Archive for October 6, 2009
Fath Coup
It seems that the US and Israel are up to something: the expression of opposition to Abu Mazen by the likes of Muhammad Dahlan and Nabil `Amr may indicate a plan by Israel and US to oust Abu Mazen to save the Fath collaborationist team. The Egyptian g…
Posted on October 6, 2009 by As'ad
The Ottoman Empire
Walid Jumblat today praised the stance of the Ottoman Empire on the Palestinian question. I am not making this up.
Posted on October 6, 2009 by As'ad
When the occupiers express concern for the puppet
“Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is facing unusually harsh criticism from within Fatah and other Palestinian groups for his decision last week to withdraw a draft document requesting the United Nations Human Rights Council pursue the adoption of…
Posted on October 6, 2009 by As'ad
His best friends are not racist
“Du Beke said: “I must say immediately and categorically that I am not a racist and that I do not use racist language.” Funny. That was what Joachim von Ribbentrop said in Nuremberg. (thanks David)
Posted on October 6, 2009 by As'ad
Blame the Lebanese for this
An attempt to create the “biggest” congratulation card for the son of the King of Bahrain on the occasion of his marriage. I would not be surprised if this was a Lebanese idea to cash in. (thanks Ala`a)
Posted on October 6, 2009 by As'ad
the land of the French Revolution
Afghan people beeing expelled from Calais, France. (thanks Hadjar)
Posted on October 6, 2009 by As'ad
Suit
“A Palestinian Muslim instructor filed a federal discrimination suit Monday against Columbia College Chicago, claiming she was fired after a student falsely reported she made an anti-Semitic comment in class. Suriya H. Smiley is accused of saying to…
Posted on October 6, 2009 by As'ad
A Ghetto in Bahrain
“A ministerial committee in charge of public utilities has been tasked to draft the necessary legislative and organisational procedures. While preserving the privacy of residential areas, the move would also ensure expatriate bachelors their own zon…
Posted on October 6, 2009 by As'ad
This is Zionism
“According to the latest figures compiled by DCI-Palestine from sources including the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) and temporary Israeli army detention facilities, the number of Palestinian children detained in Israeli prisons and detention centres …
Posted on October 6, 2009 by As'ad
Book gifts
One anonymous donor gave money to the Center for Arab Unity Studies in Beirut in order that they give me (and ship to me in the US) free copies of all their publications: books and journals. I received a big shipment yesterday. I don’t know who the p…
Posted on October 6, 2009 by As'ad
Football resistance
“UEFA president Michel Platini says he believes football can play a role in bringing about peace in the Middle East.” Yes, provided we aim metal filled footballs into the faces of Israeli leaders and soldiers. (thanks Sameer)
Posted on October 6, 2009 by As'ad
no way
“In a graphic illustration of the new world order, Arab states have launched secret moves with China, Russia and France to stop using the US currency for oil trading.” They would not dare. One phone call from the White House would kill the plan. (than…
Posted on October 6, 2009 by As'ad
warning
“Last June, the Lebanese army warned the country’s residents not to respond to phone calls asking them for information on missing Israeli soldiers, saying that these messages were in violation of Lebanese sovereignty. The army warned that any attemp…
Posted on October 6, 2009 by As'ad
stench
“Israeli Ilan Parente, ex-owner of a meat plant in Bridgewater, South Dakota left 44 tons of kosher bison meat in the plant’s freezers and caused a strong odor to spread, which plagued an entire town. Parente, however, claims that the town residents…
Posted on October 6, 2009 by As'ad
Thus spoke a Zionist
“Jerusalem District Police Chief Aharon Franco said on Monday that the city’s Muslim inhabitants were “ungrateful,” referring to recent violent clashes between Arab rioters and the police near the Temple Mount.” (thanks Sellam)
Posted on October 6, 2009 by As'ad
The cow is down
We have a proverb in Arabic: when the cow falls down, the butchers rush in. Here is a corrupt Fath official feigning purity: “He slammed Abbas’ decision to form an internal inquiry commission to probe the matter, and said this was an insincere attem…
Posted on October 6, 2009 by As'ad
Israeli terrorism over Lebanon
You will not see this in the Western press. Israeli gun boats fired at a Lebanese fishing boat.
Posted on October 6, 2009 by As'ad
Hear ye, hear ye in Lebanon
This is urgent. The Lebanese Air Force (i.e. two antiquated zee planes, zee planes) has announced that it plans to conduct training air exercises at night. You know what that means, don’t you? It means you need to hide your children and hide the pigs…
Posted on October 6, 2009 by As'ad
Kooky Shaykh of Al-Azhar
This man is officially crazy–literally, as Joe Biden keeps saying. He really is. He once threw an ash tray at a female journalist because she asked him a question that he did not like. And he shook hands of Shimon Peres and then pretended he did no…
Posted on October 6, 2009 by As'ad
Lebanese press crisis
Comrade Khalid on the Lebanese press crisis.
Posted on October 6, 2009 by As'ad