Archive for May 6, 2010
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“The expanded authority, approved two years ago by the Bush administration and continued by President Obama, permits the agency to rely on what officials describe as “pattern of life” analysis, using evidence collected by surveillance cameras on the un…
Posted on May 6, 2010 by As'ad
Israel in Yemen
I can confirm to you readers that Israel did supply the pro-Saudi side in the Yemeni war in the 1960s with arms.
Posted on May 6, 2010 by As'ad
The one exception
“”Lieberman plans to introduce a bill that would amend a decades-old law aimed at yanking citizenship from U.S. citizens who fight for a foreign military. . . . There is one exception to the existing law: Americans are allowed to serve in the Israel De…
Posted on May 6, 2010 by As'ad
Dayr Yasin: don’t forgive, don’t forget
“Deir Yassin was a quiet village, that had a pact with us that had been approved by Yitzhak Navon, then Head of the Arab section of the Haganah Jerusalem Intelligence Service and later President of Israel. The people of Deir Yassin had kept to the pact…
Posted on May 6, 2010 by As'ad
Israel: they even kidnap goats
“Israeli moves to arrest Lebanese shepherds have now taken a new turn after army units crossed the Israeli pullout line in the south and “kidnapped” 185 goats in the area of al-Shahel on the outskirts of the town of Shebaa. A Lebanese army communiqué…
Posted on May 6, 2010 by As'ad
Clowns
“”Ivan Prado, the most famous clown in Spain, did not expect to be put on a return flight back to Madrid soon after arriving at Ben-Gurion International Airport late last month, after spending six hours with officials from the Shin Bet security service…
Posted on May 6, 2010 by As'ad
1946
“Twenty-four-year-old Zaki Hashem, for the last three years a legal advisor to the Egyptian Foreign Ministry and the League of Arab States, spoke up sharply yesterday in defense of Arab rights in Palestine. “The solution to the Jewish refugee problem,”…
Posted on May 6, 2010 by As'ad
Puppet Iraqi justice
“After escaping her ordeal, Zeina found herself being prosecuted, rather than being comforted. As punishment, she’s now serving two years in jail. A prison official confirmed her story. Iraqi women’s rights activists are outraged. “She refused to accep…
Posted on May 6, 2010 by As'ad
Wolfensohn: tool of occupation
“Former World Bank president and Middle East Quartet envoy James D. Wolfensohn is an investor in an Israeli company that is developing transport infrastructure for Jewish-only settlements built in the occupied West Bank in violation of international la…
Posted on May 6, 2010 by As'ad
anthem of Egyptian workers
Egyptians beat any other people in chants and slogans. No doubt about that. (thanks Hossam)
Posted on May 6, 2010 by As'ad
Cheney in Saudi Arabia
“The obvious answer would be: something financially advantageous. Cheney, who oversaw the Saudi staging of Gulf War I, has always maintained good relations with the kingdom and its elites—relations that certainly came in handy after the war, when his…
Posted on May 6, 2010 by As'ad
family connections
“Even though al-Mabhouh claims he was never involved in terror activity, Israel reiterated that there are “up-to-date suspicions regarding his own and his family’s connections with terrorism.”
Posted on May 6, 2010 by As'ad
They did it: they really did.
“Tunnellers in Gaza have already cut through a supposedly bombproof barrier built by Egypt to stop smuggling into the Palestinian territory, the BBC has learned.” (thanks Farah)
Posted on May 6, 2010 by As'ad