Archive for March 4, 2010
I am done
OK, I am stopping. This can’t go on. Too much blogging today. I have an important item of news regarding the Dubai assassination but I am waiting for permission-to-use from source.
Posted on March 4, 2010 by As'ad
Israel in Lebanon
“Arabs of Lebanese origin in Israel sell counterfeit Lebanese certificates of origin complete with forged government stamps. Some Israeli factories have departments of so-called quality control – where any Hebrew writing or ‘Made in Israel’ marks a…
Posted on March 4, 2010 by As'ad
Prolonged occupation
“The Iraqi media has been overwhelmed with political statements, analysis, and press releases condemning the possible prolongation of the U.S. occupation. In one statement, MP Omar Al-Jubouri, a Sunni from the National Iraqi Coalition, rejected the …
Posted on March 4, 2010 by As'ad
Help
I can’t stop blogging this morning. Help.
Posted on March 4, 2010 by As'ad
the link
“The MasterCards used by some of the assassins were branded by US-based Meta Bank, but issued by another small company called Payoneer. The company specializes in prepaid debit cards that can be used as credit card alternatives for online shoppers. …
Posted on March 4, 2010 by As'ad
Even the Moscow Bureau chief of the NYT writes propaganda for Israel
““You could call this the Israeli Riviera,†he said. “It has a very pan-Mediterranean feel.†Ashdod’s beaches did not disappoint, and while my wife and children swam, I mingled. I was curious as to whether adults who emigrated from the for…
Posted on March 4, 2010 by As'ad
Israel fears an alteration in the Middle East strategic balance
“”Authorities believe the arrests, which took place on Tuesday in several Italian cities, disrupted an operation which would have shifted large quantities of hi-tech gear including bullets, guns and explosives, to Iran”" (thanks Hussein)
Posted on March 4, 2010 by As'ad
Accidents happen–every day, in Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine, and Pakistan
“Six years ago, in 2004, there were fierce battles as US forces subdued two uprisings in the town. Now, one hospital doctor told the BBC that they see two or three cases of birth defects each day. The US military says it is not aware of any officia…
Posted on March 4, 2010 by As'ad
Mossad reporter
“Pundik admitted to his interviewer, in response to a question, that during his travels and his assignments in the 1960s in Africa, he provided information to the Mossad (and also reported to Davar, the now defunct daily of the Histadrut labor federati…
Posted on March 4, 2010 by As'ad
Accidents happen–every day
“Our study shows that the 114 reported drone strikes in northwest Pakistan, including 18 in 2010, from 2004 to the present have killed approximately between 834 and 1,216 individuals, of whom around 549 to 849 were described as militants in reliable…
Posted on March 4, 2010 by As'ad
March on, comrades
“It compels one to share in the pains and humiliation daily experienced by our people under the weight of zionist imperialism. It is a call to all people of nobility and dignity to do something now in defence of humanity. Participating in the just s…
Posted on March 4, 2010 by As'ad
Pro-`Allawi propaganda in Al-Akhbar?
This article contains pro-`Allawi (the former puppet prime minister/Saddam henchman/car bomber/embezzler in Yemen/heroism fabricator/sect manipulator/Iraqi dissident students’ chaser in the 1970s) propaganda. Judge for yourself. (thanks Hassan)
Posted on March 4, 2010 by As'ad
Dagger does not impede friendship but niqab does
“Constitutional lawyer Julius Grey successfully defended a 12-year old Sikh boy’s right to wear a ceremonial dagger in school. But, he said he draws the line with the niqab. “If you put a barrier to the showing of the face, then you don’t integr…
Posted on March 4, 2010 by As'ad
Suha Bisharah
The talented Al-Akhbar reporter, Layal Haddad, profiles Suha Bisharah, the communist struggler who shot Israeli-Lebanese war criminal, Antoine Lahd. A few years back, after a talk I gave in Beirut, Suha came and introduced herself to me. I looked at …
Posted on March 4, 2010 by As'ad
Obama Doctrine
“American drones fired missiles at suspected Taliban and al-Qaeda leaders in Pakistan’s tribal areas 55 times last year, killing hundreds of jihadists and who knows how many civilians. This year, the killing has accelerated; so far more than a dozen …
Posted on March 4, 2010 by As'ad
Say it without apology: Yemeni socialism did that
“The people of the south are generally better educated, a legacy not only of the British but of the Socialist government that ruled here during the 1970s. Although they shattered the economy and suppressed their opponents brutally, the Socialists also …
Posted on March 4, 2010 by As'ad
“Meaning of Nakbah”
I was reading yesterday for the umpteenth times the classic book, Ma`na An-Nakbah, by Constantine Zurayq. It is one of the five most important political books written in Arabic in the 20th century. It is written for the average reader and carries a v…
Posted on March 4, 2010 by As'ad
Nazila Fathi: reporting from Toronto
I mean, I was reading a pile of New York Times. I mean, reading Nazila Fathi is now a joke, really. Every dispatch is based on opposition website, Jaras. Why not just print an invitation to readers to visit Jaras website, or provide verbatim transla…
Posted on March 4, 2010 by As'ad
Dahlan religion
“The PA’s effort to control the mosques is a big part of its bid to stamp its authority on the West Bank, muzzle its Islamist foes, and convince friendly and cash-providing Arab and Western governments that it can be trusted to run a would-be state. …
Posted on March 4, 2010 by As'ad
This is an Orwellian headline from the New York Times
Fortunately, I read the hard copy of the New York Times because now I notice that the New York Times changes headlines and texts without informing the reader. In the original hard copy the headline of this story was: “Gates sees Danger in Europe’s an…
Posted on March 4, 2010 by As'ad