Archive for July 12, 2009
Egyptian strikes
“The Tanta Flax and Oil Company workers renewed their call for the nationalization of their factory, threatening to take over the factory and run it independently from the investor and the government if the latter didn’t intervene on behalf of the s…
Posted on July 12, 2009 by As'ad
This is not fit for Twitter, I guess
“Three ultra-Orthodox Jews were wounded, two of whom suffered stab wounds to the head, after a fracas with secular bystanders erupted in Jerusalem before dawn on Saturday.”
Posted on July 12, 2009 by As'ad
The feelings of a…collaborator
“”Believe me, It hurts me to hear those things…we gave our lives for the sake of Israel, we don’t deserve to be referred to as criminals.”"
Posted on July 12, 2009 by As'ad
On the footsteps of Fath
“Two militants preparing to fire mortars into Israel were detained Saturday by interior security officials of the Islamic Hamas movement, reported a group to which the militants claim membership.”
Posted on July 12, 2009 by As'ad
Zionist skunks
“Israeli troops seeking to quell protests over Israel’s West Bank wall on Friday sprayed a foul-smelling substance code-named “skunk” and sent in undercover troops posing as Palestinians.” (thanks Olivia)
Posted on July 12, 2009 by As'ad
Zee new Lebanese plane; zee new Lebanese plane
So a scientist sent me this comment about the “firing test” by the Lebanese Cessna plane: “The spoiler of the party I may be, and spoiling a party run by the ragtag lackeys is one that is more fun than a party with the finest of the finer sex. Aprop…
Posted on July 12, 2009 by As'ad
Lebanese Air Force
So the Lebanese Air Force now has this in its arsenal: zeee two planes, zeeee two planes plus a Cessna plane that we use here in California for the spraying of crops but is referred to as “a military plane” in the Lebanese pro-US/pro-Saudi Arabia press.
Posted on July 12, 2009 by As'ad
Clashes versus Demonstrations
When governments kill unarmed demonstrators, the Western press refer to that as “massacres.” But when governments kill unarmed demonstrators who are seen as too Islamic, that is referred to in the New York Times as “clashes”–implying a military confr…
Posted on July 12, 2009 by As'ad
Coverage of Iran in the New York Times
The New York Times appreciates the significance of the Iran story. Today they added more angles to the coverage: in addition to Michael Slackman in Cairo, and Nazila Fathi in Toronto, and “independent observers” in Tehran who send emails to the New Yo…
Posted on July 12, 2009 by As'ad
Wild rumors
Saudi Muftititi (shown above) today angrily denied “wild rumors” in the West about the swine flu. He said that there is no truth to the rumors and expressed outrage that some may even be reluctant to perform pilgrimage due to fears of swine flu. But…
Posted on July 12, 2009 by As'ad
Not all the demonstartions that are fit to print
Now you would think it is the season of covering demonstrations in Iran. You would think that the Western press is obsessed with news of demonstrations in Iran. But there was a demonstration in Iran last week in protest of the murder of the veiled Eg…
Posted on July 12, 2009 by As'ad