Archive for March 12, 2010
The Israeli Lobby…in Lebanon
My weekly article in Al-Akhbar: “The Israeli Lobby…in Lebanon”
Posted on March 12, 2010 by As'ad
thanks to a….Lebanese
According to the `Awni site (which peddles Lebanonese nationalism at a rate similar to that of An-Nahar), a film won the academy award due to a genius of a….Lebanese. (thanks Mazen)
Posted on March 12, 2010 by As'ad
Samah Idris versus (the lousy) Fakhri Karim
Another shameful deed by the lousy Lebanese state. Talbani’s “leftist”, Iraqi intellectual Fakhri Karim (who supports the American occupation of Iraq AND the Syrian regime which sheltered him for years and Saudi Arabia) sued Samah Idriss for criticizi…
Posted on March 12, 2010 by As'ad
Lousy Lebanese state harasses my Lebanese lawyer: how dare they
“A high-profile group of international human rights organisations are accusing the Lebanese government of harassing a prominent civil society lawyer after officials seized his passport last week, forcing the intervention of the interior ministry to …
Posted on March 12, 2010 by As'ad
This is Zionism
“One reason for the apparent futility of Palestinian dissent is the Israeli security barrier that bites into the West Bank and runs through chunks of East Jerusalem. It prevents most West Bank Muslims from reaching the city’s holy places and has clef…
Posted on March 12, 2010 by As'ad
Mistakes happen, every single day
“U.S. troops opened fire on a car in western Baghdad, killing an Iraqi journalist and her husband, a police official said Thursday. Morgue officials confirmed the deaths and said the bodies of Aseel al-Obeidi and her husband were riddled with bullet…
Posted on March 12, 2010 by As'ad
Saving Afghanistan
“According to the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission, U.S. and Allied forces have killed and injured more civilians than have the insurgents during Operation Moshtarak. Incredibly, the Pentagon continues to insist that this operation “prot…
Posted on March 12, 2010 by As'ad
Closed and open doors
“”But in closed conversations, Joe Biden took an entirely different tone. …People who heard what Biden said were stunned. “This is starting to get dangerous for us,†Biden castigated his interlocutors. “What you’re doing here undermines th…
Posted on March 12, 2010 by As'ad
Kershner’s propaganda tales
Notice that official Israeli accounts of such attacks always make it sound that the Palestinian commandos were the ones who shot at the victims when invariably Israeli terrorists are the ones who engage in the rampage: “The woman being honored, Dalal M…
Posted on March 12, 2010 by As'ad
Israel in Somalia: or Israel’s dirty hands and feet
“In early February, Yigal Palmor, spokesman for Israel’s Foreign Ministry, reportedly told the Somalia media that Israel was prepared to recognize the breakaway territory of Somaliland, which split from Somalia in 1991, as an independent nation. …
Posted on March 12, 2010 by As'ad
My secret Somalia correspondent
I need to call on my secret Somali correspondent to send me an update of the developments in Somalia, now that Obama has decided to launch a major war there.
Posted on March 12, 2010 by As'ad
Angry White
“RACISM explains a lot of white opposition to Barack Obama, say some Democrats. It would be foolish to dismiss this argument out of hand. Lexington walked into a shop in Millington, Tennessee last week and asked the white gentleman behind the counter w…
Posted on March 12, 2010 by As'ad
Not in the New York Times
Two Israeli occupation tanks just penetrated in Lebanese territory. If two Hizbullah fighters penetrated into Israeli territory, the secretary-general of the UN would have convened the UN Security Council.
Posted on March 12, 2010 by As'ad
If this happened in Saudi Arabia, it would have received front page coverage here in the US
This happened in the US: “It was about two hours before closing time early on Thursday at Social, a Midtown bar, when the man approached a woman as she danced. The woman, 29, rebuffed the man’s advances and went to the restroom in the bar’s basem…
Posted on March 12, 2010 by As'ad
Women in India versus women in the US
“Despite having had several formidable female leaders — including former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her daughter-in-law Sonia Gandhi, the current leader of the Congress Party — Indian women lag behind men in virtually every sphere of life.” …
Posted on March 12, 2010 by As'ad