Archive for November 27, 2009
Israel: disgrace unto the nations
“For Golan Heights residents who want to join a future spouse in Syria, they too must sign on their honour to never return to the other side. Once they’ve crossed the border, they’re given a Syrian residency card which specifies that they’ve renounc…
Posted on November 27, 2009 by As'ad
Not in the US media
“Unions in Iraq (FWCUI) has called for an expansion of the now 41 day-old leather industries strike, into other industries and sectors across Iraq. In their call (which you can read in the original Arabic here, and in English translation here) they…
Posted on November 27, 2009 by As'ad
Zayn Al-Athat
I have reported this week about the Lebanese quack (alleged) crook, Zayn Al-Athat who peddles in infomercials “natural” herbal products for all ailments. He has a cream to enlarge a woman’s breasts, and a cream for hair growth, and a cream for hemorr…
Posted on November 27, 2009 by As'ad
Dictatorships that you find cute
“Amnesty International has condemned the conviction of a dissenting Tunisian journalist who has been jailed for six months on trumped up charges after an unfair trial. Taoufik Ben Brik, a prominent government critic, was sentenced on Thursday on ch…
Posted on November 27, 2009 by As'ad
This is Zionism
“On Friday, 13 November, soldiers were documented firing 22-caliber bullets at demonstrators during the weekly demonstration against the Separation Barrier in Ni’lin. The shots were fired a few dozen meters from the targets, and lightly wounded tw…
Posted on November 27, 2009 by As'ad
Masters know what puppets will do better than puppets
“Officials in Jerusalem estimated that within a few weeks the PA will declare its willingness to return to the negotiation table as part of an agreement reached between Israel and the Palestinian leadership in Ramallah.”
Posted on November 27, 2009 by As'ad
Injustices in Lebanon
“Khaled is not a unique case. Hundreds of young women and men live in a similar ordeal. Their main crime is being born to Lebanese women who had the misfortune of having children from non-Lebanese men. By the time you read this story, Khaled might h…
Posted on November 27, 2009 by As'ad
Did they meet or did they not? That is the question
US military commander accuses the Economist–the best magazine there is, despite its political flaws and its constant use of the word “reckon”–of Iranian connection. “General Odierno claims that we were manipulated by the Iranians. Sadly for him, t…
Posted on November 27, 2009 by As'ad
What does Iraq mean to you, o Western “democrat”?
“Google CEO: A New Iraq Means Business Opportunities”. (thanks Jamal)
Posted on November 27, 2009 by As'ad
The New York Times is opposed to imperialism–only when not at the hand of the White Man
“Saudi leaders were frightened: heavily dependent on imports, they had seen the price of rice and wheat, their dietary staples, fluctuate violently on the world market over the previous three years, at one point doubling in just a few months. The Saudi…
Posted on November 27, 2009 by As'ad
Dubai miracle
““This is another wave of the credit crunch,†said Christopher Davidson, an expert in Gulf politics at Durham University in Britain. “Dubai was fairly much the worst example of overextension. It had the worst debt per capita in the world by far….
Posted on November 27, 2009 by As'ad
Shi`ite Madoff
“”All logic and reason suddenly disappeared in one day, as well as the simplicity in life and its requirements,” wrote Ibrahim al-Amin, editor in chief of Al-Akhbar, a pro-Hezbollah newspaper.” Ibrahim’s piece is not bad but she managed to refer to …
Posted on November 27, 2009 by As'ad
Zionism: The promise of doom for us all
“With the western allies having been entangled in two destructive and illegal wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, Benny Morris (Obama’s nuclear spring, 24 November) is eager and willing to start a third one. The history professor who now believes that th…
Posted on November 27, 2009 by As'ad
More on the bunglings of the Mossad
“A trainee spy for Israel’s secret service agency Mossad was arrested by Tel Aviv police while taking part in a training operation, media reports say. The young trainee was spotted by a female passer-by as he planted a fake bomb under a vehicle in …
Posted on November 27, 2009 by As'ad
More on the Saudi-Zionist alliance
“The 54-year-old Israeli was already at the club in his second spell working as director of football. He will take charge of Saturday’s home game with Manchester United in that role as his work permit needs to be changed before he can become manager…
Posted on November 27, 2009 by As'ad
The Israeli-Dahlan tour
“Attend a briefing by the U.S. Ambassador to Israel, and in Tel Aviv visit the Yitzhak Rabin Memorial in honor of the slain Israeli prime minister.” (thanks Jobo)
Posted on November 27, 2009 by As'ad
Wahhabiyyah parading as liberalism: the case of the Hariri Movement
I have noted to you before, that after Sep. 11, Wahhabiyah propaganda has found a new way to parade before Western audiences. So-called Arab liberals who work as propagandists in Saudi media are part and parcel of this trick. Yet, Saudi media continu…
Posted on November 27, 2009 by As'ad
The Plight of Syrian workers in Lebanon
Here is a daily chronicle of the suffering of Syrian workers in the lousy potato homeland of Lebanon.
Posted on November 27, 2009 by As'ad
So where is your Dubai miracle?
“Fears of a dangerous new phase in the economic crisis swept around the globe yesterday as traders responded to the shock announcement that a debt-laden Dubai state corporation was unable to meet its interest bill.” Remember how Arab and non-Arab Zi…
Posted on November 27, 2009 by As'ad
Dahlan Advocates: now you see the board member, now you don’t
I have heard stories of how the Dahlan advocates at the Dahlan Task Force for Israel assembled its board. But the recent White House State Dinner crasher is a case in point. The fellow is a member of this lousy board of this lousy organization: it sa…
Posted on November 27, 2009 by As'ad