Archive for August 22, 2009

Fath accounting

“When pressed last week by delegate Hussam Khader to account for Fatah’s finances over the past 20 years, Mr. Abbas shouted him down. The congress offered no financial accounting—neither to Mr. Khader, nor to western taxpayers whose aid to the Pal…

Posted by As'ad at 10:15 AM 08/22/09

Lessons about civilized behavior

“”It’s very important that Libya knows that how the Libyan government handles itself in the next few days will be very significant in the way the world views Libya’s re-entry into the civilised community of nations,” Mr Miliband said.” (thanks Raed)

Posted by As'ad at 9:46 AM 08/22/09

The real pirates

“A Russian newspaper claimed Friday that suspected pirates who boarded the freighter Arctic Sea were actually agents of the Israeli secret service trying to stop it smuggling arms to Iran.”

Posted by As'ad at 9:45 AM 08/22/09

Zionists are outraged over offensive cartoons

Zionists are outraged over offensive cartoons. As is known, Zionists are consistent in their firm belief against any offensive cartoon of any kind, no matter who is being targeted in that cartoon. You can’t accuse Zionist propagandists of hypocrisy i…

Posted by As'ad at 9:35 AM 08/22/09

Polling for Zion

“Adam Pechter, a former deputy publisher of the Middle East Quarterly, has founded Pechter Middle East Polls to gather current views in Egypt and Jordan.” Let me guess: his polls will find that Israel is adored by Arabs and that the Palestinian questi…

Posted by As'ad at 9:32 AM 08/22/09

Obama Doctrine

“Reporting from Alexandria, Va. – A Lebanese citizen being held in a detention center here was hooded, stripped naked for photographs and bundled onto an executive jet by FBI agents in Afghanistan in April, making him the first known target of a ren…

Posted by As'ad at 9:22 AM 08/22/09

What gives?

“In the meantime, complaints of fraud and specific episodes of ballot stuffing mounted, and they may assume increasing importance.” Just yesterday, the New York Times declared the puppet elections in Afghanistan “a success”–in a front page article no…

Posted by As'ad at 9:20 AM 08/22/09

The Dayton militias

“”Nothing we do to strengthen the Palestinian’s security capability will be targeted against Israel … The presidential guard will not become a threat to Israel.”"

Posted by As'ad at 9:16 AM 08/22/09