Archive for March 7, 2011
Robert Fisk
Fisk’s reporting is often imaginary, I feel. I, for example, don’t buy this story today that the US asked Saudi Arabia to arm Libyan rebels.
Posted on March 7, 2011 by As'ad
US agenda for freedom
“The United States has spent an average of $2 billion a year here since 1979, viewed as a reward to Egypt for peace with Israel. More than half has gone to military assistance, requiring Egypt to buy American-made equipment. The proteste…
Posted on March 7, 2011 by As'ad
The Green Book of Zionism
“Speaking with France 24 later Monday, however, Gadhafi defended his military’s right to oppress rebel activity, comparing his crackdown to Israel’s war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip in 2009, saying that “even the Israelis in Gaza, when they moved…
Posted on March 7, 2011 by As'ad
Mubarak Ash-Shamikh
Aljazeera interviewed former Libyan prime minister, Mubarak Ash-Shamikh. He was asked about his view of the developments in Libya. He denounced Sykes-Picot.
Posted on March 7, 2011 by As'ad
Your model democracy in Iraq: and the puppet government versus the puppet opposition
“he actions came amid growing concerns that Mr. Maliki, who is backed by the United States, is using force and other measures to stifle this country’s democracy. Officials for the Iraqi Nation Party and the Iraqi Communist Party said in intervi…
Posted on March 7, 2011 by As'ad
David Kirkpatrick on Qadhdhafi
This article in the New York Times by Kirkpatrick is very odd. It alleges that not only is Qadhdhafi popular with many Libyans but that his writings have been effective in obtaining support for the dictator. He gives no evidence for that whatsoev…
Posted on March 7, 2011 by As'ad
The government wants the downfall of the people
“A big banner hangs from the side of flyover: “We have heard of people changing their regimes. Have you ever heard of a regime changing its people?” This refers to the widespread accusation regarding the government bringing in thousands of carefully…
Posted on March 7, 2011 by As'ad
The army of the new South Sudan Republic
Why is there no coverage of the crimes against civilians by the army of the new South Sudan Republic? Is it because the US played the mid-wife for the new state, and thus their crimes would be automatically tolerated and covered up?
Posted on March 7, 2011 by As'ad
the unpopularity of the Zionist entity (it rhymes in English)
“Israel is one of the least popular countries in the world, according to a survey conducted by Globescan for the BBC in 27 different states. More than 28,000 people were polled between December of 2010 and February of this year in a survey desi…
Posted on March 7, 2011 by As'ad
Amira Hass wants Egyptians to roll out the red carpet for her
“While In Cairo, I finally found out that Israel is an occupying state. This is thanks to all those people who refused to meet with an Israeli journalist. In this way, my three-week stay in revolutionary Cairo turned into an adventure of seek bypass…
Posted on March 7, 2011 by As'ad
Saudi Mufti has spoken: protests, demonstrations, complaints, and petitions are religiously impermissible
This is the final Wahhabi word.
Posted on March 7, 2011 by As'ad
This smells really bad
I have noticed increased diplomatic and political contacts between Qatar and Saudi Arabia. Look at this item regarding a visit to Qatar by Saud Al-Faysal (who was a fierce opponent to rapprochement between the two countries) and the “topics”…
Posted on March 7, 2011 by As'ad
No Arab who has served Israel has done so for free–NEVER
“Gamal and Alaa Mubarak, the two sons of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, received hundreds of millions of dollars in “commissions” from the sale of Egyptian natural gas to Israel, the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida reported yesterday. Ga…
Posted on March 7, 2011 by As'ad
How dare they use the same tactics against non-Palestinians: Israeli liberals outraged
“Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem are very familiar with the phenomenon: masked policemen who carry out arrests and take part in crowd-dispersal activity. But Friday at the weekly Sheikh Jarrah demonstration, there was a twist: For the …
Posted on March 7, 2011 by As'ad
A new sectarian party (for Al-Khalifah) in Bahrain
“One of their members Abdullah Hashem, who is also on the NUA’s leadership committee, was a founding member of a leftist, Arab nationalist group called Wa’ad.” A Bahraini source told me this about Hashim (she does not want to be identified)…
Posted on March 7, 2011 by As'ad
Demonstration in front of the US embassy in Bahrain
(From today)
Posted on March 7, 2011 by As'ad
The Muslim Brotherhood
Yes, the Muslim Brotherhood was severely persecuted during the Mubarak regime but it also has been one of the most politically cowardly opposition organization in the country. Among the newly discovered documents in Security of State Apparatus’ f…
Posted on March 7, 2011 by As'ad
Zionists continue to freak out
“As a member of the team that negotiated the Camp David peace treaty with Israel in 1978, he can be expected to abide by all of Egypt’s existing commitments to Israel, analysts and former colleagues said. But he is renowned for having voiced reserv…
Posted on March 7, 2011 by As'ad
According to Saudi propaganda, Qadhdhafi is the only Arab dictator left in power
This is Saudi propaganda.
Posted on March 7, 2011 by As'ad
Al-Qadhdhafi and Israel
“”He even met secretly with Israelis—journalists, academics, and government officials in Europe, knowing that they would rush to share what he had said with the officials he hoped to impress in Washington.”" (thanks “Ibn Rushd”)
Posted on March 7, 2011 by As'ad