Archive for July 3, 2009
The Revolution Ages
My weekly article in Al-Akhbar: “The Revolution Ages: Iran Confronts Itself.”
Posted by As'ad at 12:14 PM 07/3/09
The New York Times’ love affair with the Honduran Junta
“They removed him over fears that he was trying to undermine the Constitution and extend his tenure.”
Posted by As'ad at 11:57 AM 07/3/09
Canada’s Worst Foreign Minister
Canada now (which speaks for the unannounced US foreign policy) defends the Honduran coup: ““The coup was certainly an affront to the region, but there is a context in which these events happened,” said Peter Kent, Canada’s minister of foreign a…
Posted by As'ad at 10:33 AM 07/3/09
This is what Lebanon cares to brag about
“Offbeat Traveler: Lebanon boasts the world’s largest hotel suite.” This is the real claim to fame for Lebanon: sex tourism. By the way, what the article does not tell you is this: Brummana (or Broummana) is very popular with oil-rich Gulf Arabs. So…
Posted by As'ad at 10:16 AM 07/3/09
Saudi love for Saddam Husayn
As you all know, the monstrous Saddam’s personality cult in the Middle East was directed by Sa`d Al-Bazzaz (Saddam’s chief propagandist) and shared by Gulf journalists–including Ahmad Jarallah in Kuwait. Al-Bazzaz is now a pro-Saudi propagandist who …
Posted by As'ad at 9:57 AM 07/3/09
The rules of Amnesty International
The lousy Amnesty International has spoken: that resistance to foreign occupation (by brown and black people) is considered a war crime. Cuddling the boots of the foreign occupiers is recommended instead. (thanks Marc)
Posted by As'ad at 9:52 AM 07/3/09
“Mystery widens in case of ‘CIA operative’ gunned down by police”
“The Houston Chronicle also reported that Burch said Carnaby’s family was a wealthy Lebanese family in the shipping business. On Wednesday, Carnaby’s family said his parents were flying in from Beirut and are asking for their son to be buried at…
Posted by As'ad at 9:47 AM 07/3/09
Oh: Egyptian state harbormasters
“An Israeli submarine sailed the Suez Canal to the Red Sea as part of a naval drill last month, defense sources said on Friday, describing the unusual maneuver as a show of strategic reach in the face of Iran. Israel long kept its three Dolphin-clas…
Posted by As'ad at 9:45 AM 07/3/09
Obama Rules
“The promotion of Middle East adviser Dennis Ross to a senior White House position may open the door to a more positive tone by the United States toward the Israeli government, experts believe.”
Posted by As'ad at 9:44 AM 07/3/09
Betrayed?
“Franklin said he felt betrayed by the two former AIPAC staffers. He believed that he was sharing information with them so that they could pass it to other government officials, and was disappointed to learn they conveyed it to Israeli diplomats and…
Posted by As'ad at 9:41 AM 07/3/09
I wish the West would spare us sensitivity to the East
The West is at its worst when it feigns sensitivity to the East: “They are also promoting their book, Bareed Mista3jil, translated as “Mail in a Hurry.” It contains 41 true stories of LGBT life in Lebanon, many of them surprisingly hopeful and humo…
Posted by As'ad at 9:37 AM 07/3/09
Israel pirates teach about…piracy
“As pirates attacks become a serious hazard in shipping lanes, Israeli security academy offers special maritime protection class.” (thanks Asa)
Posted by As'ad at 9:34 AM 07/3/09
DahlanStan
“Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ security forces have significantly widened a crackdown on Hamas in the West Bank in the past month. They have doubled the number of detainees and are increasingly targeting the wives of activists, school teacher…
Posted by As'ad at 9:33 AM 07/3/09
Dahlan, O Dahlan
“A coffee shop in Khan Younis was set ablaze by unknown arsonists before dawn Friday morning, causing severe structural damage.”
Posted by As'ad at 9:32 AM 07/3/09
This is Zionism: pure and simple.
“Housing Minister Ariel Atias on Thursday warned against the spread of Arab population into various parts of Israel, saying that preventing this phenomenon was no less than a national responsibility.” When I read such blatant racism from leaders of …
Posted by As'ad at 9:29 AM 07/3/09
Oh, she is a victim. Oh, she is a victim of Arab oppression. Save her, o White Man and write fawning articles about her
Yet, again: some reporter (this time for a leftist publication, MR Zine, who does not know who this Lebanese person is and whether she is considered influential (or even present) in Arab literature and who does not know that she is a right-winger), was…
Posted by As'ad at 7:47 AM 07/3/09
Al-Masri Al-Yawm
A courageous Egyptian reporter that I respect sent me this (he does not want to be identified): “”The paper has been going through an editorial shift increasingly since the notorious Magdi El Gallad became the editor in chief. The paper is staffed wi…
Posted by As'ad at 7:45 AM 07/3/09
