Archive for February 8, 2010

Defacing Rafiq Hariri’s pictures in Tyre

I want to know now from family and relatives in Tyre: who is responsible for the defacing of the pictures of Rafiq Hariri in Tyre? Who? I am just asking because I…have blenders for you. (Al-Mustaqbal)

Posted on February 8, 2010 by As'ad

When Israel bombs, Western media find it cute

“That, according to Meir Geva, head of aerial munitions at Israel Military Industries, can be very deep indeed. His firm makes a bunker-buster which weighs about as much as a small car. “To my great sorrow”, Mr Geva says, its shockwave ranges canno…

Posted on February 8, 2010 by As'ad

Technical reasons

If you care: although they have been running promos, my interview on NBN has been postponed for two more weeks for “technical reasons.” Not next Monday, but the one after on Rabiah Zayyat’s Al-Hayat Ahla.

Posted on February 8, 2010 by As'ad

It is official: Human Rights Watch hearts bombing Arabs/Muslims

“Mark Hiznay, a bombs-control expert at Human Rights Watch, a humanitarian group based in New York, has gone so far as to say it has become a necessary weapon.”

Posted on February 8, 2010 by As'ad

Ramallah collaborationist republic

“Under the guidance of an American general, Keith Dayton, hundreds of PA security forces have fanned out across Palestinian towns, co-ordinating with Israeli forces to swat Palestinian dissent. Though human-rights groups say the torture of dissidents h…

Posted on February 8, 2010 by As'ad

barring candidates they dislike

“IN THE run-up to a general election due on March 7th, Iraq’s authorities seem to be taking a page out of Iran’s illiberal electoral rule book by barring candidates they dislike.” Yes, the screening in Iran was an invention by Khymayni, and the sc…

Posted on February 8, 2010 by As'ad

Inequality and excess

“”Inequality leads to an excess of what Bowles calls “guard labor.” In a 2007 paper on the subject, he and co-author Arjun Jayadev, an assistant professor at the University of Massachusetts, make an astonishing claim: Roughly 1 in 4 Americans is…

Posted on February 8, 2010 by As'ad

Dahlan embassy in France taken to court

“L’organisation, qui représente l’Autorité palestinienne en France, est poursuivie devant le tribunal de prud’hommes pour non respect des droits de deux de ses employés.” (thanks “Ibn Rushd”)

Posted on February 8, 2010 by As'ad

Al-Azhar book/website burners

“”The committee hasn’t issued any decrees regarding Facebook,” said Sheikh Saied Amer, head of the academy’s fatwa, or religious-edict, committee. “We haven’t even had any inquiries about the religious legitimacy of using it or not.”"

Posted on February 8, 2010 by As'ad

When a man with no credibility talks about credibility

“Jordan’s king: US credibility under question”. He added: My credibility and the credibility of my “Hashemite” family has never been under question because we never ever had any credibility.

Posted on February 8, 2010 by As'ad

Family waterboarding now

“A 27-year-old Washington state soldier allegedly admitted Sunday to having held his daughter’s head in a bowl of water because she couldn’t recite the alphabet.” (thanks Sellam)

Posted on February 8, 2010 by As'ad

Occupation raid

“Late last night Occupation forces raided the Stop the Wall offices in Ramallah. Some 10 military jeeps, hummers and an armoured bus surrounded the building as soldiers searched rooms, turning the office upside down and confiscating computer hard di…

Posted on February 8, 2010 by As'ad

In Kuwait, you may pleasure others but you may not pleasure yourself

“”He is also said to have hidden in obscured places and derived ‘self-pleasure,’”. (thanks Dina)

Posted on February 8, 2010 by As'ad

Prince Turki’s handshake

This hand shake is more embarrassing to the House of Saudi than you think. Just notice how the Saudi press is trying either to ignore it or to only point out the “explanation” and “clarification” by the lying Prince. A reader in Saudi Arabia (who sha…

Posted on February 8, 2010 by As'ad

Analysis of the Iranian situation

This is a really good analysis of the Iranian political situation by Egyptian expert, Mustafa Al-Labbad. It also has an informative section on the conflict within the clerical hierarchy and on the role of Ayatullah Yusif Sani`i. (thanks Hussein)

Posted on February 8, 2010 by As'ad

The most dubious of honors: or the least honorable mention ever

What do you do when you are mentioned in the blog of the worst writer on the Middle East in the entire world? I mean, that. You need to research this website and see what I have written about this man: Jeffrey Goldberg, who proudly served in the Isra…

Posted on February 8, 2010 by As'ad

One question for the New York Times

If only one reporter for the New York Times would, for purposes of an experiment, announces that he/she has a son who has joined Hamas or Hizbullah forces, we would like then to see if Bill Keller would make the arguments that he has made regarding Eth…

Posted on February 8, 2010 by As'ad

Lysandra Ohrstrom on Ethan Bronner

“Let’s get somethings straight. Ethan Bronner is not and never has been a “superb reporter” and there are plenty of reasons why he should not be allowed to run the Times’ biggest Middle Eastern bureau, let alone commit blatant anti-journalistic acts…

Posted on February 8, 2010 by As'ad

Arab Liberalism

My article for Al-Jazeera Center for Studies: “Arab Liberalism: Or Rationalization of Colonialism”.

Posted on February 8, 2010 by As'ad

Saudi AND Qatari contacts with Israel

Publisher of Al-Quds Al-`Arabi, `Abdul-Bari `Atwan, has an editorial in which he rightly condemns the hand shake between Prince Turki Al-Faysal (the midwife of the creation of Al-Qa`idah) and an Israeli minister. But `Atwan should also condemn handsha…

Posted on February 8, 2010 by As'ad