Archive for August 31, 2010
This does read like a fake interview
““By preventing this mosque from being built, America is doing us a big favor,†Taliban operative Zabihullah tells NEWSWEEK. (Like many Afghans, he uses a single name.) “It’s providing us with more recruits, donations, and popular support.
Posted on August 31, 2010 by As'ad
Lebanon versus the US
““Ground Zero†for Lebanon is an ever expanding, never ending, open wound that never heals. ”So what now Newt? Should you expect the Lebanese to allow a synagogue to be built on their Ground Zero, in the aftermath of a 9/…
Posted on August 31, 2010 by As'ad
Can you imagine if Hizbullah flew planes over Israel? The Security Council would have convened
“The Lebanese Army command detailing violations of Lebanese airspace by Israeli drones on Monday. A statement said at 7:30 am on Monday an Israeli reconnaissance plane violated Lebanese airspace over the southern village of Rmeish, and then flew ov…
Posted on August 31, 2010 by As'ad
security structures for fuels
““In the years ahead energy security, economic security and national security will be inextricably linked. If we want to ensure that we can keep the lights on in Britain then we need to develop a comprehensive energy strategy. It is simply a matte…
Posted on August 31, 2010 by As'ad
Where is PETA?
“Scientists are allegedly carrying out cruel and unnecessary experiments on cats at the Tel Aviv University medical school. This came to light after photographs of two frightened, abandoned kittens in Tel Aviv University’s animal laboratory reached …
Posted on August 31, 2010 by As'ad
Chief PA Buffoon seeks approval of Israelis
You have to watch him. He out did himself. (thanks Ziyaad)
Posted on August 31, 2010 by As'ad
When the puppets are embarrassed
“The Palestinian security chief, Diab el-Ali, rejected that in a recent interview, saying that the Israeli raids were an embarrassment and that he wanted them to stop. He said the Palestinians were capable of providing full security.” The sentenc…
Posted on August 31, 2010 by As'ad
Yes
“As for violence, Hamas has inflicted a fraction of the harm on Israeli civilians that Israel inflicts on Palestinian civilians. If violence disqualifies Hamas, surely much greater violence should disqualify the Israelis?”
Posted on August 31, 2010 by As'ad
Yasser `Abd Rabbu seeks approval of Israelis
This is as pathetic as it can get, really. (thanks Hussam)
Posted on August 31, 2010 by As'ad
Martin Indyk’s racism: only Jewish lives count. Notice he provides no count for Palestinian casualties in the same period
“These efforts, combined with more effective Israeli security measures, have meant that the number of Israeli civilians killed in terrorist attacks has dropped from an intifada high of 452 in 2002 to 6 last year and only 2 so far this year.”
Posted on August 31, 2010 by As'ad
Five Ethiopians die in Saudi deportation centre: from overcrowding
“”The five died in the deportation centre in the southern Red Sea port of Jizan of “asphyxiation due to overcrowding,” according to a local police official, the newspaper said.”" (thanks anonymous)
Posted on August 31, 2010 by As'ad
Wahhabi institutes
“”…In my opinion Yemen has lost a whole generation because of the type of education that was provided through what were called “scientific institutes.†These institutes were religious institutes preaching a salafi and wahabi interpretation, wh…
Posted on August 31, 2010 by As'ad
Israel is stealing the land and its resources and they are chasing sheep thieves
“Palestinian Authority police detained four suspected of stealing 14 sheep from a farm in the northern West Bank district of Qalqiliya, a report read.” (thanks Olivia)
Posted on August 31, 2010 by As'ad
Why Israel’s years are numbered
“Comptroller Micha Lindenstrauss, who looked into the appointment process, concluded that officers who currently hold senior military posts did not undergo sufficient training, and that top appointments are affected by personal ties with the army ch…
Posted on August 31, 2010 by As'ad
“Franz Schurmann, Cold War Expert on China, Dies at 84″
“Franz Schurmann, an expert on China during the cold war and a globe-trotting professor who helped found the Pacific News Service, a provider of news and commentary about Asia, died on Aug. 20 at his home in San Francisco. He was 84. The cause was comp…
Posted on August 31, 2010 by As'ad