Archive for November 27, 2010

Carlos, the movie: my review translated into English

Arwa kindly translated my critique in Arabic of Carlos, the movie:”Carlos the Movie: the Palestinian Cause through Zionist Eyesby As`ad AbuKhalilLebanon celebrated the movie “Carlos.” The movie’s director, Oliver Assayas, visited Lebanon. A numbe…

Posted on November 27, 2010 by As'ad

Mubarak election

In preparation for the election this week, the Mubarak regime arrested 1400 Egyptian who committed no crimes and have not been charged with crimes, to my knowledge.   If this was another regime (which does not serve Israel) ,there would have been …

Posted on November 27, 2010 by As'ad

blogging is dangerous in Kuwait

“Amnesty International has urged the Kuwaiti authorities to release a blogger who was sentenced to one year in prison this week, on charges relating to an article he wrote on his blog criticizing the country’s Prime Minister.”

Posted on November 27, 2010 by As'ad

Secrets

“Several of the documents set to be published by WikiLeaks this weekend are believed to show the US has been helping Turkey’s Kurdish separatist movement the PKK, or Kurdistan Workers Party.”

Posted on November 27, 2010 by As'ad

Missing: runaway slaves in Lebanon

Look at the missing ads in Hariri rag, Al-Mustaqbal: it puts ads by employers looking for maids who fled their homes.

Posted on November 27, 2010 by As'ad

This is Zionism

“A 12-year-old boy gathering gravel near the Gaza-Israel border was wounded on Saturday by Israeli army fire, officials and witnesses said.”

Posted on November 27, 2010 by As'ad

This guy is a historian?

“Six armies descended on the weakly-armed Israeli defenders.”  At the height of the conflict, there were some 20,000 Arabs with hunting rifles versus some 60,000 Israeli terrorists armed with the most advanced weaponry of the time and benefiting f…

Posted on November 27, 2010 by As'ad

Sensitive racism

“”I know personally of people who came to Israel for a conference and were asked if they had met an Arab. After that, they were stripped and their laptop was confiscated,” said Ariel Merari, a terrorism expert at Tel Aviv University who has research…

Posted on November 27, 2010 by As'ad

Look at this Israeli propaganda sheet mocking the boycott effort at Princeton: It seems Zionist hoodlums are upset

“Hummus feeding the ‘occupation’? Next week students at New Jersey’s Princeton University will be called upon to prevent Sabra-brand hummus from being sold at restaurants and stores on campus.   A number of Palestinian students, joined by …

Posted on November 27, 2010 by As'ad

Saudi government cracks another Al-Qa`idah conspiracy

On the front page of Ash-Sharq Al-Awsat (the mouthpiece of Prince Salman) and other House of Saud’s newspaper, there is news of uncovering another Al-Qa`idah conspiracy.  The picture above is ostensibly of the tools of the dangerous conspiracy tha…

Posted on November 27, 2010 by As'ad

Husni Mubarak in Qatar

Husni Mubarak visited Doha, Qatar after years of a feud between the two rulers.  (Of course, Mubarak stopped in Abu Dhabi first: the Emir of Qatar told me that Mubarak receives a blank check from the ruler of UAE in every visit–a blank check, lit…

Posted on November 27, 2010 by As'ad

Foreign maids in Lebanon

A foreign maid dies in Lebanon from “unknown reasons.”

Posted on November 27, 2010 by As'ad