Archive for May 26, 2011
US Embassy in Lebanon
Audaciously, US Embassy in Beirut issued a statement about a visit by a team from the Embassy to the Syrian-Lebanese border to check on the status of Syrian refugees there. I mean, what business is that for the embassy? Can you imagine if a…
Posted on May 26, 2011 by As'ad
Explaining Arab uprisings: from jadaliyya
Comrade Sinan explains: ”Contrary to all the brouhaha about Twitter and Facebook, what energized people in Tunisia and Egypt and elsewhere, aside from sociopolitical grievances and an accumulation of pain and anger, was a famous line of poetry …
Posted on May 26, 2011 by As'ad
Sons of Zayid
“First Israeli store to open in Dubai”PS This is an old item from 2007 and protests killed the project.
Posted on May 26, 2011 by As'ad
Nasrallah’s speech
The speech was rather effective for Nasrallah: in that he was not tense or angry as he seemed to be in recent speeches. It was his old usual self: humorous and sarcastic. But that is about tone and theatrics. Politically, it was a wea…
Posted on May 26, 2011 by As'ad
Gulf Counter-Revolutionary Club
“Monarchical solidarity is, of course, the ultimate bond, at a time when the republican dynasties of Egypt, Libya, Syria and Tunisia have come unstuck or look shaky. A common joke these days is that the GCC should be renamed the “Gulf Counter-Revo…
Posted on May 26, 2011 by As'ad
France bombs Libya with jets it was planning to sell to Qadhdhafi
“French defence company Dassault Aviation is in talks with Libya over the sale of 14 Rafale fighter jets, in a deal that could be concluded before August 11, French business daily La Tribune said on Friday. A Dassault Aviation spokesman could not imm…
Posted on May 26, 2011 by As'ad
Tell that to Thomas Friedman and other Zionists
“Hundreds of Egyptians, emboldened by their revolution, have also rallied in a series of demonstrations here to call for an end to the blockade. A recent demonstration outside the Israeli Embassy led to clashes with security forces that left …
Posted on May 26, 2011 by As'ad
Dubai and Israel
“Israeli sources told “Globes” that the Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Foreign Affairs believe that the US charges against Ofer Brothers Group are based on a misunderstanding. The sources said that Israeli officials are in contact with the US S…
Posted on May 26, 2011 by As'ad
Look at this debate: which website caused the protests in the Arab world
“Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has downplayed the importance of the social networking website for the popular revolutions that toppled presidents in Egypt and Tunisia. Zuckerberg said that the wave of protests against autocratic governments …
Posted on May 26, 2011 by As'ad
Time magazine and anti-US demonstrations in Iraq
Look at the language: ”Iraqi Shi’ite militia fighters led a massive rally of followers of a hard-liner anti-American cleric on Thursday, marching in Baghdad in a show of defiance as Iraqi leaders weigh whether to keep U.S. troops in the countr…
Posted on May 26, 2011 by As'ad
Bigotry in the Israeli media
Look at this piece of trash on gays in Israel: the writer is at pains to be defensive on the subject and has to drag Islam and Iran into the mix, only to justify homophobia in Israel: ”In Orthodox Judaism, as with traditional streams of Islam and…
Posted on May 26, 2011 by As'ad
Bashshar’s reforms: torture
“A 25-year-old [Syrian] university student tells Amnesty International of the beatings and torture he and other detainees suffered while held in a sports stadium after he was seized with his 73- year-old father by security forces from their home in …
Posted on May 26, 2011 by As'ad
Bashshar’s reforms: torture
“A 25-year-old [Syrian] university student tells Amnesty International of the beatings and torture he and other detainees suffered while held in a sports stadium after he was seized with his 73- year-old father by security forces from their home in …
Posted on May 26, 2011 by As'ad
Saudi Wahhabi "liberals"
This annoying guy is a chief propagandist for Prince Salman and his sons. He is editor-in-chief (whatever that means in Saudi media) for the mouthpiece of Prince Salman and his sons, Ash-Sharq Al-Awsat. Here, he urges caution regarding allo…
Posted on May 26, 2011 by As'ad
Saudi Wahhabi "liberals"
This annoying guy is a chief propagandist for Prince Salman and his sons. He is editor-in-chief (whatever that means in Saudi media) for the mouthpiece of Prince Salman and his sons, Ash-Sharq Al-Awsat. Here, he urges caution regarding allo…
Posted on May 26, 2011 by As'ad
Crude Saudi propagnada
This crude Saudi propagandists found the cause for Arab uprisings. He said that Arab governments should just abandon the idea of “resistance.” (thanks Ahmad)
Posted on May 26, 2011 by As'ad
Cleric of Occupation: Grand (not at all) Ayatullah Sistani and sex with a nine-year old
So Sistani (seen above) was asked about sex with a girl who is nine years old. He said: that “it is not permissible to enter the wife before she completes her nine-year old, whether intercourse was continuous or interrupted. As for the rest…
Posted on May 26, 2011 by As'ad
Cleric of Occupation: Grand (not at all) Ayatullah Sistani and sex with a nine-year old
So Sistani (seen above) was asked about sex with a girl who is nine years old. He said: that “it is not permissible to enter the wife before she completes her nine-year old, whether intercourse was continuous or interrupted. As for the rest…
Posted on May 26, 2011 by As'ad
And you wonder why I call him King PlayStation?
“His Majesty King Abdullah on Saturday inaugurated the Jordan Interactive Gaming Laboratory, established under a Royal initiative, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. The lab, which was opened yesterday on the sidelines of the first Jorda…
Posted on May 26, 2011 by As'ad
The despicable Lebanese Army at the Lebanese-Palestinian border
“Unlike in Syria, there was no breach of the fence itself, nor any attempt at one, but in the minds of the Israelis, the threat justified the firing of live rounds into a crowd. A troop of Lebanese soldiers sent in to quell the crowd cowered on the …
Posted on May 26, 2011 by As'ad