Archive for February 11, 2011
New York Times on the corrupt Egyptian tyran
“Mubarak was known for his “rigid personal probity,” according to a 1990 New York Times profile, which noted that “his family has not profited from his office.”"
Posted on February 11, 2011 by As'ad
Haaretz expert on the Middle East reveals his deep knowledge of Egypt
“I don’t know whether President Mubarak was hated personally as much as the regime was despised.”
Posted on February 11, 2011 by As'ad
Haaretz expert on the Middle East: putting it very mildly
“they are not really keen on Israel’s policies in the Middle East”
Posted on February 11, 2011 by As'ad
Husni and Gaza
They chanted in Cairo yesterday: “Husni bey, Husni bey, tell me why you are besieging Gaza” (it rhymes in Arabic).
Posted on February 11, 2011 by As'ad
Tahrir Square
Did anyone mention that the name Tahrir Square was given in Nasser’s time?
Posted on February 11, 2011 by As'ad
Hizbullah’s statement on Egypt
Hizbullah issued a statement in support of the Egyptian uprising and the fall of Mubarak. But who wrote that statement? Why did they have to invoke Al-Husayn and his revolt? Could they not keep their sectarian or religious agenda out of thi…
Posted on February 11, 2011 by As'ad
Khalid Sa`id
Ibrahim Dsouki did a report on Khalid Said today on New TV. (thanks Ibrahim)
Posted on February 11, 2011 by As'ad
Walid Jumblat
As-Safir reports that Walid Jumblat fired his gun in celebration of the fall of Mubarak. This is the same man who was aligned with W. Bush. I trust Walid Jumblat like George Habash trusted the lousy Yasir `Arafat.
Posted on February 11, 2011 by As'ad
Sa`d Shazli
If Sa`d Shazli is not a staunch Arab nationalist, anti-Zionist, he would have been mourned and cited in the international press. He did much to prepare Egypt for the early successes in the 1973, and his memoirs detail the extent to which the ill-…
Posted on February 11, 2011 by As'ad
Aljazeera
Amer wrote this: “At this moment, Mubarak’s hate must be focused on al-Jazeera more than anybody else. Amy Goodman could not have done a better job at rallying the masses. As I watched their coverage, I starting believing that they designed their headl…
Posted on February 11, 2011 by As'ad
Muna `Ashmawi of New TV
This is one courageous Egyptian reporter who never ever appeased the regime.
Posted on February 11, 2011 by As'ad
The Zionist entity
Just think about the ramifications of the fall of Mubarak. The uprising has just finished today and yet Israel’s options are very limited. Let me put it this way: it is not likely that the massacring Zionist state would be striking at Iran …
Posted on February 11, 2011 by As'ad
Palestine
Israel will face ultimate demise and have earned that outcome. You littered our contemporary history with massacres and you think it will pass? Or that we would let go? Or that we would forgive and forget? NEVER.
Posted on February 11, 2011 by As'ad
The new Egypt
So I tuned to the Egyptian state Nile channel. I can’t believe it. What a difference a day makes. They were airing Al-Watan Al-Akbar (the Greater Homeland), which was the Arab nationalist anthem during Nasser’s days and which featured…
Posted on February 11, 2011 by As'ad
Anwar Sadat
Today I can celebrate the death of Anwar Sadat. He actually died today, not in 1981.
Posted on February 11, 2011 by As'ad
The new strategic map of the Middle East
Amer sent me this: “I will not say that Palestine is closer, I will put it in my military language: the military balance has radically shifted in two weeks, all past calculations are over. On every single level.”
Posted on February 11, 2011 by As'ad
How Mubarak snuck out of Cairo
This is how Husni Mubarak was able to sneak out of Cairo. (thanks Khodor)
Posted on February 11, 2011 by As'ad
Credit for Obama?
“By the way, for those keeping score in the “peacefully removing Arab dictators” game, it’s now Obama 2, Bush 0. ” You can’t be serious, Marc. You have to be not serious here. If anyone wants to argue that Obama deserves credit for w…
Posted on February 11, 2011 by As'ad
Israeli ambassador in Cairo
Sources in Cairo confirm to me that the ambassador of Zionist entity in Cairo was about to jump in the Nile, but he did not. He was too afraid to walk the distance from his home to the river. The crowds would have eaten him alive–with frie…
Posted on February 11, 2011 by As'ad
Deposed Mubarak
Aljazeera is rightly gloating. The tone is celebratory and cheerful. And to rub it in, they refer to Mubarak now as “ar-ra’is al-makhlu`” (literally, the ripped-off president: in reference to a deposed or ousted or overthrown president). &n…
Posted on February 11, 2011 by As'ad