Archive for June 4, 2011
Can you imagine the uproar if a US member of Congress said that about "Jewish culture"?
“House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) on Friday blamed a hateful Palestinian culture for the bloody half-century long Arab-Israeli conflict in the Middle East. ”Sadly it’s a culture filled with resentment and hatred,” Cantor said at the Fa…
Posted on June 4, 2011 by As'ad
Tell An-Nahar to brag about another Lebanese success story
“A Lebanese man was arrested by Interpol in Ghana for attempting to defraud a bank of around $4.4 million, according to a Ghanaian newspaper.”
Posted on June 4, 2011 by As'ad
The White Man (the Washington Post) issues commands to the Natives: go easy on Mubarak
“But the approach of the interim regime, which has jailed dozens of former officials and two of Mr. Mubarak’s sons, is deeply flawed.”
Posted on June 4, 2011 by As'ad
House of Saud receives `Ali `Abdullah Salih
Another Arab potentate is hosted in Saudi Arabia. Aljazeera has just announced.
Posted on June 4, 2011 by As'ad
Can you imagine if Palestinian rebels were to do this?
“He has established himself as a pragmatic, and occasionally audacious, leader, who in the early days of the uprising ordered the rebels to rob a branch of the central bank in Bengazi where they found the equivalent of more than $320 million. “…
Posted on June 4, 2011 by As'ad
Lauding a Mossad Chief
Can you imagine if the New York Times were to publish a fawning profile of a head of an Arab intelligence service, with tons of blood on his hands? And do you notice that US media always want to portray the persons who head the Mossad as brillian…
Posted on June 4, 2011 by As'ad
US media are so desperate for stories that show Muslim in bad light
“Ukrainian officials have slammed media claims that a teenage beauty queen was stoned to death by three Muslim suspects who alleged the 19-year-old violated Sharia law by participating in pageants.”
Posted on June 4, 2011 by As'ad
On Israeli role among the Libyan "rebels"
This one sheds more light on the matter. (thanks “Ibn Rushd”)
Posted on June 4, 2011 by As'ad
Comrade Amer at the Lebanese-Palestinian border
Comrade Amer sent me this (I cite with his permission): ”Went to Maroun al-Ras and saw Palestine today. I should have done it earlier. Everytime I look across the borders, it revitalizes my certainty that we shall inevitably pass to the other s…
Posted on June 4, 2011 by As'ad
Repressive Arab governments have their own human rights shops now
“Like the other members of the institute officially known as Bahrain’s National Human Rights Organization, Mr. Saffar was appointed by the country’s king, Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa, in 2010. While Bahrain’s independent human rights organization…
Posted on June 4, 2011 by As'ad
The democracy that you established for us in the Middle East
“Families of four young pro-democracy protesters jailed in Baghdad said Thursday that their loved ones continued to be denied access to lawyers or relatives despite repeated requests. The four men, who had played a major role in recent weekly …
Posted on June 4, 2011 by As'ad
Libyan opposition "leader": Mustafa `Abdul-NATO
I just watched a clip from a press conference by the Libyan “leader” of the Transitional Council (a man who only realized that Qadhdhafi is a dictator weeks ago, literally). He heaped praised on Saudi Arabia and spoke how he is looking forward to…
Posted on June 4, 2011 by As'ad
Antalia conference
So Syrian opposition groups met in Antalia. I closely followed that conference and read about their deliberations and received reports about it. There are Syrian leftists who argue with me constantly that I should not reduce Syrian oppositi…
Posted on June 4, 2011 by As'ad
The New York Times has vomited an editorial
I would not even link to the smug and repugnant editorial in the New York Times about the Syrian situation. As if the paper does not know that readers around the world know full well that nothing is published in the paper about the Middle East (o…
Posted on June 4, 2011 by As'ad
`Ali `Abdullah Salih
I heard the audio tape he recorded. He sounded drugged and not himself. I think it was him: but his tone was different as if he was tired. It is clear that he was hit: much more than the slight injuries that were mentioned. Ther…
Posted on June 4, 2011 by As'ad