Archive for January 10, 2011
A footnote to the Sudan story
“The British colonizers planted a political minefield in the 1920s when they drew a line across the bottom third of Sudan and declared that northern and southern Sudanese should remain separate. Part of the reason was to check the spread of Islam.”
Posted on January 10, 2011 by As'ad
Wikileaks and suspicious
Any and every delay in the release of Wikileaks documents raises legitimate suspicions about the project and its aims.
Posted on January 10, 2011 by As'ad
A new and improved Islam
“A memoir by a top former Turkish intelligence official claims that a worldwide moderate Islamic movement based in Pennsylvania has been providing cover for the CIA since the mid-1990s. The memoir, roughly rendered in English as “Witness to R…
Posted on January 10, 2011 by As'ad
Jeffrey Feltman endorsing racism against Arabs
Here, he endorses a book that argues force is the only language that Arabs understand (written by a guy who promotes himself as “expert on Arab culture” who does not know Arabic). Kid you not.
Posted on January 10, 2011 by As'ad
“Cultural barriers” a euphemism for Israeli racism
“Arabs have a tremendous amount to contribute to the Israeli economy in fields such as high-tech, but they are not being hired due to cultural barriers, he said. Some of these barriers could be overcome by putting high-tech offices in Arab cities an…
Posted on January 10, 2011 by As'ad
Israeli dirty hands in Tunisia
“The Tunisian regime has killed over 20people thus far in attacks against civilian demonstrations, Tunisians have picked up tear gas cans with Hebrew writing identifying them from Israel. It is widely believed that secret relations exist. …
Posted on January 10, 2011 by As'ad
Tunisian Minister, Usama Ramdani
When the demonstrations started in Tunisia, the Tunisian dictator wanted a scape goat. So he dismissed four of his ministers, including his Minister of Communications (or Information as we call it in the Arab East), Usama Ramdani. I was fri…
Posted on January 10, 2011 by As'ad
Partition of Sudan
A lot can be said. Yes, the Arab North (with Soviet and later US support) has dealt with the South with a combination of neglect, racism, and cruelty. But Israeli dirty hands have been present in the Southern rebellion from the start (there is no…
Posted on January 10, 2011 by As'ad
Breaking up of Africa? No, it depends
““But now this sanctification is gone,” he said. “The borders have been polluted. And to resort to self-determination to solve your problems will break up the Sudan, will break up Ethiopia, will break up Uganda, will break up all of Africa, becau…
Posted on January 10, 2011 by As'ad
Thus Judges the White Man: about the whole continent of Africa
“When the union was founded in the 1960s, “there were a number of strong and articulate African leaders,” he said. “Today, I just don’t think there are many leaders left in Africa who have political/moral authority.””
Posted on January 10, 2011 by As'ad
Isabel Kershner justifies the House Demolition in Jerusalem
“The building has an infamous past: it was built in the 1930s as a villa for Haj Amin al-Husseini, then the grand mufti of Jerusalem, who notoriously aligned himself with Hitler.” And the link that NYT provides points to a “PR” campaign by t…
Posted on January 10, 2011 by As'ad
Iranian plane crashes
Make no mistake about it: blame the US and Israel (and their allies in EU) for all the plane crashes in Iran. As is known, the Zionists believe that even plane spare parts should be on the sanctions list. It is racism too: they would never …
Posted on January 10, 2011 by As'ad
Blackwater (or Xe) in the West Bank
“A company closely associated with the security firm once known as Blackwater has won a new State Department contract worth more than $84 million over five years. The contract was won by International Developments Solutions, a joint venture t…
Posted on January 10, 2011 by As'ad
Amb. Richard P Parker, dead
By way of coincidence, I received the obituary of Ambassador Richard P Parker the day I wrote about him on my blog yesterday (in the post about Jeffrey Feltman–please don’t compare the two otherwise it would be an insult to knowledge, education, and e…
Posted on January 10, 2011 by As'ad
Environmentalism in Gaza
“As Plato (or possible Aesop) said, necessity is the mother of invention. Despite the almost total lack of research facilities (al-Azhar University’s Agriculture faculty and the Islamic University’s laboratories were bombed in 2009), a highly-ed…
Posted on January 10, 2011 by As'ad
Did Hillary Clinton and Jeffrey Feltman bring up her case when they met the Saudi king in NYC?
“JEDDAH – A 23-year-old unmarried woman was awarded one-year prison term and 100 lashes for committing adultery and trying to abort the resultant fetus. The District Court in Jeddah pronounced the verdict on Saturday after the girl confessed…
Posted on January 10, 2011 by As'ad
Haiti and Israel: the silly propaganda campaign
Yasser, a professor of medicine in Houston, Texas sent me this: (I cite with his permission): ”I saw your link on cuban doctors in Haiti. the problem is not how the american media will twist it but how the american medical (supposedly sci…
Posted on January 10, 2011 by As'ad