Archive for August 15, 2010
Ghazi Qusaybi: died
Was an interesting writer and poet who squandered his talents and his skills in the service of House of Saud. No floor was too low for his chin when it came to prostrating himself before the House of Saud. Even when King Fahd banished him in the 1980…
Posted on August 15, 2010 by As'ad
Lebanon’s elite army forces
I have no comment.
Posted on August 15, 2010 by As'ad
Nasrallah’s press conference
Contrary to what I have been reading in Western media. I don’t think that Nasralllah’s press conference was intended to prove Israeli’s responsibility for the assassination of Rafiq Hariri. That was not the point although many Arabs believe that Isra…
Posted on August 15, 2010 by As'ad
US threat to Lebanon
“But in the meantime, the administration delivered a message to the Lebanese government viaFrederic Hof, senior advisor to Special Envoy George Mitchell, who was in Beirut on a previously scheduled visit. Hof arrived there last week and left August 9. …
Posted on August 15, 2010 by As'ad
BlackBerry ban in Gulf
“More recently the UAE police arrested a citizen in Ras al-Khaimah, one of the federation’s seven emirates, for trying to organise protests against a rise in petrol prices. Such protests are rare in the super-rich but democracy-free UAE. The police w…
Posted on August 15, 2010 by As'ad
Bin Laden and Gingrich
“Like Mr bin Laden, Mr Gingrich is apparently still relitigating the victories and defeats of religious wars fought in Europe and the Middle East centuries ago. He should rejoin the modern world, before he does real harm.”
Posted on August 15, 2010 by As'ad
Israel hearts Ban Ki-moon
“One reason for Israel’s acquiescence is a positive feeling towards the UN secretary-general, Ban Ki-moon. Israeli ministers and diplomats speak of him with warmth, in private as well as in public, and Israeli citizens have begun to exclude him from …
Posted on August 15, 2010 by As'ad