Archive for July 22, 2011
Syrian liberal opposition
My weekly article in Al-Akhbar: ”Notes on the Syrian Opposition”.
Posted on July 22, 2011 by As'ad
Queen Youtube
Someone created a satirical twitter account mocking “QueenYoutube.”
Posted on July 22, 2011 by As'ad
The new Egypt
Calls for closing down US political outfits in Egypt.
Posted on July 22, 2011 by As'ad
Pakistani press
Comrade Junaid sent me this from Pakistan: ”It’s interesting that the evidence to disprove my general remark is a piece by a non-Pakistani, Ethan Casey! The Pakistani neoliberal elite obsession with Saudi is meant to: a) downplay Pakistani …
Posted on July 22, 2011 by As'ad
Prince Al-Walid
Shihadeh sent me this: ”I am not linking this report from Al Jazeera because of it’s significance ,but the harsh comments that were generated afterword from Arab readers about Waleed Ben Talal partnership with Rupert Murdoch. Overwhelming majo…
Posted on July 22, 2011 by As'ad
Regular war crimes by Israel
“EVERY Friday and often after school on other days, Israeli soldiers fire tear-gas and sonic bombs at the Palestinian children as they approach a spring. It sits in a valley that separates Nabi Saleh, an Arab village of 500 people half an hour’s driv…
Posted on July 22, 2011 by As'ad
Zionism in Saudi media
Look who this mouthpiece of Prince Salman (Ash-Sharq Al-Awsat) is promoting? Saudi media really heart Zionist propagandists. (thanks Asa)
Posted on July 22, 2011 by As'ad
Why is this news? And is that Abraham Foxman dancing?
“The controversial joint appearance and performance by Lebanese belly dancer Johanna Fakhry (reportedly based in France) and the Israeli heavy-metal band Orphaned Land last month at the Hellfest music festival in Clisson, France only recently emerged i…
Posted on July 22, 2011 by As'ad
Dayr Az-Zur
No matter of the inaccurate claims by the Syrian regime and its opponents, the demonstration in Dayr Az-Zur from what I saw on TV was massive. Hundreds of thousands for sure.
Posted on July 22, 2011 by As'ad
Democracy vaccinations
“News of that anti-hepatitis campaign, which U.S. officials said did not succeed in collecting bin Laden DNA, has stirred outrage among international public-health organizations, which say it could deal a stiff blow to efforts to stem polio and expand …
Posted on July 22, 2011 by As'ad
Turkey and Israel
I am not surprised by the recent grotesque flirtations between Israel and Turkey. I had warned Arabs a year ago to never trust the Turkish government and that there are tons of secret military/intelligence agreements between the two countries.
Posted on July 22, 2011 by As'ad
How many demonstrators in Syria
Osama sent me this: ”The propaganda media of Alarabiyya claimed that over 1 million and 200 thousand protesters were in Deir El-zor today in syria whereas SANA, the syrian regime propaganda outlet, said there were only 2 thousand. The …
Posted on July 22, 2011 by As'ad
Israel’s dirty hands in South Sudan
And you dare question the propensity of many Arabs to drift toward conspiracy theories? ”Just days after South Sudan declared independence, Israeli companies are already storming the world’s newest nation – and receiving a warm welcome. A…
Posted on July 22, 2011 by As'ad
Saudi-Qatari relations
“The dispute took a personal tone when lawyers for Qatar’s first lady, Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser al-Missned, argued in a libel case she won against a London-based Arabic newspaper in 2005 that the paper was, as Dawn reported, “controlled by Saudi intel…
Posted on July 22, 2011 by As'ad
Flash
This just in. When oil in the Gulf depletes, Arab liberals (or timid Wahhabis) will denounce public beheadings in Saudi Arabia and may even support the right of women to drive cars.
Posted on July 22, 2011 by As'ad
Netanyahu on House of Saud’s TV
In the interview with Al-Arabiyya (the news station of King Fahd’s brother-in-law), Netanyahu toward the end expressed a few words of wishes to Arabs for Ramadan. He said that all murdered Palestinian children will now receive best wishes along w…
Posted on July 22, 2011 by As'ad
Arab liberals
Arab liberals (or as we shall call them “timid Wahhabis”) are under strict orders to write 24/7 on Syria. But notice that they also are under strict orders to not write on Palestinian matters.
Posted on July 22, 2011 by As'ad
Reform in Saudi Arabia
“A proposed Saudi counterterrorism law that would give the Interior Ministry sweeping powers and mandate jail sentences for criticizing the king would effectively squelch political dissent, human rights advocates said on Thursday. The law w…
Posted on July 22, 2011 by As'ad
Al-`Ar`ur
I wonder why no one in the Western press has reported on Shaykh Al-`Ar`ur: who may be the single most influential opposition figure outside of Syria. He is pro-Saudi, of course, and broadcasts from Saudi Arabia.
Posted on July 22, 2011 by As'ad
Protesters in Syria
@alaingreshNouvelles d’Orient#Syrie, désinformation du régime, mais aussi des médias qui annoncent 550000 manifestants à DeirEzor (300000 hab) 650000 à Hama (500000 hab) and Homs is less thant 900 000 inhabitants.” (thanks Alain)
Posted on July 22, 2011 by As'ad