Archive for July 1, 2011
Walid Jumblat
My weekly article in Al-Akhbar: ”Walid Jumblat: The (Captive) Sectarian Mind”.
Posted on July 1, 2011 by As'ad
Bowling for the counter-revolution
Qatar’s Crown Prince bowling with Tantawi. (thanks Gregg) (Peninsula)
Posted on July 1, 2011 by As'ad
Watching Aljazeera on Syria
Comrade Amer sent me this (I cite with his permission): ”It is too much, I watched today. They use youtube videos as time-fillers because they have no material and find no decent guests to peddle their line, while the potential Syrian speakers …
Posted on July 1, 2011 by As'ad
New TV
For example, New TV is now covering protests in Syria. They show pro-Bashshar demonstrations (and many are massive), and they show anti-governments protests. On the news channels of the Arab counter-revolution (Aljazeera and Al-Arabiyya), only on…
Posted on July 1, 2011 by As'ad
Lebanese police
This is funny. Lebanese Minister of Interior said today that he could not arrest the four accused Hizbullah members because the leaks removed the surprise factor. Otherwise, his police force would have certainly arrested them all and surren…
Posted on July 1, 2011 by As'ad
Syrian people and Palestine
Syrian people have always been keen on Palestine. Aljazeera today was interviewing a dissident opposition (local) leader from inside Syria. Before he answered the first question, he said that he wants to denounce the arrest of Shaykh Ra’id Salah …
Posted on July 1, 2011 by As'ad
BRIMES
Kamil sent me this (I cite with his permission): ”BRISMES, the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies, has just ended its Annual Conference held in Exeter for the first time since 2003. This time though, the conference did not feature a 90-…
Posted on July 1, 2011 by As'ad
Benard-Henri Levy wants to liberate Syria now
“Ibn Rushd” sent me this (I cite with his permission): ” Bernard-Henri Levy and his gang, all the usual suspects in the die-hard pro-Israeli French circles, have created an association called SOS Syria to fight the Syrian regime. They ar…
Posted on July 1, 2011 by As'ad
You have to look at the headline of this New York Times story
“The Justice Department announced Thursday that it was opening a full criminal investigation into the deaths of two terrorism suspects in C.I.A. custody overseas, but it was closing inquiries into the treatment of nearly 100 other detainees o…
Posted on July 1, 2011 by As'ad
Who cares about Arab civilians? Come on. Leave that and there is no need for the in passing reference
“but there are also reports of rebel soldiers attacking Arab civilians…”
Posted on July 1, 2011 by As'ad
Israeli murderers at work
“Activists say Israel is responsible for ‘attempted murder’ for allegedly sabotaging propeller shaft of an Irish ship, forcing it to pull out of the voyage.”
Posted on July 1, 2011 by As'ad
Pro-government gangs in occupied Iraq
Mubarak scenario. And Western media still wonder why Arab people never consider Iraq as a democracy. ”Iraqi authorities should order a prompt and impartial inquiry into the role of state security forces in attacks by pro-government gangs ag…
Posted on July 1, 2011 by As'ad
Crown Prince of Qatar
He meets with Field Marshall Tantawi (celebrated for his command of an army that went from one defeat to another). Counter-revolution was the only item on the agenda.
Posted on July 1, 2011 by As'ad
Flash: Hillary will lead the Arab Spring
It is official. Hillary Clinton has elected herself as the leader of the the Arab youths. (thanks Farah)
Posted on July 1, 2011 by As'ad
Dumb Mossad
“They even pressured me. All of them. Intelligence, Military Intelligence, Shin Bet. At one point, I told them, ‘If you convince me that this is good for the Jewish people, I will do it.’ They offered me to travel to some places. The dumbest idea was t…
Posted on July 1, 2011 by As'ad
Israeli state AND society are always racist
“The only public elementary school in Israel with both Arab and Jewish students may shut down. Parents of Jewish students in Jaffa’s Weizmann School are threatening to move their children to other schools unless the municipality ensures parity between …
Posted on July 1, 2011 by As'ad
If they were Arabs, they would already be sitting in Guantanamo
“A US court approved a plea bargain for a group of Israelis who were convicted of defrauding elderly US citizens out of millions of dollars. Six of the defendants were sentenced to two to nine years in prison which they will serve in Israel. A …
Posted on July 1, 2011 by As'ad
Anybody who says that there are armed groups in Syria is stooge of the Asad regime–unless they are US officials
“ an American official said there is evidence of armed opponents across Syria.”
Posted on July 1, 2011 by As'ad
American officials assess situation in Syria
Come on, Anthony. You rely on American officials to know what is really happening in Syria? Would you count on the assessment of Iranian officials to know what is happening in Israel? ”American officials and activists say that, nation…
Posted on July 1, 2011 by As'ad
South Sudan update
“”It is not known when the matter will be resolved. A baseline report on land deals in South Sudan, published by the Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) in March 2011, found that nine percent of the country has been sought or acquired by p…
Posted on July 1, 2011 by As'ad