Archive for December 14, 2010
Michel Sulayman is implicated–yes
“Almost as damaging, Murr’s testimony directly implicates the Lebanese president Michel Sleiman. In March 2008, at the time of the conversation, the Lebanese president was army chief of staff. And Murr told his American friends that he had already in…
Posted on December 14, 2010 by As'ad
Comrade Sinan
Two pieces in Al-Akhbar about comrade Sinan’s new novel.
Posted on December 14, 2010 by As'ad
Richard Holbrooke
This is hilarious. MEMRI (the propaganda outfit founded by a “former” Israeli intelligence creep) issued a special bulletin that it is mourning the passing of Holbrooke.PS Let me guess. James Zogby will issue a mourning statement praising Holbrooke. &n…
Posted on December 14, 2010 by As'ad
The beginning of the end for the Jordanian state?
Read this assessment. (thanks Shihadeh)
Posted on December 14, 2010 by As'ad
Flash: Wikileaks update
A Wikileaks document reveal that Richard Holbrooke was in real life more boring than he appeared on TV and in print.
Posted on December 14, 2010 by As'ad
Hizbullah and Wikileaks
Hizbullah is confused about Wikileaks. They are not making a big deal about them, although references to them were made in speeches by Hizbullah leaders including Nasrallah. But Al-Manar TV is airing a “report” based on a silly article in some internet…
Posted on December 14, 2010 by As'ad
Flogging of a woman in Sudan
Watch this video. Down with that regime. (thanks Marwan)
Posted on December 14, 2010 by As'ad
I find Cohen to be least unreasonable of the New York Times’ crowd
“Dahiye, the Hezbollah-controlled southern Beirut suburb flattened by Israel in 2006, now bustles with construction and commerce, including state-of-the-art juice bars and risqué lingerie stores. It feels about as threatening as New York’s Canal …
Posted on December 14, 2010 by As'ad
Julian Assange–regardless whether he is guilty or not
“Never in twenty-three years of reporting on and supporting victims of sexual assault around the world have I ever heard of a case of a man sought by two nations, and held in solitary confinement without bail in advance of being questioned — for a…
Posted on December 14, 2010 by As'ad
Supporting Wikileaks should not translate into supporting Assange no matter what
“If global justice movements had to rely solely on people of impeccable character to further their cause, we would probably still be trying to end slavery. And yet, now that the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been arrested over rape allegation…
Posted on December 14, 2010 by As'ad
More on the reporting of Ruthie Ackerman from her “fixer” in Lebanon
I told Moe Ali Nayel (whose fed-up letter I posted under the headline of an angry Arab fixer) that many Western journalists go to Lebanon claiming that they want to study potatoes when they really want to write about other matters. He wrote me th…
Posted on December 14, 2010 by As'ad
Automobile club of Lebanon
“Les gouvernantes et les bonnes qui accompagnent leurs employeurs au Club doivent :porter un tablier.s’abstenir de se mettre en maillot et d’entrer dans les piscines.s’abstenir de s’asseoir dans les restaurants, au Club-house, ou sur les terrasses av…
Posted on December 14, 2010 by As'ad
Salam Fayyad to Israel: please humiliate me
“Israeli officials on Tuesday canceled a ceremony planned to honor the Palestinian firemen who assisted in battling the Carmel fire last week, after a number of crew members were refused permits to cross the border.” (thanks Sarah)
Posted on December 14, 2010 by As'ad
Boycott Sabra Hummus
So I went to a restaurant in Oakland, and I told the manager that he smelled like vomit. He said: oh, no. It is just that we serve Sabra Hummus.
Posted on December 14, 2010 by As'ad
This is for you, o Jamal Mubarak
“Four Israeli companies have agreed to purchase 5-10 billion dollars worth of gas from Egypt to be paid in installments over the next 20 years.”
Posted on December 14, 2010 by As'ad
Richard Holbrooke
His last words–contrary to what is being reported–were: I am so boring. I never had one original idea. I for the life of me have no clue why I am considered a foreign policy expert. And my speech patterns make me more boring. Get me out o…
Posted on December 14, 2010 by As'ad
Jumblatt ‘nominates’ WikiLeaks founder Assange for Nobel
And I nominate Jumblat for an international award in unprincipledness, shiftiness, opportunism, dissimulation, and deception.
Posted on December 14, 2010 by As'ad
US credit card companies
“”Visa, Mastercard and PayPal all enable donations to be made to US-registered groups funding illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank in defiance of international law. It appears at least one of the major credit cards also enables donation…
Posted on December 14, 2010 by As'ad