Archive for July 26, 2010
Mistakes happen, every day
“A Nato rocket attack on a village in Afghanistan last week killed 52 civilians, including women and children, the office of Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, has said in a statement.”
Posted on July 26, 2010 by As'ad
Google translation of Arabic
Google translates Nuqud as Sheckels. (thanks Safia)
Posted on July 26, 2010 by As'ad
Facebook blocks the word Palestinian
“Are Palestinians the only group so blocked from making pages? Well, not really… after a little fiddling around, I discovered that al-Qaida Refugee ResearchNet and Nazi Refugee ResearchNet are filtered too.” (thanks Olivia)
Posted on July 26, 2010 by As'ad
Making progress in Iraq
““Fifteen kidnapped people released, 238 raids, 14,008 searches, 227 arrests (including 126 without warrants), 18 mortars found, 213 weapons found, eight explosive belts found, four terrorists killed, 167 IEDs dismantled, 18 sticky IEDs dismantled an…
Posted on July 26, 2010 by As'ad
In the West: women compared to animals
If this ad had appeared in a Muslim country, the UN Security Council would have met in protest. (thanks Dalia)
Posted on July 26, 2010 by As'ad
In the lousy name of National Security
“The US has condemned as “irresponsible” the leak of 90,000 classified military records, saying their publication could threaten national security.” This is from the administration that had promised transparency. (thanks Mohammad)
Posted on July 26, 2010 by As'ad
another Ethiopian suicide in Lebanon
“”La police a rapporté hier le suicide d’une employée de maison éthiopienne. La malheureuse s’est jetée de l’appartement de son employeur, Moussa Fadallah Ramy, situé au 8e étage d’un immeuble de Tallet el-Khayat (Beyrouth), sous les yeux horrifi…
Posted on July 26, 2010 by As'ad
If he were a Muslim, this would have been a front page story in the New York Times
“Police released the head rabbi of a prominent yeshiva yesterday hours after arresting him for encouraging to kill non-Jews.Rabbi Yitzhak Shapira, head of the Od Yosef Hai Yeshiva and author of “The King’s Torah,” was arrested early yesterday morning a…
Posted on July 26, 2010 by As'ad
The emulation of the dead
I need to write more about the subject of “the object of emulation” in Shi`ite thought and practice. But I need to be around my library in the US for that. The issue arose in my head because the son of Muhammad Husayn Fadlallah and his institutions a…
Posted on July 26, 2010 by As'ad
Zionist suppression of facts
“A report quietly submitted by IDF Military Advocate General Avichai Mandelblit to the United Nations two weeks ago regarding Israel’s conduct during Operation Cast Lead confirms the key findings of the Goldstone Report. The report (full version here…
Posted on July 26, 2010 by As'ad
The US puppets in Iraq and history
The US puppets in Iraq are scrambling to save their reputation in history. Those who would push and shove to have their pictures taken with Bush or with any of his lowest assistants are now rewriting history and claiming that they had nothing to do wi…
Posted on July 26, 2010 by As'ad
The new security features of the Syrian currency
I swear I watched a show on Syrian TV on the new security features of the Syrian currency. It was riveting.
Posted on July 26, 2010 by As'ad