Archive for November 16, 2010
royal succession in the Gulf goes through Washington, DC
“In recent months, Sheik Khalid has stepped up his efforts to succeed his father, hiring an American public relations firm to press his case in Washington.”
Posted on November 16, 2010 by As'ad
Land of miracles and…Hummus
OTV just aired a “news report” about a Lebanese priest who “saw” Virgin Mary–for the third time–and she told him to not visit Zghorta (in North Lebanon) and gave him a message that he can only divulge in a meeting with Church leaders.
Posted on November 16, 2010 by As'ad
Gaza tunnels
“But many may face disappointment this year as Gaza experiences a large shortage of cows and sheep for slaughter. Smugglers have started bringing in sheep and cows for slaughter, to supplement what’s coming in from Israel, where bottlenecks at …
Posted on November 16, 2010 by As'ad
Mubarak’s thugs
“The family of Ahmed Shaaban, 19, claims he was tortured by policemen from a station in Alexandria already implicated in the death of another young man, Khaled Said.” (thanks Anas)
Posted on November 16, 2010 by As'ad
They would not dare lash them if they were white Europeans or Americans
“A Filipina maid and her Bangladeshi lover will receive 100 lashes and be deported for having sex out of wedlock in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, a newspaper said Monday.”
Posted on November 16, 2010 by As'ad
Zionist segregation
“”This is what they call a sterilized road,” Shaul says. That means Palestinians are prohibited from using it, even if they live on it. To keep a security buffer, the military has welded shut metal front doors of Palestinian homes and businesses, le…
Posted on November 16, 2010 by As'ad
Saudi Arabia: Journalist Sentenced to Public Lashing
“Saudi authorities should overturn a sentence of 50 lashes and two months in prison for a journalist who wrote about public anger over electricity cuts, Human Rights Watch said today. On October 26, 2010, the General Court in Qubba in northern…
Posted on November 16, 2010 by As'ad
In the Israeli city of Safed, an 89-year-old man has been accused of treachery for welcoming Arab students.
“First they threatened to burn his house down. Then they pinned leaflets to his front door, denouncing him as a Jewish traitor. But Eli Tzavieli, an 89-year-old Holocaust survivor, is defiant. His only “crime” is to rent out his rooms to three Arab …
Posted on November 16, 2010 by As'ad
Iraqi puppet intelligence
Iraqi puppet Ministry of Interior admits that US controlled its puppet intelligence until end of 2008. (thanks Hassan)
Posted on November 16, 2010 by As'ad
“USAID from the American People.”
“According to a June 2010 fact sheet on the USAID Internet site, last year American taxpayers funded the paving of 63 kilometers of asphalt roads in the West Bank. It also says completion of a road in the southern part of the West Bank dramatically …
Posted on November 16, 2010 by As'ad
Obama’s Zionism
“This weekend, the Obama administration promised to turn over $3 billion in stealth fighters to Israel (supplementing the 20 F-35s it will buy with the $2.75 billion in “grants” it gets from Washington) and veto any U.N. resolution that questions Is…
Posted on November 16, 2010 by As'ad
Israel’s loyalty oath
“Even Ehud Barak attempted to add to the Loyalty Oath the declaration of independence, he did not differ from Avigdor Lieberman, and certainly not from Benjamin Netanyahu. He only strengthened the tight connection between the law and the declaration…
Posted on November 16, 2010 by As'ad
Torture that serves US moderate Arab allies
“Amnesty International has called on the Bahraini authorities to investigate fresh allegations of torture made by some of the 23 detained opposition activists accused of terrorism and plotting to overthrow the government.”
Posted on November 16, 2010 by As'ad
Lebanon’s pride and glory
“Cosmetic surgery has long been wildly popular in Lebanon. Despite decades of war and political instability in this tiny country, the well-known image of meticulously preened and beautiful Lebanese women has endured. But in recent years, the practic…
Posted on November 16, 2010 by As'ad
“London Review of Books presents ‘starkly one-sided and fringe approach’ against Jewish state. Israeli, Jewish contributors among harshest critics”
“According to the comprehensive study, the magazine systematically publishes articles clearly criticizing Israel. “The State of Israel wishes to inculcate in its soldiers a neo-Nazi ideology wrapped in Judaism” or “the Israelis think of Arabs much a…
Posted on November 16, 2010 by As'ad
Maid in Kuwait
“Sri Lankan maid claims Kuwaiti torture”
Posted on November 16, 2010 by As'ad
Arresting children: a disgrace unto the nations–that is Israel
“In October, DCI-Palestine collected information relating to the arrest of 17 children from the Silwan neighbourhood in occupied East Jerusalem, although lawyers and fieldworkers for DCI-Palestine estimate that the overall number of children arreste…
Posted on November 16, 2010 by As'ad
Zionist rants
“A few months ago, he favored his devout audience with a classic rant in which he called down curses on the Palestinian Arabs and their leaders, wishing that a plague would come and sweep them all away. Last month, he announced that the sole reason f…
Posted on November 16, 2010 by As'ad
The story of the church that reminded people of a mosque
“Islamophobia may have reached a point in this country where people condemn Christians that they suspect are Muslims without ever checking the facts. In Phoenix, Arizona, a new Christian church has residents fearing that it is an Islamic mosque…
Posted on November 16, 2010 by As'ad
Maid in Saudi Arabia
“A 23-year-old Indonesian maid, who came to Saudi Arabia three months ago, has landed in a Madina hospital after members of her sponsor’s family severely beat her and burned her with a hot iron, according to an Indonesian diplomat.” (thanks Leila)
Posted on November 16, 2010 by As'ad