Archive for April 5, 2010

Flash

I am told that under conditions of secrecy, Abu Mazen has been rushed into a hospital in Jordan. Awaiting further confirmation.

Posted on April 5, 2010 by As'ad

Saudi Arabia and Al-Qa`idah

Salih Al-Qar`awi (the military commander of Al-Qa`idah in Yemen) spoke on the internet. He is one of the most wanted man in Saudi Arabia. But he himself spoke of his background: that he was arrested by the Syrian government which turned him over to th…

Posted on April 5, 2010 by As'ad

Saudi-Israeli conspiracy? What Saudi-Israeli conspiracy?

“Meanwhile, a Saudi cleric has announced on his television show that he will visit Jerusalem next week to bolster Muslim claims to the city. If Sheikh Mohammed al-Areefi goes ahead with his plan, it would be an unprecedented trip for a prominent Saud…

Posted on April 5, 2010 by As'ad

China and the Middle East

“Another stunning example of China’s Mideast diplomatic policy came on the 27th of December, 2008 when Foreign Ministry spokesperson Qin Gang stated, “China is deeply concerned over the escalated conflict in the Gaza Strip. We strongly urge rele…

Posted on April 5, 2010 by As'ad

The Nation magazine: an enemy of the Palestinian people

The Nation magazine under its current editor has consistently proven itself to be an enemy of the Palestinian people. One article after another, the Nation’s coverage on Palestine drips with racism and with full identification with one version or anot…

Posted on April 5, 2010 by As'ad

Zionist indoctrination

“Sagy believes that the mandatory military recruitment indoctrinates the youth to “see the justness in our side alone. This leads the youth to become more patriotic later on and to identify with the Israeli side.” As a result, Sagy says, the Israeli…

Posted on April 5, 2010 by As'ad

All that you have done to our people is registered in notebooks

“MP Jamal Al-Khudari, the head of the popular committee against the siege, stated Sunday that about 60 percent of Gaza children suffer from malnutrition and anemia and 35 percent of the blockade victims are children.”

Posted on April 5, 2010 by As'ad

Jeffrey Goldberg: the solution to insomnia

““The question is, was he asking me to stay over because we’re friends or was he asking me to stay over because he’s cheap? And the answer might be, because we’re friends and because he’s cheap,” said Mr. Goldberg, now a national correspond…

Posted on April 5, 2010 by As'ad

If this was in an Arab country?

“A bus line that separates between men and women has begun operating in Tel Aviv, odd news for many who consider it Israel’s capital of liberality and equality.” There is nothing odd about the story since religious fanaticism and secular racism/sexis…

Posted on April 5, 2010 by As'ad

Israeli Mossad propaganda in the BBC

“”If in 50 years they open up the secret files of the Israeli secret service, the Shin Bet, and military intelligence, the sophistication of electronics that is being used by Israel now in the Gaza Strip would put even the legendary Q from the James…

Posted on April 5, 2010 by As'ad

Crimes unto the nations

“”I can’t say that I came here for Zionist or even Jewish reasons,” said the paratrooper sitting next to me on Seder night last Monday. “I got into so much trouble back home, all I wanted to do was party. Running away from the police was what made m…

Posted on April 5, 2010 by As'ad

Zionism is racism, always

“‘Tony Abdo is 23 years old. He can barely remember the Holy city because Israel has barred him from entering it in the past 6 years. “My heart aches, it is so upsetting to me that people from around the world are allowed to visit Jerusalem and pray…

Posted on April 5, 2010 by As'ad

This story is half Israeli disinformation and half Hamas fear of internet

“But Hamas, the Islamist movement that controls the Gaza Strip, believes the population’s love of social networking websites is making it easier for Israel to recruit spies. Israel has long maintained networks of informers in the West Bank and Gaza …

Posted on April 5, 2010 by As'ad

Occupation achievements

“”While other countries have even larger cannabis cultivation, the astonishing yield of the Afghan cannabis crop — 145 kilograms per hectare of hashish, the resin produced from cannabis, as compared to around 40 kilograms per hectare in Morocco — …

Posted on April 5, 2010 by As'ad

G Men at work

“U.S. law enforcement agents are following the rest of the Internet world into popular social-networking services, going undercover with false online profiles to communicate with suspects and gather private information, according to an internal Justice…

Posted on April 5, 2010 by As'ad

G Men at work

“U.S. law enforcement agents are following the rest of the Internet world into popular social-networking services, going undercover with false online profiles to communicate with suspects and gather private information, according to an internal Justice…

Posted on April 5, 2010 by As'ad

This was not on page one of the NYT: dug bullets out of their victims’ bodies in the bloody aftermath”

“The admission was an abrupt about-face. In a statement soon after the raid, NATO had claimed that its raiding party had stumbled upon the “bodies of three women who had been tied up, gagged and killed” and hidden in a room in the house. Military o…

Posted on April 5, 2010 by As'ad

Return to Slavery

A Saudi Salafite calls for a return to slavery. The article has been removed. (thanks Abdulmajeed)

Posted on April 5, 2010 by As'ad