Archive for December 13, 2010
Foreign expenditure in the Lebanese elections
“BBC’s Nada Abdel-Samad reported in June last year that spending in the elections had reached unprecedented levels: a billion dollars, evenly split between both sides.” How cute of Nada Abdel-Samad (who supports March 14) to want to app…
Posted on December 13, 2010 by As'ad
“No Muslims Inside”: no big deal, in the USA
“The fuss over a sign in Alabama at an electronics store reading “BBQ PORK RESTURANT (sic) IS SAFEST NO MUSLIMS INSIDE” shocked its longtime owner who said he doesn’t understand why it’s such a big deal.” (thanks Luay)
Posted on December 13, 2010 by As'ad
News from Saudi media that you won’t hear about
“Mohammed al-Abdulkarim, a Saudi law professor, was arrested Sunday after publishing an article about the royal succession and the possibility of a power struggle inside the ruling family. The article was firs published on al-Abdulkarim’s Facebook pr…
Posted on December 13, 2010 by As'ad
Lies of Naharnet
The headline of this story is a lie: Elias Murr did not deny the Wikileaks report but said that it was “partial”–whatever that means. Also, note the match between the headline and the advertisement on top. (thanks Karim)
Posted on December 13, 2010 by As'ad
Jordanian terror police
Rasha sent me this and wants me to cite her: ”After being hit by those forces during the assault on Gaza in 2009, I agree with the reporter here: PEOPLE NEVER START ANYTHING!these forces are mad..crazy men who are ruthless and start hitting peopl…
Posted on December 13, 2010 by As'ad
Pakistani ambassador hosting Zionism
“The Pakistani ambassador to the U.S. hosted a fundraiser at his residence for a neoconservative D.C. think-tank, which solicited donations of $5,000 for invitations to the event. But the think-tank, the Foundation for Defense of Democracies&…
Posted on December 13, 2010 by As'ad
Saudi media
“ When a US satirist joked that President Barack Obama will admit to Congress that he is Muslim in his latest compromise with Republicans, Saudi media took it seriously. On Friday the online version of Al-Hayat newspaper and the prominent ne…
Posted on December 13, 2010 by As'ad
If this persecution was happening to a Jewish minority in an Arab/Muslim country, the UN Security Council would have met on the matter
“Ali Mustafa, a student who rents an apartment in the north Israeli city of Safed, awoke on Friday to find his car vandalized. He reported to the police that unidentified perpetrators smashed his side mirror, scratched the vehicle and spray-painted the…
Posted on December 13, 2010 by As'ad
Zionism is racism, always
Disgrace unto the nations: ”The Lehava organization issued a notice Sunday evening, inviting the public to call a voicemail service and record the names of Jewish Israelis renting apartments to Arabs. Lehava, identified with supporters of Meir Ka…
Posted on December 13, 2010 by As'ad
He is considered a foreign policy analyst in the US–KID YOU NOT
“Shame on them, and shame us. You can’t want peace more than the parties themselves, and that is exactly where America is today.” (thanks Olivia)
Posted on December 13, 2010 by As'ad
More laws from the Zionist usurping entity
“The Legal Committee of the Israeli Knesset decided on Monday to approve a new draft submitted by the Israeli Interior Minister, Yitzhak Aharanovitch, in which he demanded that Palestinian detainees, imprisoned on nationalistic/political grounds, shoul…
Posted on December 13, 2010 by As'ad
Jeffrey Feltman
I can report to my readers–and this is from real inside sources–that Jeffrey Feltman has learnt another Arabic word: Batata. Thati means that this is his 3rd Arabic word in four years. Jeffrey is making real progress in Arabic language an…
Posted on December 13, 2010 by As'ad
Saudi media/propaganda
Don’t you love it when Saudi media pontificate on standards of journalism? This is like Muhammad Dahlan authoring a pamphlet on liberation wars. Or like Mini-Hariri authoring a book on Greek Philosophy–or on anything in the case of that guy.
Posted on December 13, 2010 by As'ad
Michel Sulayman
Al-Akhbar’s site has been “liberated” but it won’t be on-line for a few hours. You may read my article of last Saturday, here: “It is Your Administration, O Michel Sulayman: Sarkism, Again?”
Posted on December 13, 2010 by As'ad
In three days
So much has happened in three days. Obama surrendered the presidency to Bill Clinton, Hariri tribunal is still making progress in the investigation–the same kind of progress that Bush achieved in Iraq–and Saudi King and his entourage are requir…
Posted on December 13, 2010 by As'ad