Archive for October 1, 2009
Make your own mistakes: just dont repeat others’
“Petraeus: We Won’t Repeat Russia’s Mistakes In Afghanistan”. Oh, no. You will make your own mistakes, and they will be bigger.
Posted on October 1, 2009 by As'ad
“I happened to welcome the war “
“I am not a neocon, though I have found myself on their side on occasion.” And I am not Angry Arab, and Muhamad Dahlan is not a collaborator, and the sky is not blue, and Mini-Hariri is not incompetent, and Saudi King is a liberal democrat. (thanks Su…
Posted on October 1, 2009 by As'ad
These are the kind of persuctions that don’t dont bother Western governments or media
“Per Bjorklund, who has been living in Cairo for the last three years as a freelance writer, was stopped by immigration officers upon his return from Sweden via Prague with his girlfriend. He was held at the airport for nearly 48 hours and then put on …
Posted on October 1, 2009 by As'ad
Dahlan, o Dahlan
“In August the charismatic Dahlan, 47, who has worked closely with the Israelis and the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, was elected to Fatah’s 18-member Central Committee, the movement’s executive body, at landmark legislative elections.” Charismati…
Posted on October 1, 2009 by As'ad
The PA invites Israel to commit more war crimes against the Palestinians to advance the “peace process”
“In a startling shift, the Palestinian delegation to the United Nations Human Rights Council dropped its efforts to forward a report accusing Israel of possible war crimes to the Security Council, under pressure from the United States, diplomats said T…
Posted on October 1, 2009 by As'ad
UAE explusions
“The United Arab Emirates has expelled dozens of long-term Lebanese Shiite residents from the country over their presumed affiliation with Hezbollah, a representative said on Wednesday. “The common factor among all those expelled in the past three mon…
Posted on October 1, 2009 by As'ad
PA gangs in the service of Israeli forces
PA armed gangs are protecting Israeli occupation troops now. (thanks Ahmad)
Posted on October 1, 2009 by As'ad
Imposing sexist “beauty” standards on kids in Lebanon
“In Lebanon, a rising trend is for beauty parlors to cater to five year old clients. Providing services like chocolate facials and hair stenciling, is this just a way for kids to express themselves or indoctrination into beauty culture? We’ve covered …
Posted on October 1, 2009 by As'ad
We are counting, we are remembering, and we are determined
“A Palestinian teenager has been hit and killed by an Israeli military jeep near Jenin in the occupied West Bank.” (thanks Sarah)
Posted on October 1, 2009 by As'ad
This should be a big story: but you heart this autocrat: he sent mine-sweeping monkeys to Iraq
“The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the closure of a Moroccan independent daily amid an escalating government campaign to silence critical journalists. On Tuesday, police prevented Taoufik Bouachrine, managing publisher and editor of the dai…
Posted on October 1, 2009 by As'ad
Potato farming in Lebanon
“”After years of recurrent losses, potato farming, once known as the crop of the poor, is in continuous decline. The famous crop of the Beqaa has now become monopolized by a few large farmers who plant hundreds of dunums and who can afford to buy tons …
Posted on October 1, 2009 by As'ad
Foriegn maids in Lebanon
“On arrival there, however, she was put in a house with another Madagascan domestic worker where she was forced to cook, clean and care for three children and a newborn. “We didn’t sleep day or night; we had to be up whenever the baby cried. We di…
Posted on October 1, 2009 by As'ad
The New York Times hearts the coup in Honduras
“Mr. Zelaya’s stance has also been erratic. His cellphone calls, broadcast on sympathetic stations, swing between calls for peaceful protest and cries like “Restitution or death!— What is erratic about this? The man was overthrown from power b…
Posted on October 1, 2009 by As'ad
Unbelief in Czech Republic: I am jealous
“In a recent survey by Stem, a research group, nearly half of respondents professed not to believe in God.”
Posted on October 1, 2009 by As'ad
Those terrorist scenarios
In every official announcement by the Justice Department about some horrific terrorist plot, there is always an FBI informant involved. Here are two cases: “According to the criminal complaint filed in the case, an agent posing as a senior member of …
Posted on October 1, 2009 by As'ad
Who needs AIPAC? Really.
“Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel telephoned the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, and five other influential lawmakers on Thursday and Friday to urge the United States to pursue “crippling sanctions†against Iran, according to Israeli offici…
Posted on October 1, 2009 by As'ad
Lies, ignorance and racism: 34 days of humiliation for Israel
I finished yesterday during flying and waiting at airports the book 34 Days: Israel, Hizbollah, and the War in Lebanon by Amos Harel and Avi Issacharoff. I am reviewing it for the Journal of Palestine Studies so I will unload there but I will say a fe…
Posted on October 1, 2009 by As'ad