Archive for October 15, 2009
Scandalous
Dahlan ambassador in Lebanon, `Abbas Zaki, today met with Samir Ja`ja` (Ga`ga` in Egyptian accent) and said afterwards that he was surprised with Ja`ja`’s “love for Palestine.” I kid you not.
Posted on October 15, 2009 by As'ad
The new editor of An-Nahar: inaugurates
Read the last part: a (not very) veiled reference to me. He said that I want to write in An-Nahar. I never once wanted to write for An-Nahar (the right-wing, sectarian Christian, racist anti-Syrian (people), anti-Palestinian (people)). One time I se…
Posted on October 15, 2009 by As'ad
Just over 85,000
“Just over 85,000 Iraqis were killed in Iraq between 2004 and 2008, according to the first estimate from the Iraqi government since the war began.” This estimate is of course well below other more reliable estimates. (thanks Zainab)
Posted on October 15, 2009 by As'ad
Mo money NOW
“Transocean, the world’s largest offshore drilling company, was sued by a member of the Saudi royal family who claims he was cheated of his share of multimillion-dollar contracts won using his trade secrets. Soroof International Co., a Saudi trading a…
Posted on October 15, 2009 by As'ad
Sadat’s propagandist
Sadat’s chief propagandist, (and fellow anti-Semite), Anis Mansur, can’t understand why poor people in Egypt don’t move from government housing into villas in the suburbs. I am not making this up.
Posted on October 15, 2009 by As'ad
Bolster
“Mr. Abbas is a relatively moderate leader whom the United States and Israel have tried to bolster in the face of popular gains by Hamas.” What do you say about a leader bolstered by the enemies of his own people? There is a word for that, in every l…
Posted on October 15, 2009 by As'ad
Lebanese government news
Comrade Khalid suggests a boycott of all news regarding the formation of the Lebanese cabinet. I concur.
Posted on October 15, 2009 by As'ad
This is Zionism
“It is a new and effective settler tactic known as the “price tagâ€: if the Government sends police or soldiers to dismantle an outpost that is being built, the settlers make the Palestinian population pay the price. “It’s quite simple and sm…
Posted on October 15, 2009 by As'ad
Who writes this stuff for the New York Times?
I mean, really. Are there no editors in the Times to notice the stupidity of language used? And notice how the foreign correspondents of the Times always write their dispatches on the assumption that the US is more ideal and more moralistic than all …
Posted on October 15, 2009 by As'ad
The Protocols of the Elders of Islam
“Republican members of the Congressional Anti-Terrorism Caucus said the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) have tried to plant “spies†within key national-security committees in order to shape legislative policy.” Anti-Islam Zionist bi…
Posted on October 15, 2009 by As'ad
Israelis in Tibet
Paul sent me this regarding a previous story about Dalai Lama’s references to Israelis in Tibet: “Hope all well. Just wanted to say, since you’ve taken down comments, that the Dalai Lama – while no fan – was not bs-ing when he said the largest group …
Posted on October 15, 2009 by As'ad
Abu Mazen’s son speaks
“Marian Houk (Question): Can I ask you, what do you know about the relations between your father, the President, and his Prime Minister (Salam Fayyad)? Is it true they’re not speaking to each other at the moment, or they’re fighting? Yasser Abbas …
Posted on October 15, 2009 by As'ad
We have a new intruder on Middle East studies
A colleague from the East Coast sent me this: “If you think this (see below) is worthy of Angry Arab material and want to mention her feel free to quote me – no names please….Thought you might like to see this. I don’t know if you have ever hear…
Posted on October 15, 2009 by As'ad
Sons of…Zayid
“The Israeli flag was displayed on the table and on the pins of the country’s delegates to the first International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) conference in Abu Dhabi this week.” I have told you this before: Sons of Zayid will soon emerge as the…
Posted on October 15, 2009 by As'ad
Sponsor a Saudi prince
“Saudi Arabia is trying to enlist other oil-producing countries to support a provocative idea: if wealthy countries reduce their oil consumption to combat global warming, they should pay compensation to oil producers.” And then the Saudi oil (and vine…
Posted on October 15, 2009 by As'ad
Syria and Iraq
The Iraqi puppet government has requested that Syria turn in Iraqi Ba`thist leaders who are stationed in Damascus. A Syrian official gave a rather (unusually) good response: he said that if Syria were to turn in Iraqi dissidents, Nuri Al-Maliki would …
Posted on October 15, 2009 by As'ad