Archive for January 13, 2011
House of Saud’s propagandists in Tunisia
The anchorwoman of AlArabiyya TV asked its correspondent in Tunisia (a propagandist for the dictatorship) whether he has talked to any demonstrator. He said–I kid you not–it is now easy to talk to people who are in a state of excitement, and th…
Posted on January 13, 2011 by As'ad
Bin Ali
How pathetic are dictators when they get desperate to stay in power at all cost. The Saudi media are focusing on the “destruction” undertaken by…demonstrators.
Posted on January 13, 2011 by As'ad
CeauÅŸescu of Tunisia
I was watching the Tunisian dictator (beloved by Western governments) give his speech: he said that he would not seek another term in 2014. I have never seen him–or seen an Arab dictator–as nervous and hesitant as he was. He so much remin…
Posted on January 13, 2011 by As'ad
Prince of Monaco
What I (dis)like about Lebanon is that its shallow standards are at play even when the country seems on the verge of civil war. The Lebanese president presiding over a broken government found time today to award a high Lebanese medal to the princ…
Posted on January 13, 2011 by As'ad
US and Hariri tribunal
I think that US officials (especially in the AIPAC department of Jeffrey Feltman at State Department) should be aware that Wikileaks documents regarding Lebanon have been translated and published in Al-Akhbar. No one who has read them, especially…
Posted on January 13, 2011 by As'ad
Obama administration and Tunisia: damn the demonstrators
“MR. CROWLEY: But I would say yes, we’re concerned about government actions, but we’re also concerned about actions by the demonstrators, those who do not have peaceful intentions.”
Posted on January 13, 2011 by As'ad
Informed US reporters in State Department press briefing
“QUESTION: The name of Mr. Rashid Karami has been thrown in there as an alternative person, a Sunni person, to preside a new government in Lebanon. Would the United States be willing to support such a government?” Of cousre, Mr. Rashid Karam…
Posted on January 13, 2011 by As'ad
So is the US government inferring in Lebanese internal affairs?
“MR. CROWLEY: We are absolutely not interfering in the internal affairs of Lebanon. We are expressing our heartfelt view that we felt there was a government in Lebanon serving the interests of the people of Lebanon and include – which includes s…
Posted on January 13, 2011 by As'ad
US officials in DC alone can determine the interests of the people of Lebanon
“As you know, President Obama met today with Prime Minister Hariri and commended him on his leadership in protecting and advancing the sovereignty and independence of Lebanon and for staying focused on the needs and interests of the people of Lebanon.”
Posted on January 13, 2011 by As'ad
US government and its rhetoric on the Middle East
Even when constitutional and democratic methods are employed–against a puppet of the US–the US does not like it. You see the US prefers the constitutional and democratic systems of Gulf governments and Tunisia: there, the processes of democracy and r…
Posted on January 13, 2011 by As'ad
Lebanon
Don’t have high hopes that things in Lebanon would reach logical conclusions: they never do. Hizbullah feels the need to go all the way against its enemies–knowing that many of them have been aligned with Israel (directly or through the US and S…
Posted on January 13, 2011 by As'ad
Prince Bandar is back
I saw him the meeting between Saudi King and the Clintons. (thanks L)
Posted on January 13, 2011 by As'ad
Benefits of Imperialism (on the UAE royal family for sure)
“”However, ultimately imperialism, whether western or Ottoman, is a political and historical reality that deserves to be studied on its own terms, without ideological baggage loading down the process, so that we can better understand its mechanisms,…
Posted on January 13, 2011 by As'ad
A US official document on leaks…LEAKED
Leaked on leaks. (thanks Farah)
Posted on January 13, 2011 by As'ad
Foreign policy expertise in the US
“”The tragedy in Tucson occurred as the former governor was diving into domestic and foreign policy issues in an effort to build a more substantive political identity. The strategy, in which Palin intends to step up her involvement in public policy …
Posted on January 13, 2011 by As'ad
Mo Ibrahim Foundation
This foundation and its index are considered standard in the study of Africa. Somebody should ask them about their love affair with Tunisia; their success model.
Posted on January 13, 2011 by As'ad
From inside a Tunisian Security office
This is the Tunisian regime (thanks Hajdar)
Posted on January 13, 2011 by As'ad
Israel’s dirty hands in the US: can you imagine the uproar of they were Syrians or Iranians?
“Itzhak and Meir Abergil are part of one of Israel’s most powerful crime families, authorities say. They are accused of recruiting members of a Los Angeles street gang to distribute Ecstasy across Southern California.”
Posted on January 13, 2011 by As'ad
Turkish media and the events in Tunisia
Daniel sent me this: ”This is most curious. The Turkish television news hasn’t mentioned Tunisia at all that I’ve seen (if it has it’s just not viewed as top news, because the news has been on quite a bit here and I haven’t seen it). But what’s…
Posted on January 13, 2011 by As'ad
Kuwait versus Iraq (now)
“ The Iraqi government is investigating a shootout on Monday between an Iraqi fishing boat and a Kuwaiti Coast Guard vessel in the Persian Gulf that left a Kuwaiti serviceman dead and five fishermen briefly in Kuwaiti custody, a spokesman for the …
Posted on January 13, 2011 by As'ad