Archive for October 4, 2010

Justice in the US

“In 2005, 15-year-old Ashley was facing trial in Manhattan Family Court for lying to police after she told officers she didn’t know who had assaulted her on the way to school.  As she waited in the court’s holding area for her court appearance, …

Posted on October 4, 2010 by As'ad

The lousy picture from the Guardian (see below)

Khaled sent me this:  ”I just spoke, by telephone, to the editors’ office of the Guardian in London and the lady told me that they are investigating it after receiving many complaints about it. The picture has been removed from their online…

Posted on October 4, 2010 by As'ad

King PlayStation and Queen Youtube

“EXCLUSIVE/ CPE / August 27, 2010 – Porto-Vecchio (FRA) Day 1: The Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of Jordan arrives at the airport in Figari Corsica. Arrival Airport Figari (Corsica) by private plane, from of Jordan, Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of Jordan, c…

Posted on October 4, 2010 by As'ad

Tunisian secret police (can you imagine the uproar of Iranian secret police did that?)

“”Avant d’entamer les enregistrements de son émission, Ahmed Mansour décide de se rendre à Marseille quelques jours pour une visite privée. Et de voyager léger puisqu’il laisse à la bagagerie de l’hôtel Pullman ses deux valises. Las&nbs…

Posted on October 4, 2010 by As'ad

another day in the Zionist entity

“A Palestinian mosque was set alight and vandalized late Sunday night in what police suspected was a “price tag” operation by nearby settlers wishing to protest Israel’s West Bank policies….Israeli soldiers arrived in the area and broke up the fig…

Posted on October 4, 2010 by As'ad

How sad

“Bangladesh will not send forces to Afghanistan even if the US shows up with a formal request for troops.  The government will argue that the national sentiment is against sending troops to Afghanistan, according to government and ruling party sou…

Posted on October 4, 2010 by As'ad

Riyad As-Sulh calls on Arab people to leave the task of defending Palestine to the Arab governments

On December 1st, 1947 Lebanese newspaper reported that “Riyad Bey urged against the venting of emotions, disturbances and trouble.  The matter, he counseled, should be left to the Arab governments to handle.”

Posted on October 4, 2010 by As'ad

Romantic Occupation

I came across this in the Sham`unist Eugenie Elie Abouchdid, 30 Years of Lebanon and Syria,1948, p. 11: “Parallel to the Coast and towering above the sea, the chain of Lebanon mountains sill nestles many Crusaders’ Castles full of romantic memories.”

Posted on October 4, 2010 by As'ad