Archive for June 2, 2011
Update from Bahrain
L. from Bahrain sent me this: ”I hope this email finds you well. Below are some links and updates that you may wish to add them to your blog: BAHRAINI men have been raped, tortured with electric shocks and beaten by government secu…
Posted on June 2, 2011 by As'ad
The sullen native
Comrade Laleh sent me this comment about a post from yesterday: ”"This is funny. That they expect countries under occupation to be warm and grateful to the occupiers.”You think this is weird! The 1960s counterinsurgency expert,…
Posted on June 2, 2011 by As'ad
Is this the only Syrian citizen, as far as the US media is concerned?
“Last Thursday morning, Radwan Ziadeh, a signer of the Damascus Declaration, went to the State Department, in Washington, D.C., to hear President Obama assess the current Arab Spring, which has brought forth popular revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt…
Posted on June 2, 2011 by As'ad
A new Egyptian political party
A new Egyptian political party has been launched. It is a Salafite political party by the name of An-Nur. Who do you think is funding it and promoting it?
Posted on June 2, 2011 by As'ad
Saudi Arabia is buying into Egypt
“«Bref, les wahhabites nous tiennent. Même le tourisme en Egypte est en partie entre les mains des Saoudiens qui possèdent une part non négligeable des grands hôtels. Aussi bien pour les politiques que pour les journalistes égyptiens, l’Arabie…
Posted on June 2, 2011 by As'ad
For this Kanan Makiyya thanked America for bringing democracy to Iraq
“Iraqi authorities have detained, interrogated, and beaten several protest organizers in Baghdad in recent days, Human Rights Watch said today. Iraqi authorities should stop the attacks and charge or release those being held, Human Rights Watch said…
Posted on June 2, 2011 by As'ad
Repression that you like: Bahrain
“Bahrain’s security forces are increasingly targeting women in their campaign against pro-democracy protesters despite yesterday lifting martial law in the island kingdom. Ayat al-Gormezi, 20, a poet and student arrested two months ago after read…
Posted on June 2, 2011 by As'ad
WINEP converts to Sunni Islam
“Egypt remains a peace partner with Israel and a Sunni bulwark against a predatory Shiite Muslim regime in Tehran. Economic and political risks loom large, but with 83 million people, for Washington, Egypt is too big — and too important — to fail.”
Posted on June 2, 2011 by As'ad
Saudi Arabia and Western hypocrisy
Comrade Madawi on the myth of Saudi reforms
Posted on June 2, 2011 by As'ad
Can you imagine if this happened in an Arab capital against Jewish people? Can you imagine the uproar? Can you imagine the front page headlines in the US?
“Dozens of right-wing activists marching through Jerusalem Wednesday were filmed chanting inflammatory messages and singing provocative songs in the capital, including “Muhammad is dead,” “May your village burn,” “Death to leftists,” and …
Posted on June 2, 2011 by As'ad
Narallah’s blunder
Comrade Khaled on Nasrallah’s stances toward protests in Syria. (thanks Assaf)
Posted on June 2, 2011 by As'ad
Syrian opposition conference in Turkey
“I hope you are well. So, being Syrian and all, I was following the supposed opposition meeting in Turkey and from the get-go I find it fishy (I don’t know, maybe it’s the typical paranoia we all have). For one thing, I don’t trust the MB, nor any&n…
Posted on June 2, 2011 by As'ad
"appears to have been sabotaged by…."
“The pipeline appears to have been sabotaged by Sinai Bedouin eager for a greater share of revenues from the pipeline rather than by known anti-Israel forces in Egypt.” It is hilarious that Bronner and Israel want you to believe that the motives …
Posted on June 2, 2011 by As'ad
Ethan Bronner: marketing Israeli propaganda, daily
Read the end of this article. Bronner actually devotes time and effort to justify the reduced prices at which Mubarak sold gas to Israel.
Posted on June 2, 2011 by As'ad
American "aid" to Egypt: the strings that are attached
“The gas deal has been an integral part of the two countries’ relations and has been supported by Washington. President Obama recently offered Egypt $1 billion in loan guarantees and $1 billion in debt relief on the condition that it meets …
Posted on June 2, 2011 by As'ad
Arab children
Phobia of Arab children by comrade Joseph in Al-Akhbar.
Posted on June 2, 2011 by As'ad
Meet Egyptian political sentiments
“A former deputy chief of Egypt’s court of appeals, Judge Mahmoud al-Khodheiri, recently expressed a common sentiment about the gas deal in an interview with Al Jazeera. “I consider the export of gas to Israel an act of treason, and we should stop …
Posted on June 2, 2011 by As'ad
The story of Hamzah Al-Khatib: story of brutality of the Syrian regime
I will not reveal the name of the person in Syria who sent this: ”Hello guys: I went two days ago (on Monday) to Hamza’s home and heard the entire story from his father. The martyr went on the Friday 29th to break the siege on dar3a the father …
Posted on June 2, 2011 by As'ad