Archive for June, 2009
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 on June 29, 2009 by As'ad
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 on June 29, 2009 by As'ad
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 on June 29, 2009 by As'ad
Saudi tribute to Michael Jackson
A Saudi tribute to Michael Jackson. (thanks Sana)
Posted on June 29, 2009 by As'ad
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 on June 29, 2009 by As'ad
Nahr Al-Barid: never forgotten
A new film on Nahr Al-Barid. (thanks Marcy)
Posted on June 29, 2009 by As'ad
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 on June 29, 2009 by As'ad
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 on June 29, 2009 by As'ad
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 on June 29, 2009 by As'ad
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 on June 29, 2009 by As'ad
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 on June 29, 2009 by As'ad
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 on June 29, 2009 by As'ad
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 on June 29, 2009 by As'ad
Obama coup
“As the crisis escalated, American officials began in the last few days to talk with Honduran government and military officials…”
Posted on June 29, 2009 by As'ad
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 on June 29, 2009 by As'ad
Those are the Palestinians
A Palestinian child confronts an Israeli terrorist soldier outside of his house in Khalil. (AFP)
Posted on June 29, 2009 by As'ad
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 on June 29, 2009 by As'ad
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 on June 29, 2009 by As'ad
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 on June 29, 2009 by As'ad
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 on June 28, 2009 by As'ad