Archive for November 3, 2009
Syria’s allies in Lebanon
The praise by the allies of the Syrian regime in Lebanon in praise of Sa`d Hariri is nauseating.
Posted by As'ad at 10:21 AM 11/3/09
Muhammad: the movie
A British movie on Muhammad. I won’t be surprised if they cast Lindsey Lohan or Paris Hilton as Khadijah, the wife of Muhammad. And with Yusuf Al-Qaradawi as adviser, you can expect a lousy movie with an apologetic treatment of Islam. (thanks Kamal)
Posted by As'ad at 10:21 AM 11/3/09
Israel is firm: it plans to deal with the threat to its lousy existence from Palestinian children
“An Israeli judge has announced the establishment of a new military court dealing solely with the sentencing of Palestinian children.”
Posted by As'ad at 10:16 AM 11/3/09
When Israel investigates war crimes
Goldstone responds: “There’s only been one successful prosecution against a soldier, who stole a credit card, which is really almost fodder for cartoonists, in the plethora of alleged war crimes.” (thanks S.)
Posted by As'ad at 10:11 AM 11/3/09
In Israel, they call their terrorists and racists “controversial”
“Just a day after the arrest of alleged Jewish terrorist Ya’acov Teitel, and less than a week after the anniversary of the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin by a right-wing activist, Jerusalem has been plastered with posters in support of another contr…
Posted by As'ad at 10:07 AM 11/3/09
All that you have done to our people is registered in notebooks
“Dozens of settlers took over the home of a Palestinian family in east Jerusalem Tuesday in an ongoing custody battle involving 28 houses that courts say belonged to Jews before the establishment of the State.”
Posted by As'ad at 9:51 AM 11/3/09
To behead and to crucify in the Saudi kingdom of horrors
Yesterday, I reported that the Saudi king approved a plan to “spread” or “disseminate” the culture of human rights in the kingdom. Here is a sample: “A Saudi court of cassation upheld a ruling to behead and crucify a 22-year-old man convicted of rap…
Posted by As'ad at 9:49 AM 11/3/09
US Non-Profit Bankrolled Settlement Home Of Accused Israeli terrorist
“Yaakov “Jack” Teitel, a resident of the Jewish settlement outpost Shvut Rachel, was arrested by Israel’s Shabak for his alleged murder of two Palestinians and planned terrorist attacks on a left-wing academic and homosexuals. Teitel, an immig…
Posted by As'ad at 9:46 AM 11/3/09
Father and son: Merit System i in the Saudi Kingdom
So Prince Mut`ab bin [son of] `Abdul-`Aziz resigned as Minister of Municipal and Village affairs. The King promptly appointed his son, Mansur bin Mut`ab, as the new minister. What does Bush, Obama, Rice, and Clinton call that: Saudi reform. (thanks…
Posted by As'ad at 9:21 AM 11/3/09
Winning hearts and minds
“The programs Clinton announced on Tuesday include a $76 million project to boost economic opportunities in Yemen, a $30 million project for vulnerable young people in Jordan and an entrepreneurship summit in Washington next year to bring Muslim in…
Posted by As'ad at 9:18 AM 11/3/09
American media and the promotion of Fayyad
The plot thickens: US media continues with the orchestrated campaign to promote the man who received 2% of the Palestinian vote in the last legislative election-under-occupation (technically, he received 1% percent because the combined list with him an…
Posted by As'ad at 9:14 AM 11/3/09
Dahlan TV
$30 million to revamp Dahlan TV. The awful Egyptian businessperson (the Rafiq Hariri of Egypt), Najib Sawiros, will be investing in it. There is no bad deal that Sawiros does not invest in. (thanks Sameer)
Posted by As'ad at 9:11 AM 11/3/09
Saudi-Zionist conspiracy? What Saudi-Zionist conspiracy?
“Yossi Alpher, the Israeli political analyst, who co-edits the online forum bitterlemons.org, was in Europe when the invasion began. “I was having a good stiff drink with a Saudi colleague,” he recalled. “He told me, ‘This time, do it right….
Posted by As'ad at 9:03 AM 11/3/09
Lebanese Quackery
This is a regular feature. This is rather novel even for somebody who has been following Lebanonese quackeries, fabrications, foolishness, distortions, fakeries, etc for years. A claim that a Lebanese was part of the “discovery” of the US: “En étud…
Posted by As'ad at 8:57 AM 11/3/09
The Bahrain Buffoon
Look at the buffoon to the right: he is the foreign minister of Bahrain. He is really proud of himself because he is seated next to the Secretary of State. Why does he enjoy this dubious honor? You see he has been really working hard to push for norm…
Posted by As'ad at 8:54 AM 11/3/09
Obama: as the colonial overlord of Afghanistan
These colonial words will be remembered in Afghanistan history when it is written years from now. This is quite something even by the standards of US world supremacy. This is like something Lord Cromer, the Victorial Imperialist, would have said: “H…
Posted by As'ad at 8:51 AM 11/3/09
Say it ain’t so
““All of you have a father, your father’s name is written on your ID card, but all of you have a second father. His name is Sheikh Zayed.”” Oh, `Abdul-Khaliq. Oh, `Abdul-Khaliq. No, `Abdul-Khaliq. No way, `Abdul-Khaliq. That is not how I wan…
Posted by As'ad at 8:49 AM 11/3/09
Ilyas Khuri has just realized: Hariri’s plans were bad
This is quite something: a classic case of Lebanese political convenience, to not use another word. Ilyas Khuri writing in Al-Quds Al-`Arabi–weeks, WEEKS, literally–after being fired from An-Nahar, has just discovered that Hariri plans for downtown …
Posted by As'ad at 8:42 AM 11/3/09
PA Collaborators’ TV
Amer sent me this (I am citing with his permission): “It was surreal, on Mahmoud Abbas’ TV channel, I came across a show discussing “tunnels in Gaza: the economic and social impact.” Guests were explaining how tunnels are bad for the people because …
Posted by As'ad at 8:41 AM 11/3/09
“But he replied, and I’m not kidding: “You TV freaks are all alike.””
“And then he fell asleep and started snoring really loudly.”
Posted by As'ad at 8:40 AM 11/3/09
