Archive for February 5, 2011
Larry Diamond
There is one missing element in this analysis, Larry: the extent to which external forces (US, Israel, and Saudi Arabia) will be interfering every step of the way.
Posted on February 5, 2011 by As'ad
Lousy Sadat
“Unlike Sadat, and especially unlike Gamel Abdel Nasser before him, Mubarak has no outstanding personality traits”. Sadat had outstanding personality traits? What? Unless being a clown is outstanding.
Posted on February 5, 2011 by As'ad
Those opportunists of Al-Ahram Center
I can’t stand those people at Al-Ahram Center. They were the ones who speak religiously about Mubarak and his “vision” for years. They were the ones who even were used for sectarian propaganda by the regime, and they were the ones that just…
Posted on February 5, 2011 by As'ad
Chants with subtitles
Voices of the Uprising. (thanks Farah)
Posted on February 5, 2011 by As'ad
Posters
“Protesters were flanked by a large banner that read: “No Mubarak, no Suleiman. Both are American Agents.”"
Posted on February 5, 2011 by As'ad
Sawt al-Jamahir (Voice of the Masses)
Comrade Joseph Massad wants this song by `Abdul-Wahab and others to become the anthem of the Egyptian uprising. The problem is that there is no digital version of the song, unlike Watani Habibi, and the recording is so bad and scratchy. I l…
Posted on February 5, 2011 by As'ad
Hillary insists that only the Himmler of the Egyptian regime can lead toward democracy
“But she also warned that if the transition is not carried out in an orderly, deliberate way, there are forces “that will try to derail or overtake the process, to pursue their own specific agenda” – an apparent reference to the Muslim Brotherhood – “w…
Posted on February 5, 2011 by As'ad
They want to have it both ways: they think Egyptians are fools
“Obama and his top national security officials have been careful not to call directly for Mubarak to stand down – although they have made clear they would not object if he did, provided the transition is “orderly.”"
Posted on February 5, 2011 by As'ad
Hitler and Himmler
So basically, if you take Mubarak and his head of the secret police, `Umar Sulayman, the US would have been satisfied if only Hitler had appointed Himmler as his deputy. That would have pleased Washington regarding the reform agenda of Hitler. &n…
Posted on February 5, 2011 by As'ad
A liberal Zionist is somebody who does not mind Israeli massacres, occupation, and invasions, but criticizes settlements in West Bank only
“Israel, nuclear weapons or not, and despite its shortsighted and harmful settlement policies”…
Posted on February 5, 2011 by As'ad
THEY ARE FREAKING OUT IN ISRAEL
“And today, it is impossible to overstate the angst, even hysteria, that Israelis are feeling about their neighborhood as they watch what is unfolding in the streets of Cairo.”
Posted on February 5, 2011 by As'ad
Bush Doctrine
“Mr. Sharansky says that in a 2007 meeting in Prague, President Bush told him that the U.S. supports Mr. Mubarak—to the tune of nearly $2 billion in annual aid—because if it didn’t, the Brotherhood would take over Egypt.”
Posted on February 5, 2011 by As'ad
“Public Service”
That is the new code word by Washington, Israel, and Mubarak’s gang for “dictatorship.”
Posted on February 5, 2011 by As'ad
Pahlavis really heart Mubarak
“The Pahlavi family is mediating with Washington to help shelter Hosni Mubarak in the United States, IRNA learned on Saturday.” (thanks “Ibn Rushd”)
Posted on February 5, 2011 by As'ad
Cover of Egyptian state daily in 1967 (Al-Akhbar–not to be confused with the Lebanese Leftist daily)
It says, among many other flat lies, that “our forces penetrate inside Israel.” This is June 1967.
Posted on February 5, 2011 by As'ad
Egyptian Uprising: danger of stagnation (II)
The US Counter-Revolution is shaping up. The statement by Frank Wisner has said it all. The US needs Mubarak to solidify control of the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty–sorry, I meant Egypt. The Youth in the Tahrir Square are now at a c…
Posted on February 5, 2011 by As'ad
Lord Cromer came out of the grave and spoke today
“”US Envoy: Mubarak Has to Lead Egypt to Transition”. US envoy did not indicate whether he wanted fries and a beverage with that.
Posted on February 5, 2011 by As'ad
accents
The news station of King Fahd’s brother-in-law, which is increasingly run by Prince `Azzuz, Al-Arabiyyah TV, cited Mubarak security forces as saying that those who blew up the gas pipe line to Israel (or to Jordan, as the station insists), spoke Arabic…
Posted on February 5, 2011 by As'ad
King of Jordan
“The conversation, at a private home by request, was about politics. What did these Bedouins of the Zubeidi clan, a backbone of Jordan’s monarchy, think about the current instability in light of events in Egypt and Tunisia? The answers beg…
Posted on February 5, 2011 by As'ad
Israel hearts Mubarak and his anti-Semitism
“Egyptian state television has actively tried to foment the unrest by reporting that “Israeli spies” have infiltrated the city – which explains why many of the gangs who attack reporters shout “yehudi!” (“Jew!”).” (thanks Seth)
Posted on February 5, 2011 by As'ad