Archive for March 4, 2011
When the masses rose up in the state of the massses
My weekly article in Al-Akhbar: “When the masses rose up in state of the masses: The Green Turns Red”
Posted on March 4, 2011 by As'ad
Qadhdhafi’s new UN ambassador
Qadhdhafi has just appointed `Ali Turayki as his ambassador at the UN. Turayki always refers to Israel as “the Zionist entity” which is fine by me. But he says it thus: Zionist entitity. I kid you not.
Posted on March 4, 2011 by As'ad
Flash: US administration has discovered that Libya is not a democracy
More on this breaking story as it develops. The Obama administration said that the Bush administration did not know that Qadhdhafi was a tyrant when it brokered the famous honey moon back in 2003. Hillary Clinton said that when she met with…
Posted on March 4, 2011 by As'ad
Boycott Sabra Hummus NOW
For those who boycott Sabra Hummus, Whole Foods Hummus is as good as the best hummus in Lebanon-Syria. I kid you not. My exile has become easier.
Posted on March 4, 2011 by As'ad
Freedom for the Libyan oil fields
Today, Obama called for freedom of the Libyan oil fields. He meant the Libyan people.
Posted on March 4, 2011 by As'ad
March 14
Someone needs to tell the Hariri family in Lebanon that no one really cares about their antics and vulgar theatrics and festivals anymore. Even the US government is bored with them. Please go away and take that ugly Hariri grave site from d…
Posted on March 4, 2011 by As'ad
Nayif Hawatimah
Even the lousy Nayif Hawatimah is jumping on the band wagon of the Egyptian uprising. His weekly mouthpiece (which I receive for free from Damascus–so thanks whoever is sending it to me) now contains congratulations to the Egyptian people. What?…
Posted on March 4, 2011 by As'ad
Hollywood Stars on the Arab-Israeli conflict
In the mouthpiece of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a collection of sayings on the Arab-Israeli conflict is attributed to Hollywood stars. They are all made up. All are made up.
Posted on March 4, 2011 by As'ad
This is Saudi propaganda
I noticed that Saudi propaganda, like the mouthpiece of Prince Salman and his sons, Ash-Sharq Al-Awsat, are peddling this story: ”Dozens of Saudi extremists descended on the Riyadh International Book Fair late Wednesday night denouncing the sale…
Posted on March 4, 2011 by As'ad
Zionists would appreciate this
“Imad al-Sayyed, spokesman for the families of Palestinian political prisoners in Egyptian jails, said that the Egyptian army has released on Thursday morning 12 of those prisoners. In a special statement to PIC Sayyed said that the twelve pri…
Posted on March 4, 2011 by As'ad
Your favorite Sultan
“All this results in Oman and its sultan generally getting a sympathetic press. “I have never encountered a place in the Arab world so well-governed as Oman, and in such a quiet and understated way,” Robert Kaplan wrote the other day in an article …
Posted on March 4, 2011 by As'ad
Logic of Iraqi revolution
Comrade Sinan writes on the Iraqi revolution.
Posted on March 4, 2011 by As'ad
This is mentioned in passing in The New York Times: can you imagine if this was in Iran?
“On Thursday night, the authorities banned all cars and motorcycles from the streets of Baghdad, making it hard for protesters to reach the central square. Similar bans were announced in Samarra and Kirkuk.”
Posted on March 4, 2011 by As'ad
Western governments and their lies (and the lies of their media)
When the US was preparing for war on Iraq in 2003, we were told that Iraqi army is one of the best in the world and that it is well-trained and well-equipped. Only later, were we told the truth: that it was a lousy army and that only the Republic…
Posted on March 4, 2011 by As'ad
Stupid BBC analysis of how they did not now that Qadhdhafi is a tyrant
“So how did so many respectable people get it so wrong? In part this is because Saif makes such a good impression in the media. Tall and handsome, he speaks fluent English and presented himself as the acceptable face of the Gaddafi regime.”
Posted on March 4, 2011 by As'ad
About that Jordanian who teaches hate to US police forces
A Jordanian who does not want to be identified sent me this (I cite with her/his permission): ”I Read that story about Sam Kharoba @ work and could not wait until i got home to double check on same facts. SAM Kharoba سا
Posted on March 4, 2011 by As'ad
Queen Rania: tweeting to the end
I can see Queen Rania tweeting her way to the every end. I can imagine her last tweet: I am in a dark place. It may be the trunk of a car. I have not seen my idiot husband who brought us to this. I am told he was dangling from an elec…
Posted on March 4, 2011 by As'ad
Jeffrey Feltman in Bahrain: THREE TIMES IN ONE WEEK
As-Safir has even mocked his statements about Bahrain in which he basically tells the opposition in Bahrain what is acceptable and what is not, and considered the conditions of the opposition unacceptable. (thanks Fawzi)
Posted on March 4, 2011 by As'ad
Al-Qa`idah or not Al-Qa`idah they are all the same
Look at this headline and story, and then notice this: ”“One of the goals of organizations like Al Shabab and Al Qaeda is to influence people both here and abroad to get them to join the fight,” Paul J. Fishman, the United States attorney for…
Posted on March 4, 2011 by As'ad
It is the season
Even conservative columnist, David Brooks, is now against the Clash of Civilization thesis.
Posted on March 4, 2011 by As'ad