Archive for May 29, 2011
Political Scandal at AUB: a seemingly Zionist Canadian professor (reportedly) defends the Israeli terrorist army
An inside source at AUB tells me about a brewing political scandal. Here is the story from my source: ”Munib Masri Jr., 22, grandson of Munib Masri, was shot in Maroon El Rass, lost his spleen and left kidney and injured his spine which mi…
Posted on May 29, 2011 by As'ad
Shibil `Aysami
Al-Ba`th is most bitter against itself. Intra-Ba`th rivalries and feuds are the most bitter by far. Remember the Syrian-Iraqi Ba`thist rivalries. The other day, a former Syrian leader of the Ba`th, Shibili `Aysami, was kidnapped from …
Posted on May 29, 2011 by As'ad
External conspiracy in Syria
I do watch Syrian state TV in order to look at the official propaganda of the lousy regime. Now they refer regularly to developments in Syria: but always as “the external conspiracy” against Syria. The rhetoric is suffocatingly chauvinist Syrian …
Posted on May 29, 2011 by As'ad
Arab Bank for Counter-Revolution
“Meanwhile, Qatar has been talking to oil-rich Gulf partners about a new plan to create a Middle East Development Bank to support Arab states in transitions to democracy. It has been inspired by the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development th…
Posted on May 29, 2011 by As'ad
From Jadaliyya
Report from Tahrir Square. (thanks Bassam)
Posted on May 29, 2011 by As'ad
If you are strapped for cash
If you are strapped for cash, you can just claim that you uncovered an Iranian plot in your backyard and a Saudi official will show up at your front door with cash payments. It works every time.
Posted on May 29, 2011 by As'ad
Egyptian Military Council: still serving Israel
The other unmentioned side of the opening of Rafah crossing: ”Mufid al Masry, 46, was so excited about his first trip to Egypt that he couldn’t sleep the night before he set out for the Rafah border crossing, which Egypt’s ruling military council…
Posted on May 29, 2011 by As'ad
And you wonder why Arabs dismiss Western rhetoric about democracy and human rights; they are only fooling their people with their talk
“Britain is training Saudi Arabia’s national guard – the elite security force deployed during the recent protests in Bahrain – in public order enforcement measures and the use of sniper rifles. The revelation has outraged human rights groups, wh…
Posted on May 29, 2011 by As'ad
Shaykh `Ar`ur
The mouthpiece of Prince Salman and his sons, Ash-Sharq Al-Awsat (probably the most yellow of Saudi yellow journalism) promotes Shaykh `Ar`ur as the leader of protests in Hamah.
Posted on May 29, 2011 by As'ad
Al-Ahram: the new tool of a new regime
It took hours for the lousy newspaper, Al-Ahram, to shift its loyalty from Mubarak to his opponents. But Al-Ahram can’t help itself: it served crudely the old regime and it now serves crudely the new regime. It did not cover the protests in…
Posted on May 29, 2011 by As'ad
Iranian spy in Cairo
Mere days after the Egyptian Military Council received a cash payment of $4 billion from Saudi Arabia, the Egyptian government uncovered an Iranian spy in Egypt. It is widely known in the Arab world that countries that receive cash payments from …
Posted on May 29, 2011 by As'ad
CSI, Lebanon. Don’t disturb them.
(Al-Mustaqbal)
Posted on May 29, 2011 by As'ad