Archive for August 23, 2010

Hizbullah and the Iraq situation: ambiguity

“وهكذا يظل قول د. أبو خليل إن “حزب الله يتعامل مع الموضوع العراقي بكثير من الالتباس والإبهام والتكتم والتقية” مدخلا لرموز وقوى إسلامية وعرب

Posted on August 23, 2010 by As'ad

Complaint of torture and sexual maltreatment of a minor detained in Etzion Station

“On behalf of our juvenile client, Mr. A. (I.D. *********) from Beit Ummar (hereinafter the complainant) we hereby approach you with a request to open a criminal investigation of the complaint according to which he was subjected to mental and physical …

Posted on August 23, 2010 by As'ad

cancer patients at Ben-Gurion Airport (to be renamed Ghassan Kanafani airport after liberation)

“The humiliating treatment experienced by cancer patients at Ben-Gurion International Airport darkened a trip that was supposed to help them forget their suffering for a while.” (thanks Farah)

Posted on August 23, 2010 by As'ad

King PlayStation as pious

Look at him.  If this does not turn you away from religion, nothing will. (AFP)

Posted on August 23, 2010 by As'ad

Four maids died

In three days, four foreign maids died in Lebanon.  As usual, the Lebanese police reports that they “fell” from balconies.

Posted on August 23, 2010 by As'ad

Testing

Testing

Posted on August 23, 2010 by As'ad

Combat brigades in Iraq under different name

“As the final convoy of the Army’s 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, based at Fort Lewis, Wash., entered Kuwait early Thursday, a different Stryker brigade remained in Iraq.  Soldiers from the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team of the 25th Infantry …

Posted on August 23, 2010 by As'ad

Balfour Declaration

“According to Schneer, the Arabs were as invisible to the early Zionists as Africans had been to Boers in South Africa, or Indians to the French and English colonists in North America. But in fact, some of the first Zionists were well aware of the Arab…

Posted on August 23, 2010 by As'ad

Thomas Friedman’s aphorisms

“I love that line: “We have to surprise them.” I was watching the movie on an airplane and scribbled that line down on my napkin because it summarizes what is missing today in so many places…”  I bet you love that line.  You like everyt…

Posted on August 23, 2010 by As'ad

Sanyurah-Hariri

This is a succinct critique of the operational mode of Hariri Inc by comrade Khaled.

Posted on August 23, 2010 by As'ad