffering Out of Obama’s Speech” (thanks Shakib)
Posted on June 10, 2009 by As'ad
Enhanced feeding techniques
“”Guantánamo’s Hidden History: Shocking Statistics of Starvation†is a report I’ve compiled for Cageprisoners analyzing the weight records for prisoners at Guantánamo (released by the Pentagon in March 2007), which demonstrate that, from Jan…
Posted on June 10, 2009 by As'ad
Zionists: kidnappers of children
“Israeli forces seized four Palestinian children during a raid the West Bank village of Hizma, northeast of Jerusalem early on Wednesday morning.”
Posted on June 10, 2009 by As'ad
Anti-Armenian bigotry in the deformed homeland
March 14 has been built on bigotry and racism from its very inception. It should not be surprising: it is an ultra-nationalist, chauvinist ideology which was inaugurated with attacks on poor Syrian workers in Lebanon–and only after the withdrawal of …
Posted on June 10, 2009 by As'ad
When House of Saud advises House of Hariri
This is rather funny. `Abdul-Rahman Ar-Rashid (director of the TV station of King Fahd’s brother-in-law) writes in Ash-Sharq Al-Awsat (mouthpiece of Prince Salman bin `Abdul-`Aziz) and advises mini-Hariri. He said–I kid you not–that Sunni sectarian …
Posted on June 10, 2009 by As'ad
Thomas Friedman in Beirut
Is there something more annoying than a Western correspondent parachuting into a foreign country, and offering–hours after arrival–words of wisdom and analysis about that country? And who can superficially compete with Thomas Friedman in that regard?…
Posted on June 10, 2009 by As'ad
The skills of the Mossad: (this plot may be converted into a comedic movie)
“The plot unravelled almost as soon as it began. Mishal’s driver suspected that he’d been followed by a green Hyundai. When he saw a blond, bearded man in sunglasses approaching his boss as he stepped out of the car, with a ‘bizarre instrument…
Posted on June 10, 2009 by As'ad
What a shock: Shi`ites can vote
An-Nahar (the right-wing, sectarian Christian, anti-Syrian (people), anti-Palestinian (people) newspaper) had this headline during the election: Civilized voting in Bint Jubayl (predominantly Shi`ite). An-Nahar was shocked that the inferior stock of L…
Posted on June 10, 2009 by As'ad
Anti-Shi`ite Bigotry
There is one camel in the room that people are ignoring in talking about Lebanon. It is an essential element in Lebanese culture to despise inferior groups and others (not that it is different elsewhere). And the contempt for Shi`ites has been an ess…
Posted on June 10, 2009 by As'ad
“What audacity”
Amer sent me this headline from AlJazeera.net with the headline above. It says: “American disturbed with sectarian discourse in Iraq” This is like saying “Zionist concern with massacres in the Middle East.”
Posted on June 10, 2009 by As'ad