Archive for December 4, 2010
Flash: Al-Akhbar’s Wikileaks
Click on the flag and you shall get the original Wikileaks documents about the individual countries represented.
Posted on December 4, 2010 by As'ad
Why Al-Akhbar?
People around the world are wondering why Wikileaks has chosen Al-Akhbar to publish their documents. Answer is very simple. As Al-Akhbar’s general-director, Ibrahim Al-Amin, told me yesterday: it is the only Arabic newspaper that woul…
Posted on December 4, 2010 by As'ad
Why Al-Akhbar?
People around the world are wondering why Wikileaks has chosen Al-Akhbar to publish their documents. Answer is very simple. As Al-Akhbar’s general-director, Ibrahim Al-Amin, told me yesterday: it is the only Arabic newspaper that woul…
Posted on December 4, 2010 by As'ad
Finally, an American newspaper figured that Al-Akhbar is LEFTIST, damn it
“The cables leaked to Al-Akhbar newspaper, a left-leaning Lebanese daily”. (thanks Emily)
Posted on December 4, 2010 by As'ad
Finally, an American newspaper figured that Al-Akhbar is LEFTIST, damn it
“The cables leaked to Al-Akhbar newspaper, a left-leaning Lebanese daily”. (thanks Emily)
Posted on December 4, 2010 by As'ad
Dahlan TV shut down
“The Fatah-dominated Palestinian Authority has ordered a local satellite TV station planning to start transmission in January to shut down, officials at the station said Saturday.” (thanks David)
Posted on December 4, 2010 by As'ad
Abbas who said today that he has “dignity” sent firefighters to Israel
“Abbas sends firefighters to extinguish blaze in Israel”
Posted on December 4, 2010 by As'ad
What did Egypt and Jordan do when Lebanon was under attack by Israel
“Responding to an appeal by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for help, Bulgaria and Jordan sent firefighters; Cyprus, Greece, Russia and the United States dispatched aircraft to ferry water and chemical retardant; Britain sent helicopters; and addi…
Posted on December 4, 2010 by As'ad
March 14′s choices
Hariri camp has choices: as we say in Arabic, the best of them is bitter.
Posted on December 4, 2010 by As'ad
Can you imagine if they were Muslims who fled to an Arab country?
“Police say man, 58, and his 21-year-old son fled to Israel, wanted for alleged abuse of at least four female relatives.”
Posted on December 4, 2010 by As'ad
“Don’t buy into Israeli apartheid.â€Â
“In addition to the campus efforts against Sabra hummus, there is a broader boycott, divestment and sanctions movement, framing Israel as analogous to South Africa in the era of apartheid. In October, in Philadelphia, a flash mob went into a supermarke…
Posted on December 4, 2010 by As'ad
Sabra Hummus
You want to sample the taste of Sabra hummus? Add tahini to your vomit and enjoy.
Posted on December 4, 2010 by As'ad
A major debacle
I can’t put my finger on it but I really feel that a major Saudi-Israeli-US debacle is about to develop in Lebanon.
Posted on December 4, 2010 by As'ad
Brammertz was skeptical
“”Brammertz écarte toute coopération avec les FSI. Ceux-ci vont profiter de la venue àBeyrouth en juin 2006 de Jean-Louis Bruguière, qui enquêtait sur l’assassinat un an plus tôt du journaliste libano-français Samir Kassir, pour lui «v…
Posted on December 4, 2010 by As'ad
The new Walid Jumblat
“Jumblatt expresses gratitude that Syria re-established order at the end of the Lebanese civil war and suggests that Syria’s military may need to take over the country again if Hezbollah is indicted by an international tribunal investigating the killin…
Posted on December 4, 2010 by As'ad
Al-Akhbar in the New York Times
“Al Akhbar, a Lebanese newspaper that supports the Shiite militant and political group Hezbollah, has been posting documents from eight Arab countries…” I should not get defensive about this: I should expect only ignorance and errors in th…
Posted on December 4, 2010 by As'ad
House of Saud is not concerned
“In the Arab world, much of the press is owned by members of the Saudi royal family and tends to avoid topics that could embarrass the kingdom. The cables quoted King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia and Persian Gulf leaders as urging the United Stat…
Posted on December 4, 2010 by As'ad
Bahrain’s Minister of Foreign Affair
This man is often mocked in Arab Twitters and Facebook (since Arab can’t do that in the newspapers owned by House of Saud). Look at him: ”But, he added: “When it comes to taking that power and developing it into a cycle for weapons grade,…
Posted on December 4, 2010 by As'ad
Swiss army knives as a danger to Arab regimes
This must be the dumbest analysis there is. Look at this passage: ”Arab angst about Iran’s nuclear ambitions has been exposed, perhaps giving the United States greater leverage in international talks scheduled for next week.” Arab…
Posted on December 4, 2010 by As'ad
Al-Akhbar and Wikileaks
This I can report to you because many of you have been asking me. Yes, those documents that are being released by Al-Akhbar are Wikileaks from a larger collection (and more, much more are to follow). Al-Akhbar has been acting very responsib…
Posted on December 4, 2010 by As'ad