Archive for June 8, 2011
Arab bloggers mock Gene Sharp theory of Arab revolutions
Follow the reactions here.
Posted on June 8, 2011 by As'ad
Bickering in the House of Saud: how cute
“There has been some bickering within the Saudi royal family about the wisdom of pushing out a neighboring head of state, and King Abdullah would never issue an ultimatum to a fellow Arab leader to step down, especially in the face of the youth-driven …
Posted on June 8, 2011 by As'ad
Zionist thieves, occupiers, and terrorists
“Thaer Qirresh is a 14-year-old Palestinian living in the Muslim quarter of the Old City in East Jerusalem. His family are the last Palestinian family left in the block after a settler organisation purchased the lease and moved in.”
Posted on June 8, 2011 by As'ad
Obama doctrine
Congratulating the dictator on his oppression: ”US President Barack Obama met the crown prince of Bahrain Tuesday, as Washington backed the Sunni royal family’s national dialogue to ease the political crisis in the Shiite majority kingdom. &nbs…
Posted on June 8, 2011 by As'ad
Bahraini government lies
A Bahrain source sent me this (I shall not identify her): ”A few days ago, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights met with Fatima Al Baloushi, Bahrain’s Social Development Minister (a real idiot who doesn’t know what she has gotten herself i…
Posted on June 8, 2011 by As'ad
Media censorship in Bahrain
The story of Al-Wasat.
Posted on June 8, 2011 by As'ad
What year is it? 1984? In Bahrain
“MANAMA: Police have unveiled their latest recruit to help efforts to connect with the community. Suhayel is a computer-animated character tasked with spreading “optimism, forgiveness and loyalty”, according to Interior Ministry court general-d…
Posted on June 8, 2011 by As'ad
Protests in Damascus
“The resilience of the protest movement is not immediately apparent in Damascus. On Fridays, hundreds of plainclothes mukhabarat, or secret police, mill around public places. There are military checkpoints on the roads out of the city, and usually …
Posted on June 8, 2011 by As'ad
Most senior PA buffoon
“Chief Palestinian peace negotiator Saeb Erekat made remarks at a small but on-the-record gathering at the Brookings Institution Tuesday that deserve more notice than they will get. Erekat not only accepted President Obama’s negotiating formula of m…
Posted on June 8, 2011 by As'ad
Western aid to Egypt and Tunisia
“Perhaps most important, aid has a political impact too. Those calling for new support seem to forget that the deposed regimes already received plenty of international aid finance. Under the aegis of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, …
Posted on June 8, 2011 by As'ad
US and the Mubarak regime
Al-Ahram reveals that the US has refused thus far to freeze any of the assets of the Mubarak order.
Posted on June 8, 2011 by As'ad
Champion of war, occupation, Zionism and "freedom" in the Middle East
Hilarious. A right-wing Zionist organization bestows an honor on Ajami: ”Columnist and commentator Fouad Ajami, a devout champion of freedom and human rights in the volatile Middle East, yesterday received the 13th annual Eric Breindel Aw…
Posted on June 8, 2011 by As'ad
Walid Ghulmiyyah died
The head of the Lebanese conservatory, Walid Ghulmiyyah, died. I had written about him before. He was a very talented musician although he marred his career with “symphonies” he composed for the regime of Saddam. He was controversial …
Posted on June 8, 2011 by As'ad
Democracy against Democracy
Comrade Joseph writes about the future trend of the counter-revolution: ”Moves to limit economic protests and labour strikes are ongoing in Egypt and Tunisia. Once elections are held to bring about a new class of servants of the new order,…
Posted on June 8, 2011 by As'ad
Is there a blogger by the name of Amina? I don’t know and seek answers
Yazan sent me this (I cite with his permission): ”The story of Amina has been troubling me for a while, and there more I dive into it, the weirder it gets. I do want to believe that she exists and is part of the ranks who are challenging the re…
Posted on June 8, 2011 by As'ad
Covering Syria in the West (and East)
There is an article, or even a book, to be written on how Syria has been covered in the last few weeks in Western and Saudi/Qatari/Syrian media. You certainly can’t trust the Syrian regime media; the other day Syrian TV was blaming “anarchists”. …
Posted on June 8, 2011 by As'ad
Maher Al-Asad
Look at this front-page article in the New York Times. It is yet another example of the shoddy journalism that now fills Western media in covering countries that are not aligned with the US (or even countries that happen to be aligned with the US…
Posted on June 8, 2011 by As'ad
Now Hariri
Regarding the website, Now (and forever) Hariri. It was founded by the press office of Hariri Inc and later was taken over by Elie Khuri’s Quantum group, which works closely with Zionists in the US. I was talking to an American college stu…
Posted on June 8, 2011 by As'ad
Elie Khuri
Elie Khuri was promoted on OTV yesterday in an interview with rich people interviewer, Ricardo Karam. It was a typical interview that Karam conducts with rich people: he is in awe of them and worships their wealth. Khuri is a Lebanese Forces right-wing…
Posted on June 8, 2011 by As'ad
Human Rights Watch is "lobbying"
“We have been lobbying for targeted sanctions against individuals who are known to have committed grave human rights violations.” Does Human Rights Watch ever dare to lobby against Israeli officials or March 14 Lebanese officials–say who committ…
Posted on June 8, 2011 by As'ad