Archive for February 19, 2010
Academic freedoms in Lebanon
My weekly article in Al-Akhbar: “Academic Freedoms: The Dangers of Hariri Totalitarianism”
Posted on February 19, 2010 by As'ad
Mossad man’s suicide
The Western media are so protective of Israel, especially when it comes to embarrassing revelations. Last year, a top Mossad (or Israeli military intelligence, I don’t recall) officer with responsibilities for Lebanon shot himself in his office. Of c…
Posted on February 19, 2010 by As'ad
Najla Said
I have not seen this performance yet, but this New York Times reviewer went to see Najla Said’s performance only to 1) pick on her; 2) to pick on Palestine and the Palestinians. It was clear that she was quoting everything out of context.
Posted on February 19, 2010 by As'ad
Iran rumors in oil trading world
A reliable source who does not want to be identified sent me this: “All anonymous if you decide to use this as usual. I don’t want to make too big a deal of this as traders are notorious for blowing things out of proportion, but I heard the rumors be…
Posted on February 19, 2010 by As'ad
PA chief collaborator reverses himself
“According to the senior government official, Spindelegger also said Abbas told him negotiations, which will be indirect, would begin next week.” (thanks Sarah)
Posted on February 19, 2010 by As'ad
PR for war crimes
“Israel’s government has launched a campaign aiming to boost the country’s image abroad even as it finds itself in the middle of an international uproar over the suspected role of Israeli spies in the assassination of a Hamas operative. Through a ne…
Posted on February 19, 2010 by As'ad
Mossad agent.
Look away. Look away: I am a top secret Mossad agent in disguise.
Posted on February 19, 2010 by As'ad
Lebanese Army
No one can defend Lebanon better than the brave soldiers of the Lebanese Army. (thanks Ahmed)PS I am told that these are Internal Security Forces and not Lebanese Army. Lebanese Army soldiers are preparing the best Shish Tawuq there is.
Posted on February 19, 2010 by As'ad
Ian Black: chief Mossad propagandist in UK
“”… prompting what sometimes sounds like grudging admiration as well as loathing in the Arab world – where a predisposition for conspiracy theories boosts the effect of the disinformation and psychological warfare at which the Israelis are said …
Posted on February 19, 2010 by As'ad
Mossad
So basically the Mossad is good but…the Lebanese police and Dubai police are better? Ha ha ha ha ha
Posted on February 19, 2010 by As'ad
LA Times headline: ” A bumbling Mossad hand suspected in Dubai assassination”
“But now the entire episode appears to have gone terribly out of control, more Coen brothers than John le Carre, with police releasing images of the alleged operatives in shorts and baseball caps traipsing around the corridors of the hotel where Mab…
Posted on February 19, 2010 by As'ad
Dahlan, o Dahlan
“Hamas said Friday that the two Palestinians arrested in the killing of one of its operatives in Dubai are former members of the rival Fatah movement’s security forces with links to senior Fatah’ssecurity official Mohammed Dahlan.” (thanks David)
Posted on February 19, 2010 by As'ad
Ian Black is very worried about the reputation of the Mossad
“The Dubai assassination, however, may yet turn out to be far more damaging – not least because the political and diplomatic context has changed in the last decade. Israel’s reputation has suffered an unprecedented battering, reaching a new low durin…
Posted on February 19, 2010 by As'ad
Colonial rule has not ended in the Middle East
“In fact, the question posed by al-Jazeera is perhaps the wrong one, since, in many ways, colonial rule has not ended. Although direct rule stopped more than half a century ago, with the exception of Iraq since 2003, indirect rule never ceased. In b…
Posted on February 19, 2010 by As'ad
History of dumb Mossad
“A brief history of Israeli espionage scandals.” This list is so incomplete and so brief that it does not even begin to tell the story. (thanks Ali)
Posted on February 19, 2010 by As'ad
Making excuses for the dumb Mossad killing team
The New York Times is very embarrassed for the dumb performance of the Mossad killing team. I noticed that they are barely covering the repercussions and today they reassured the readers that London does not want to make a big deal out of the so-called…
Posted on February 19, 2010 by As'ad
Dismantling the racist “fence”
“Some 1,200 people arrived in the West Bank village of Bilin, west of Ramallah, in order to protest against the separation fence being built in the area.The Palestinians reported that two protesters were injured in the demonstration. Even before th…
Posted on February 19, 2010 by As'ad
Drip irrigation
Yesterday, Ethan Bronner did his post to carry, word for word, propaganda claims by Israel. (See below). He attributed drip irrigation to an Israeli “breakthrough” (the only Israeli breakthroughs that I know are massacres). Comrade Rami sent me his r…
Posted on February 19, 2010 by As'ad
Who invented cherry tomatoes: the claim by Ethan Bronner
As Ethan Bronner yesterday felt obligated to carry, word for word, propaganda claims by Israel (see below), he mentioned without evidence the claim that Israel “invented” cherry tomatoes. Yesterday, I carried the response of comrade Rami. Today, comr…
Posted on February 19, 2010 by As'ad
Hi: don’t hate me because I am dumb. Hate me because I am a killer
Hi. I am a top secret Mossad agent and I am very dumb. In fact, I am extremely dumb, when I perform my killing missions, I leave not only finger prints behind me, but a trail of video footage. And my disguising skills are as good as when Superman tu…
Posted on February 19, 2010 by As'ad