Archive for August 19, 2010
The US/Saudi Shi`ite candidate in Lebanon
In the last 2009 Parliamentary election, the US and Saudi Arabia had a brilliant scheme. They threw tons of money to the son of Shi`ite Za`im, Kamil Al-As`ad, whose influence ended by the time the civil war started in Lebanon. But the US and Saud…
Posted on August 19, 2010 by As'ad
Israeli solidarity
“Dozens of rabbis, educators, public figures and right-wing activists attended on Wednesday a support rally for Rabbis Dov Lior and Yaakov Yosef, who refused to report for police questioning over their endorsement of the controversial book “Torat Ha…
Posted on August 19, 2010 by As'ad
History of world GDP
From the Economist.
Posted on August 19, 2010 by As'ad
Zionist war criminals, occupiers, terrorists and…thieves
“Military Police arrested an Israel Defense Forces officer suspected of stealing laptop computers from activists aboard the Gaza-bound aid ship raided by Israeli commandos in May and selling them to other officers.The officer allegedly sold the compu…
Posted on August 19, 2010 by As'ad
On the demise of Arabic
“Just how dire is the crisis facing Arabic? Is it in danger of becoming merely a language of religious ritual, as some have wondered, or are these the laments of language purists who, like Ibn Manzur in the 13th century, are inclined to see the glas…
Posted on August 19, 2010 by As'ad
what is few thousands occupation troops here or there?
“The U.S. troop strength in Iraq is 56,000, a senior Obama administration official said on Wednesday evening, correcting his earlier statement the troop level was down to the 50,000 level Washington has targeted for the end of the month.”
Posted on August 19, 2010 by As'ad
the wrong religion
“A substantial and growing chunk of the country believes that President Obama, a self-described Christian, is Muslim, while only about a third of Americans are able to correctly identify his religion, according to a survey released Thursday.” (than…
Posted on August 19, 2010 by As'ad
The most active Lebanese saint: one miracle, after the other
This Lebanese “saint”, Sharbil, does not stop from performing miracles. (thanks Hisham)
Posted on August 19, 2010 by As'ad
Burn, burn, burn for freedom
“In an e-mail newsletter sent out Wednesday, the church announced: “City of Gainesville denies burn permit — BUT WE WILL STILL BURN KORANS.”" (thanks Marc)
Posted on August 19, 2010 by As'ad
Idiot on TV
I am watching an idiot on Egyptian TV channel, Dream, in which he is predicting the demise of Israel in 2022 based on a advanced formulas derived from Quran, he says. You think that Israel will last that long?
Posted on August 19, 2010 by As'ad
Tolerance of the Catholic Church in the US
“But in July, the church backed away from a plan to sell a vacant convent on Staten Island to a Muslim group that planned to turn it into a mosque. A Catholic parish there had agreed to sell the building, but after strong local protests, the …
Posted on August 19, 2010 by As'ad
Isabel Kershner: the emotional propagandist for Israel
“Several were tracked down and killed by Israeli counterterrorist squads abroad.” No, Ms. Kershner. Israel tracked the wrong people (poets, writers, scholars, and people who had nothing to do with Black September) in response to the Munich …
Posted on August 19, 2010 by As'ad
Sons of Zayid: what can you say about the business partners of Muhammad Dahlan?
“Erik Prince, whose company, Blackwater Worldwide, is for sale and whose former top managers are facing criminal charges, has left the United States and moved to Abu Dhabi, according to court documents.”
Posted on August 19, 2010 by As'ad
Look how nice the US is: it invaded Iraq to protect its civilians
“To protect the civilians in a country that is still home to insurgents with Al Qaeda and Iranian-backed militias, the State Department is planning to more than double its private security guards, up to as many as 7,000, according to administ…
Posted on August 19, 2010 by As'ad
And this guy (a former college professor) is considered an informed American columnistlumnist
“In 1936, when the British administered Palestine, the Peel Commission concluded that there was “an irrepressible conflict” — a phrase coined by an American historian to describe the U.S. Civil War — “between two national communities within the na…
Posted on August 19, 2010 by As'ad
She could not receive speaking engagements from US colleges
“Eden Abergil, the former Israel Defense Forces soldier who has been criticized for publishing controversial images on Facebook, allegedly wrote on her Facebook page on Thursday that she would “gladly kill Arabs – even slaughter them.”" (thanks Oli…
Posted on August 19, 2010 by As'ad
Cash payments
I can report this to you. When a new president assumes office in Lebanon, he received a cash payment of $5 million from the King of Saudi Arabia (and another $5 from the UAE ruler). A new prime minister receives $15million. When Najib…
Posted on August 19, 2010 by As'ad