Archive for April 22, 2011

Dancing to the tunes of NATO bombings

My weekly article in Al-Akhbar:  ”Dancing to the Tunes of NATO bombings:  Arab Media and Revolutions”

Posted on April 22, 2011 by As'ad

Saudi hyporcisy

On the hypocrisy in Saudi political discourse.

Posted on April 22, 2011 by As'ad

John McCain

Senator John McCain is fiercely supporting the Libyan Transitional Council.  It is another reason to oppose them.

Posted on April 22, 2011 by As'ad

Zionism is racism, always

“”Do you want your grandson to be named Ahmed ben Sarah?” a street poster slapped on the walls of Jerusalem’s ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods inquires, in a not-so-subtle dig at the Yesh retail chain.  The problem the authors of the broadside (pash…

Posted on April 22, 2011 by As'ad

Jammul

I am being hosted for Q and A by the website of Jammul (the communist group that launched back in 1982 the resistance movement against Israeli occupation of Lebanon).  I will talk about developments in the Arab world.  You can enter through t…

Posted on April 22, 2011 by As'ad

Yemeni massacres

Notice that massacres by Yemeni forces loyal to the tyrant, `Ali `Abdullah Salih, barely get a mention in the US press.

Posted on April 22, 2011 by As'ad

A gender revolution?

“Tunisia’s ruling that men and women must feature in equal numbers as candidates in July polls is an Arab world first that builds on this year’s revolt and allays fears of conservative influence, observers say.  The decision by authorities prep…

Posted on April 22, 2011 by As'ad

Khalid Sayyid Muhand

A tribute to a reporter who was arrested by the Syrian regime.

Posted on April 22, 2011 by As'ad

Those occupied Iraqis are not grateful for their occupation, are they?

“Iraq has not requested an extension of an end-2011 deadline for the United States to withdraw its troops, the top U.S. military officer said on Friday, following talks with Iraq’s prime minister.”

Posted on April 22, 2011 by As'ad

He is in Israel

“The prosecutor also ordered on Thursday the detention of one of Mubarak’s closest associates, Hussein Salem, a major shareholder in EMG and a former intelligence chief.  It was not immediately clear if Salem had fled Egypt after the uprising.”

Posted on April 22, 2011 by As'ad

Democratization of the Arab world

Basically, the US has asked Saudi Arabia to supervise the process of democratization of the Arab world.

Posted on April 22, 2011 by As'ad

Amal and Hizbullah against the poor

Yesterday, Amal and Hizbullah united forces and issued a joint communique to support the war on the poor of Lebanon who built on state lands.  Lebanese security forces yesterday shot and killed two people in Tyre.  Of course, billionaires, li…

Posted on April 22, 2011 by As'ad

You can’t protest against the occupiers in Iraq

“Mosul, Iraq – Iraqi police and military forces fired shots in the air to disperse hundreds of people in a northern Iraqi city who gathered Friday to protest against the US presence in the country, witnesses said.Security prevented around 2,000 prote…

Posted on April 22, 2011 by As'ad

The prison of Nahr Al-Barid

““They built my house without a kitchen. I have four daughters. How am I supposed to manage without a kitchen? Also, my brother Ziad, who has high blood pressure and various heart problems, was given a house on the fourth floor. I have written sev…

Posted on April 22, 2011 by As'ad

Bernard-Henri Levy is a fan of the Transitional National Council: a reason to detest them

“Can you talk about the members of the Transitional National Council? Who they are?Most of them are lawyers, or men who have worked in the legal realm: former judges, lawyers or people with legal training. They are people who are more oriented towa…

Posted on April 22, 2011 by As'ad

Alain Gresh: that is no Robert Fisk

Al-Arabiyyah’s Gizelle Khuri (one of the people I detest the most in life) devoted her program to Syria.  She invited a Hariri MP (the uncle of Jamal Jarrah who was one of the Sep. 11 terrorists) and Alain Gresh.  She invited Alain Gresh to h…

Posted on April 22, 2011 by As'ad

Lebanese ambassador in Washington, DC

“”The attorney for a former housekeeper to the Lebanese ambassador to the United States is challenging the scope of diplomatic immunity laws, arguing that domestic work is outside of commercial activities relating to diplomatic responsibilities that…

Posted on April 22, 2011 by As'ad

US bribes and Jordanian mukhabarat

“The crux of the bribery allegation involves a $9 million wire transfer from Sargeant’s firm, directed to a mysterious figure in Jordan’s intelligence agency identified in court documents only as “Pasha.”Sargeant’s lawyers acknowledge that …

Posted on April 22, 2011 by As'ad

Zionist fanatics are in awe of House of Saud

“Who would have thought that we would find ourselves agreeing with the Saudi approach to events in the Middle East, while thinking our own government needs a “reset”?    National Security Council Advisor Tom Donilon visited Saudi Arabia and…

Posted on April 22, 2011 by As'ad

Iran and the Arab world

Watching developments in the Arab world and the intensification of protests in Syria only confirms this impression: the repressive Iranian regime was only able to preserve the regime in the face of protests last year purely because the regime has real …

Posted on April 22, 2011 by As'ad