Archive for July 11, 2009

How to follow the Iran story

For the most reliable coverage of the Iran story, I strongly recommend the New York Times. I mean, they have Michael Slackman in Cairo and Nazila Fathi in Toronto, and they have “independent observers” in Tehran. What else do you want? If you want m…

Posted on July 11, 2009 by As'ad

The Lebanese Army is now ready to defend Lebanon from Israeli Aggression

The Lebanese Army now has a Cessna plane (a gift from the US). I kid you not. It is a major story and the Lebanese media are treating this development as the most important shift in the strategic balance of the Middle East. (thanks As`ad–not me)

Posted on July 11, 2009 by As'ad

Perhaps thousands

“After a mass killing of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of Taliban prisoners of war by the forces of an American-backed warlord during the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan, Bush administration officials repeatedly discouraged efforts to investigate the episo…

Posted on July 11, 2009 by As'ad

Dubai miracle? Are you kidding me?

“These days, despite defiant protestations of resilience, no one seems to know when the sweet breeze will return. The UAE is still in the doldrums. For the first time since the seven Gulf statelets joined together as a union in 1971, people are begi…

Posted on July 11, 2009 by As'ad

Zionist Vandals

“Thousands of books drenched in cooking oil – that is the latest exploit of the Zionist fanatics who regularly attack property and people in Paris and get away with it.” (thanks, I forgot who)

Posted on July 11, 2009 by As'ad

This is Zionism

““In Jerusalem, you have a lot of nationalists who do not accept the very existence of Arabs,” said Sammy Smooha, an Israeli political sociologist at the University of Haifa. “Arabic signs give them the feeling of binationalism, that the Jews …

Posted on July 11, 2009 by As'ad

King PlayStation G

“Prince Ali is a huge Ali G fan and apparently regards himself as “the real Ali G”. He defused the situation.” (thanks Ala’a)

Posted on July 11, 2009 by As'ad

The Plot

“As more details emerged, however, the less the four defendants sounded like men with the skills to plan a sophisticated terror plot. They were small-time crooks, felons with long criminal records whose previous activities revolved around smoking ma…

Posted on July 11, 2009 by As'ad

Get out NOW

“The Israeli group –— the National Federation of Israel Journalists — was ousted June 7 in a unanimous vote of the international union’s executive committee. The vote immediately raised the specter of another effort by international unions to…

Posted on July 11, 2009 by As'ad

Sovereignty…my potato

“An Iraqi truck driver who failed to stop when signaled on a main highway north of Baghdad was shot and killed early Friday by an American soldier, a spokesman for the United States military said.” Wait. I thought that US soldiers had surrendered “s…

Posted on July 11, 2009 by As'ad

La Vache is not laughing

Husni Mubarak’s propaganda apparatus denies rumors that Mubarak is showing signs of aging. (Al-Quds Al-`Arabi)

Posted on July 11, 2009 by As'ad

Flash

Ms. Lebanon revealed that her pet project is water. No mention of juices.

Posted on July 11, 2009 by As'ad

March 14 intellectuals

“La censure au Liban est rare et elle est combattue par les intellectuels et les jeunes, qui rejettent toute forme d’obscurantisme, surtout quand il émane d’instances religieuses ou du Hezbollah, accusé de vouloir “iraniser” le pays. Récemment, q…

Posted on July 11, 2009 by As'ad

Paid Zionist propaganda

“The Foreign Ministry unveiled a new plan this week: Paying talkbackers to post pro-Israel responses on websites worldwide. A total of NIS 600,000 (roughly $150,000) will be earmarked to the establishment of an “Internet warfare” squad.” (thanks…

Posted on July 11, 2009 by As'ad

There is colonial feminism: O, White Man. Save her.

Look at this woman writing about women in the newspaper of the Abu Dhabi’s ruling family. Basically, it is along the lines of: O, White Man. Come and save me. O, White Man. Where are your armies to bomb me and save me? And notice that she is writi…

Posted on July 11, 2009 by As'ad

King PlayStation can be pious: beware

King PlayStation and Queen Youtube are performing `Umrah (mini-Haj) with the new Crown Prince of Jordan. Is it me or the King seems to be one of those who steals his towels from hotels? If images of Arab rulers’ piety do not make you all atheists, yo…

Posted on July 11, 2009 by As'ad