Archive for December 28, 2009
The PA collaboration regime offers its services
“”…The PA on Saturday complained to the U.S. that during the raid Israel had unjustly invaded area A, for whose security the Palestinians are solely responsible. The PA demanded that the Americans voice their own position on the matter. Over the …
Posted on December 28, 2009 by As'ad
This is Israeli occupation
“Amid the endless, horrifying statistics a few stand out: of Gaza’s 640 schools, 18 were completely destroyed and 280 damaged in Israeli attacks. Two-hundred-and-fifty students and 15 teachers were killed. Of 122 health facilities assessed by the W…
Posted on December 28, 2009 by As'ad
Haaretz finds methods of killing “exciting”
“Military censorship prevents disclosure of the Israeli arms industries’ most exciting and futuristic devices, but a good picture of what can be expected can be compiled using what is already in the public domain.” First notice, that Israeli media n…
Posted on December 28, 2009 by As'ad
Saudi media and their love affair with Bin Laden
When Bin Laden family members were held in Iran, Saudi media said that this is evidence of cooperation between Iranian government and Al-Qa`idah. Now, Saudi media (especially the mouthpiece of Prince Salman and his sons, Ash-Sharq Al-Awsat) are pressi…
Posted on December 28, 2009 by As'ad
He wants to liberate Palestine with a beauty pageant
“The Palestine beauty pageant would have been a powerful statement to the world that Palestinians will not surrender to the occupation nor allow the suffering to dictate how they live their lives. It also would have been a powerful statement to them…
Posted on December 28, 2009 by As'ad
Three fatal deficits of Empire
“As I reflected on the rise, and probable fall, of America’s empire, it became clear to me that there were three fatal deficits at the heart of American power: a manpower deficit (not enough boots on the ground in Iraq), an attention deficit (not …
Posted on December 28, 2009 by As'ad
selling eduction in Dubai
“George Mason, one of the first American universities to open a branch in the United Arab Emirates, closed its Ras al Khaymah temporary campus in May, having never graduated a single student.” (thanks Dina)
Posted on December 28, 2009 by As'ad
This is the US-constructed “model” in Iraq
“Strict traditions and social conventions are back in the spotlight in Iraq with the decision of Iraq’s Education Ministry to separate boys and girls in Sadr City schools.”
Posted on December 28, 2009 by As'ad
Obama also kills school children
“At least 10 Afghan civilians, mostly school children, have been killed in an air raid by Nato-led forces in the east of the country, the office of Hamid Karzai, the president, has said.” When I read these items, I remember all the leftists I know w…
Posted on December 28, 2009 by As'ad
The Obama White House Finds this cute
“Jerusalem resident Rifat Sayeed said a minibus he was travelling in on Monday overturned and crashed into a ditch after Jewish settlers threw stones in its direction.” (thanks Olivia)
Posted on December 28, 2009 by As'ad
The Saudi-Israeli honeymoon
I normally avoid linking to the Saudi sleaze website, Elaph. It lures visitors with sexist and sleazy pictures and then promotes Saudi and Israeli propaganda interests. And I find more evidence of Israeli-planted propaganda stories in Elaph than I fi…
Posted on December 28, 2009 by As'ad
Obama’s other big war
Look at this headline in the New York Times: ” U.S. Widens Terror War to Yemen, a Qaeda Bastion.” Do you need to read any further? The headline simply and briefly provided you with a justification for the Obama war in Yemen. As if the issue of Al-Qa…
Posted on December 28, 2009 by As'ad
Iran: Revolution versus Revolution
Yesterday, I was expecting to be mad at Aljazeera. I was expecting that the relations between the Qatari Emir and the Iranian government would produce lame reports that would downplay the significance of the protests in Iran. Aljazeera–yet again–p…
Posted on December 28, 2009 by As'ad