Archive for June 6, 2011
Update from Yarmuk Camp
I received this footage. The accusation is that men from PFLP-GC were shooting at the protesters in the camp. Whoever did this is doing the work of the terrorist regime in Israel. (thanks Yassin)
Posted on June 6, 2011 by As'ad
Arrest of a blogger in Syria
Here is information. (thanks Jinan)
Posted on June 6, 2011 by As'ad
Flash: what is happening in Yarmuk Camp near Damascus?
I have been receiving live updates from friends and comrades about the developments in Yarmuk Camp. The latest is that the Syrian Army is surrounding the camp. Some say that it all started when people protested outside the office of the PFL…
Posted on June 6, 2011 by As'ad
Muna Ash-Shazli on Husni Mubarak–before his downfall
This is Muna Ash-Shazli talking about Husni Mubarak–before his downfall. (thanks Farah)
Posted on June 6, 2011 by As'ad
Arabic: test
هذه تجربة لبثّ اللغة العربيّة.
Posted on June 6, 2011 by As'ad
More money for Tantawi
The counter-revolution continues its work in Egypt. Saudi Arabia handed in Tantawi $4 billion in cash. The US came forward with $1 billion in debt forgiveness and another billion in loan guarantees (a small amount when you think that US ext…
Posted on June 6, 2011 by As'ad
A Syrian in Washington, DC who can see Hamah from his window
“Tanks remained “very close” to the city, said Radwan Ziadeh, an exiled human rights activist and visiting scholar at George Washington University…” Why not? I mean, the Iran correspondent for the Times used to be able to see Iran from her window…
Posted on June 6, 2011 by As'ad
Inciting a revolution in Kuwait
“Bassem, a ten-year-old Egyptian child residing with his parents in Kuwait, was expelled from school for asking his teacher “Why didn’t you have a revolution in your country?” according to the Kuwaiti Al-Ra’y (The Opinion) newspaper. I…
Posted on June 6, 2011 by As'ad
Racist competition in Israel
“The mayor of Upper Nazareth told a Nazareth-based Arabic newspaper that his town will never be a mixed Arab-Jewish city, despite the fact that 16 percent of its residents are Arab. In an interview on Friday, Mayor Shimon Gapso also told the we…
Posted on June 6, 2011 by As'ad
Hizbullah and sexism
Comrade Raed writes on the sectarian/sexist rhetoric of Hizbullah deputy secretary-general, Na`im Qasim.
Posted on June 6, 2011 by As'ad
CNN
I mean, would any serious person watch CNN? With Rima Maktabi covering the Middle East, and Demi Moore doing special reports, and Fareed Zakaria is the local “thinker”, and Anderson Cooper is the lead anchor. I would learn more from watchin…
Posted on June 6, 2011 by As'ad
Israeli-Saudi alliance: The New York Times on Saudi Arabia
This is about Saudi Arabia–not Sweden: ”While the Saudis — who are dedicated to enforcing stability in the region…” And then they cite a Yemeni from the Hamid Ad-Din family: ”Abdullah Hamidaddin, a political scientist, said Saudi Arabi…
Posted on June 6, 2011 by As'ad
Comrade Rami on Nakba protests in Lebanon
“Rami Zurayk: Every year the Nakba is commemorated and each year, the commemoration becomes more intense, not less. This year the demonstrations were inspired by the Arab Spring, a massive pacifistic resistance with no weapons and under only one fla…
Posted on June 6, 2011 by As'ad
Israel invents a lie and then it attributes to its supporters/agents/tools
The language of this story has changed, since yesterday, I caution. Try to find the early version where it cited Syrian activists or Syrian opposition figures, or something like that. So Israeli and Zionist propaganda are now running with t…
Posted on June 6, 2011 by As'ad
Palestinian non-violence
The notion that Palestinians should stick to non-violent struggle has been a Zionist trick from the very beginning. Palestinians have every right to resort to all forms of struggle against Israel, and ruling out one method or another is not up to…
Posted on June 6, 2011 by As'ad
Reuters in the service of Israeli murder of civilians
A well-known Western journalist in the Middle East sent me this: ”look at this language in this reuters story (plus note the idiotic q in nakba): “The border protests by unarmed demonstrators have raised Israeli concerns that Palestinia…
Posted on June 6, 2011 by As'ad
No matter what Palestinians do, they would always be considered violent: look at this headline in the AP story
“Israeli troops battle protesters in Syria, 20 dead”. (thanks Daniel)
Posted on June 6, 2011 by As'ad
Where is Youssef Boutros Ghali?
Is that Mubarak crook hiding in Lebanon too? (thanks “Ibn Rushd”)
Posted on June 6, 2011 by As'ad
Fouad Ajami and the Jewish quarter in Beirut
Daniel sent me this on yesterday’s post (I cite with his permission): ”"Wadi Abu Jamil, the Jewish quarter of the Beirut of my boyhood, is now a Hezbollah stronghold, and no narrative exalts or recalls that old presence.”This is so of…
Posted on June 6, 2011 by As'ad
When Muslims eat cows it is called a "slaughter" but when Westerners eat cows it is called a "barbecue"
“and slaughtering cows to mark the departure of President Ali Abdullah Saleh for medical treatment”.
Posted on June 6, 2011 by As'ad