Archive for March 16, 2011
Anthony Shadid
The fine American reporter, Anthony Shadid, of the New York Times is missing somewhere in Libya. If anyone has any information about his whereabouts, please email me so that something could be done. Thanks.
Posted on March 16, 2011 by As'ad
Walid Jumblat and Marwan Hamadi: the Antoine Lahds of Lebanon
Get the copies of Al-Akhbar on Wednesday (not available on line yet) and read the treacherous statements from the new Wikileaks on the July war, starring Walid Jumblat (the new ally of Hizbullah) and Marwan Hamadi. During the Israeli war on Leban…
Posted on March 16, 2011 by As'ad
spying for Israel
Egyptian government arrested a “foreigner” for spying for Israel. This in the same week when the Egyptian government began a trial for an Israeli espionage network in Egypt.
Posted on March 16, 2011 by As'ad
Al-Arabiyyah’s TV coverage
Syrian opposition called for a demonstration in Amman in front of the Syrian embassy there. Al-Arabiyyah showed up and covered the event although it had to admit that only one demonstrator showed up. And he was even interviewed. So th…
Posted on March 16, 2011 by As'ad
Feltman in Bahrain
A reader from Bahrain sent me this: ”You should know that Jeffery Feltman is here in Bahrain,camped at the US embassy in Manama, since last monday, i.e. oversssing the saudi invasion on monday/tuesday and the masacars of yesterday an…
Posted on March 16, 2011 by As'ad
Bahraini dictator’s adviser
Nabil Al-Hamr, the adviser to the Bahraini dictator, appeared on the station of King Fahd’s brother-in-law (Al-Arabiyyah TV) and expressed Bahraini royal gratitude to Qatar and other GCC members for their military and “other” support.
Posted on March 16, 2011 by As'ad
Killers of Anwar Sadat
The mouthpiece of Prince Salman and his sons, Ash-Sharq Al-Awsat, reports that some 6000 people attended the press conference of Abbud and Tariq Az-Zummar (who were convicted of assassinating Anwar Sadat). I thought that Zionists should know.
Posted on March 16, 2011 by As'ad
color revolutions
Comrade Amer on the Lebanese and other color “revolutions.”
Posted on March 16, 2011 by As'ad
Let me guess: Hamid Karzai will say that this is not acceptable
“An air strike by NATO-led forces killed two children as they were watering fields in Afghanistan’s eastern Kunar province late on Monday, an Afghan official and lawmaker said.”
Posted on March 16, 2011 by As'ad
News from HamasStan
“Dozens of Hamas police and security forces on Wednesday entered Gaza City’s Al Azhar university and began beating up students heading out for a protest, witnesses told AFP.”
Posted on March 16, 2011 by As'ad
Oman modernizes
“Oman’s Grand Mufti has urged the government to fully ban alcohol and strictly monitor gyms and health clubs in this Muslim country.”
Posted on March 16, 2011 by As'ad
updates from Bahrain
One of my sources who shall also remain anonymous sent me this: ”The country is a mess right now. Here’s a classic case of adding insult to injury — literally: the official state channel on Twitter just now: bna_ar وكالة أنباء الب…
Posted on March 16, 2011 by As'ad
Now Aljazeera copies Israeli take on Bahrain
Look at this article how it cites Israeli take on Bahrain. (thanks Husayn)
Posted on March 16, 2011 by As'ad
This is hilarious: Lebanese Forces militia support the Bahraini royal family
You have to read this. It claims that protesters in Bahrain are shooting at civilians. (thanks Alain)
Posted on March 16, 2011 by As'ad
like Israel
Aljazeera Arabic is saying that Libyan tactics against protesters are akin to those by Israel against Arabs. True but so are the Bahraini tactics against protesters there.
Posted on March 16, 2011 by As'ad
Qadhdhafi and his stooges
“Who’s that? The Libyan National Transition Council. He admits its “composition of ex-Gaddafi ministers and others… But that’s not important”. As’ad AbuKhalil, a columnist with the left-wing Lebanese paper Al-Akhbar, describes its leader M…
Posted on March 16, 2011 by As'ad
The Arab counter-revolution is winning
There is no doubt that Saudi Arabia has engineered the Arab counter-revolution with full US support. Only Libya will be allowed to change but in favor of a Saudi-controlled regime staffed by Qadhdhafi stooges, like Mustafa Abd-Al-Jalil. And…
Posted on March 16, 2011 by As'ad
Saudi Arabia rewards Qatar for its lousy coverage of Bahrain
“Qatar is likely to nominate Abdul Rahman Al Atiyyah, the outgoing Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) secretary-general, to be the next secretary-general of the Arab League, Qatari media reported on Tuesday.” (thanks Stevy)
Posted on March 16, 2011 by As'ad
Aljazeera versus Al-Arabiyyah TV
My confidential sources tell me that Al-Arabiyyah TV, which has been announcing for days that its broadcast signals have been jammed by the Libyan government, has actually made up that story as a PR gimmick. As is known, Aljazeera has been domina…
Posted on March 16, 2011 by As'ad
Aljazeera: or Al-Arabiyyah II?
The coverage of Aljazeera has become a joke. Yesterday, I made a point of following their coverage of Bahrain. What a joke and what a loss of credibility. They had a minute–ONE MINUTE–about Bahrain, while they devoted more time in …
Posted on March 16, 2011 by As'ad