Archive for July 13, 2009
The rules of the Sudanese dictator
“Several Sudanese women have been flogged as a punishment for dressing “indecently”, according to a local journalist who was arrested with them. Lubna Ahmed al-Hussein, who says she is facing 40 lashes, said she and 12 other women wearing trousers wer…
Posted on July 13, 2009 by As'ad
Coup College
“The general who overthrew the democratically elected president of Honduras recently, Gen. Romeo Orlando Vásquez Velásquez, is a two-time graduate of the U.S. Army School of the Americas, renamed in 2000 as the Western Hemisphere Institute for Securi…
Posted on July 13, 2009 by As'ad
Innocence of American foreign policy
“Meanwhile, Mr. Micheletti has embarked on a public relations offensive, with his supporters hiring high-profile lawyers with strong Washington connections to lobby against such sanctions. One powerful Latin American business council hired Lanny J. Dav…
Posted on July 13, 2009 by As'ad
The New York Times is on top of the Iran story
Robert Worth continues to cover the story of Iran from…Beirut. And don’t forget that: “Nazila Fathi contributed reporting from Toronto, and independent observers from Tehran.”
Posted on July 13, 2009 by As'ad
Blame the Lebanese influence for this
“He asserted that he began working on that concept long ago, and that the mayor of Nablus, Adli Ya’ish, encouraged the idea. The giant kunafa will be prepared in front of the municipally complex at a cost of about 15,000 US dollars.”PS “Blame the L…
Posted on July 13, 2009 by As'ad
Iran on Al-Arabiyya
If you watch the Iran story on the TV of King Fahd’s brother-in-law (Al-Arabiyya), you get the impression that the Iranian regime has completely collapsed and that the Shah’s son is on his way to Iran to take over. Kid you not.
Posted on July 13, 2009 by As'ad
Crazy Zionism
“Speaking at a conference held by Institute for National Security Studies on Sunday, marking the war’s third anniversary, Halutz said that “I believed that if we crave life in this Mideast arena, we have to sometimes just ‘go crazy’. The government’…
Posted on July 13, 2009 by As'ad
Physician Against Human Rights
“The president of the World Medical Association, Dr. Yoram Blachar, blasted Physicians for Human Rights organization on Friday for giving a first aid course to anti-security fence protestors in the West Bank village of Bili’in.”
Posted on July 13, 2009 by As'ad
All that you have done to our people is registered in notebooks
“He added that “the corpse was moved to the Dar Ash-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City,” noting that “the number of those who were killed during the Israeli war on Gaza amounts to 1,505,” following the most recent discovery.”
Posted on July 13, 2009 by As'ad
Mossad Front
“Renate Künast, the head of one of Germany’s main political parties, the Green Party, recently attacked the nonpartisan Stop the Bomb group as a front for Israeli intelligence, according to a member of the German-Israeli friendship society of Berli…
Posted on July 13, 2009 by As'ad
Their lives are not as precious
“Only the problem resurfaces when one looks to the non-Jewish sector. In northern Arab councils there is an acute shortage of shelters at the public’s hand.”
Posted on July 13, 2009 by As'ad
This is Zionism
“The word “nigger” features prominently in the videos taken by Eddie Beckford and his wife Lura, a Messianic Christian couple living in the desert town of Arad. The videos, going back to 2005, show anywhere from a handful to a mob of local Gur Hassi…
Posted on July 13, 2009 by As'ad
Look for the Lebanese influence here
“The trend has been fueled largely by the arrival of satellite television, which since 2003 has beamed into Iraqi living rooms the glamorous Egyptian and Lebanese celebrities who are reputed to keep regular appointments with their cosmetic surgeons.”
Posted on July 13, 2009 by As'ad
Mubarak hearts Israel
“Senior Foreign Ministry officials said they believed that because Lieberman had appointed a person who is closely associated politically with him, the Egyptian authorities would be in no hurry to approve his credentials as ambassador. “How far can…
Posted on July 13, 2009 by As'ad
Of course, the discussion itself (even if well-intentioned) is racist
” There is no Europewide data available, but one study says fertility rates among Turkish-born women in the Netherlands fell from 3.2 in 1990 to 1.9 in 2005, barely above the figure for native-born Dutch. Over the same period, the equivalent figure …
Posted on July 13, 2009 by As'ad
Are they not cute?
Saudi ambassador in Lebanon and Samir Ga`ga` (or Ga`ga` in Egyptian accent). Are they not cute together? (thanks Hani)
Posted on July 13, 2009 by As'ad
Legitimacy
“As Abu Mazen’s authority or legitimacy deteriorates or declines, he raises his demands and toughens his position,” Lieberman told Israel Radio, referring to Abbas by his nom de guerre.”
Posted on July 13, 2009 by As'ad
This is Israel
” The Israeli transport ministry said on Monday that it will get rid of Arabic and English names for cities and towns on road signs, keeping only the Hebrew terms.” (thanks Sousan)
Posted on July 13, 2009 by As'ad
Race and religious supremacy unto the nations
“Some will see it as pure racism, while others will refer to it as a real concern over a small city’s identity. Taxi drivers at the cab station in Arad’s commercial center launch a spontaneous parliament when asked about the issue of infiltrators. T…
Posted on July 13, 2009 by As'ad
Towels for Israel
“The company, which is located in Mahalla’s Qualified Industrial Zone, produces towels and bathroom ropes for exports to the US, Israel, South Korea, according to Hamdi Hussein, the director of Afaq Center, a labor rights group. It neighbors an inte…
Posted on July 13, 2009 by As'ad