Archive for January 14, 2011
Tunisia: as a model for emerging nations
Here, the IMF president (and possible French socialist presidential nominee) declares Tunisia as a leading model for emerging nations. (thanks Mona)
Posted on January 14, 2011 by As'ad
Obama and Tunisia
Once Obama has made sure that the dictator is down, he said that he salutes the “courage” of the Tunisian people and called for free elections. Wait: does that mean that he now calls for free elections in the other dictatorships that he sponsors, like …
Posted on January 14, 2011 by As'ad
Tunisian police looting
These are the thugs of the regime (while Saudi media are accusing the Tunisian people of theft)
Posted on January 14, 2011 by As'ad
Jeffrey Feltman
All that Jeffrey Feltman knows about the Middle East he learned from Martin Indyk at the US embassy in Tel Aviv when he served under him. The rest he learned from this racist book about Arabs.
Posted on January 14, 2011 by As'ad
Aljazeera plus Al-Akhbar plus Wikileaks and Tunisia
Comrade Kamal is right: The brave Tunisian people, Aljazeera (even with a relatively restraint coverage), Al-Akhbar (though its translation and dissemination of the Wikileaks document on corruption in the government), and Wikileaks did Bin `A…
Posted on January 14, 2011 by As'ad
Fida’iyyi Bin `Ali
It seems from live coverage that the secret militias of Bin Ali, along the lines of Fida’yyi Saddam, are terrorizing the population at night. The military-intelligence apparatus–with full US and French support–would not give up easily on power.
Posted on January 14, 2011 by As'ad
US: its role in the crisis will be long remembered
It will be remembered that only when the US made sure that Bin `Ali left the country, the White House issued the statement that the Tunisian people have the right to choose their leaders. As if they need permission from the US.
Posted on January 14, 2011 by As'ad
US relations with the Tunisian dictatorship
“The United States has very good relations with Tunisia, which date back more than 200 years. The United States has maintained official representation in Tunis almost continuously since 1795, and the American Friendship Treaty with Tunisia was signe…
Posted on January 14, 2011 by As'ad
Tunisia: the success story of a police state
“A week before the Tunisian government collapsed on Friday, with its longtime dictator fleeing the country in the face of massive popular protests, a Washington, DC public relations firm that had been hired by the government abruptly severed its rel…
Posted on January 14, 2011 by As'ad
This is funny
Al-Arabiyya says that Bin Ali plane is going to Qatar, while Aljazeera implies that his plane is going to Dubai.
Posted on January 14, 2011 by As'ad
Opportunists jump in
The Tunisian ambassador to UNESCO had resigned. Now he appeared on Aljazeera and said that he has offered advice to the Tunisian president and that he spoke against corruption and tyranny. The Tunisian anchorperson, Muhammad Krishan, interrupted …
Posted on January 14, 2011 by As'ad
Munsif Marzuqi
Munsif Marzuqi, the brave Tunisian human rights activist, is right: the peaceful flight of the Tunisian dictator should not be enough: that the Tunisian dictator has blood on his hands.
Posted on January 14, 2011 by As'ad
Bin Ali International Tribunal?
I know that the US administration and its Department of the Near East and AIPAC is busy with Hariri investigation and thinks that the killing of Hariri is the most important event in Arab history, and that his assassination is the most brutal act since…
Posted on January 14, 2011 by As'ad
US State Department spokesperson
Aljazeera hosted two spokespersons: one from UK and one from US. (Of course, the US spokesperson spoke in English while the UK spokesperson spoke in Arabic). The American spokesperson said that his government always supported the right of …
Posted on January 14, 2011 by As'ad
the education of Bin `Ali
The Tunisian dictator received crucial training in the US: Senior Intelligence School (Maryland, USA) and the School for Anti-Aircraft Field Artillery (Texas, USA). It did not do him much good at the end, I guess.
Posted on January 14, 2011 by As'ad
This is the kind of election that US government favors
“Tunisian President Zein al-Abidin bin Ali was re-elected with 89.62 percent of the vote in Sunday’s elections for a fifth term in office after two decades in power, according to results released early Monday by the interior ministry. Vote tall…
Posted on January 14, 2011 by As'ad
Obama affirms his administration commitment to democracy in the Arab world
“The President spoke to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia to wish him well as he continues to recover from his recent surgery, and thanked him for receiving Secretary Clinton in New York last week. The President told the King that, in light of their …
Posted on January 14, 2011 by As'ad
Muhammad Bouazizi: on fire
Literally and figuratively on fire.
Posted on January 14, 2011 by As'ad
House of Saud to the rescue: FLASH
Aljazeera is reporting that the plane of Bin Ali is now heading to a “Gulf country.” Let me GUESS: which states habitually provides haven to ousted dictators??
Posted on January 14, 2011 by As'ad
Muhammad Bouazizi: the most famous Arab
Muhammad Bouazizi: a street Tunisian vendor is now the most famous Arab. All Twitter and Facebook in Arabic is dedicated to you. You sparked a revolution. You shall not be forgotten, and you mother (if I can speak for her) shall forgi…
Posted on January 14, 2011 by As'ad