Archive for March 26, 2011

Cracks in the Syrian ruling elite

There are serious cracks in the top echelons of the Syrian ruling group buy I can’t go into specifics now. The brutality of the regime is digging a bigger hole for itself.

Posted on March 26, 2011 by As'ad

Ma`ruf Al-Bakhit

Read the remarks by Jordanian prime minister, Ma`ruf Al-Bakhit.  His remarks overlap with those of Syrian regime propaganda: that it is all by an outside Islamist conspiracy.  The funny thing is that some official Jordanian media portray the …

Posted on March 26, 2011 by As'ad

Aljazeera and Syria

Traditionally, Aljazeera gave scant coverage to Syrian opposition perhaps because the Qatari regime is close to the Syrian regime.  In the last few days, Aljazeera started covering Syria and the news broadcast narrator even wondered (almost in ple…

Posted on March 26, 2011 by As'ad

Aljazeera

Yesterday, Aljazeera’s main evening newscast gave a summary of the Arab uprisings: it listed all the countries in which protests occurred and simply omitted Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Oman.  That is how blatant the propaganda there is now.

Posted on March 26, 2011 by As'ad

Al-Qaradawi again

This demagogic tele-Islamist should receive a prize from the House of Saud for his sectarian mobilization and agitation during the crisis.  He has not offered one analysis of opinion that is not dripping with sectarianism.  He also proved to …

Posted on March 26, 2011 by As'ad