Archive for July 25, 2011
On Saudi Arabia in Paksitan
A comrade in Pakistan who wishes to remain anonymous wrote me this: ”Cmd. Junaid is correct that the Westernized, English-speaking elite of Pakistan is obsessed with Saudi Arabia to the exclusion of examining the US. It’s true that they are gener…
Posted on July 25, 2011 by As'ad
Zionist inspirations of a terrorist
Comrade Nader sent me this: ”I’m assuming that this was mentioned to you already, but just in case it wasn’t, on page 1167 of the Norwegian terrorist’s manifesto, he writes: ”So let us fight together with Israel, with our Zionist brothers a…
Posted on July 25, 2011 by As'ad
If tables were turned
So the Norwegian terrorist cited the writings of Bernard Lewis, Daniel Pipes and other Zionists as his inspiration. Just this question. Imagine if a terrorist cited the writings of leftists like me as his inspiration. Can you imagine …
Posted on July 25, 2011 by As'ad
If Muslims did that, it would be on the front page of the New York Times
“All these friends are on FaceGlat – the haredi version of the Facebook social network, in which Mandy and Chaya Mushka are not even allowed to meet…Yes, the Jewish mind doesn’t rest. Technology keeps presenting new wonders, and there’s always so…
Posted on July 25, 2011 by As'ad
Boarded to Kill
“The Turkish newspaper Hurriyet said Sunday that the Palmer report on last year’s Gaza-bound flotilla is expected to be released this week. According to the newspaper, the UN-appointed panel to investigate the raid on the Mavi Marmara vessel has …
Posted on July 25, 2011 by As'ad
Hizbullah on Syria
If Hizbullah can’t say anything decent to the Syrian people, it should just shut up.
Posted on July 25, 2011 by As'ad
Zionist eugenics
“Is it possible for your ancestry, religious affiliation, or nationality to determine your intellect? According to a study performed by Cambridge University called, “From Chance to Choice: Genetic and Justice,” Ashkenazi Jews have a median IQ of 117.”
Posted on July 25, 2011 by As'ad
Washington Post on Norway
“Read it and weep. On the Post’s site Jennifer Rubin first quotes the Weekly Standard, in a rushed item about the Norway horror:>>We don’t know if al Qaeda was directly responsible for today’s events, but in all likelihood the attack was launched…
Posted on July 25, 2011 by As'ad
Israeli-Saudi honeymoon
This was posted on Twitter. (thanks Abbas)
Posted on July 25, 2011 by As'ad
Rotten deal over Syria
US government has been muting its criticisms of the Syrian regime. I really smell a rotten deal being reached between the US administration and the lousy Syrian regime. I am sure that the Asad regime would pay a price for the benefit of the…
Posted on July 25, 2011 by As'ad
On Saudi Arabia in the Pakistani press
Comrade Jawad sent me this (I post with his permission): ”Dear Angry Arab, I am the minister of potatoes in the government of Pakistan. It is part of my duties to set the record straight on Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. Comrade Junaid’s argu…
Posted on July 25, 2011 by As'ad
English
Daniel sent me this: ”The Lebanese Sandra Ghosn, 28, lives between Beirut, where she was born and raised, and Paris, where she currently lives. She is an illustrator as well as a photographer. Among the highlights of her career is…
Posted on July 25, 2011 by As'ad
Regime cleric
Regime cleric, Shaykh Al-Buti issues a Fatwawawa that it is possible to use Bashshar Al-Asad’s picture as a prayer rug. I kid you not. (thanks Ahmet)
Posted on July 25, 2011 by As'ad
Exhibit of means to call to God
A comrade in Saudi Arabia took this picture. It advertises an exhibit for “means to call to God”.
Posted on July 25, 2011 by As'ad
Diverting Saudi clerical attention: they want to stay busy liberating Palestine
From BBC Monitoring service: “Mecca: Chairman of the Supreme Judiciary Council Salih Bin-Humayd has warned that current crises in the Muslim world have diverted the attention of followers from more serious issues. ”The current crises have taken a…
Posted on July 25, 2011 by As'ad
Resistance not diplomatic gimmicks
“The missing link is not statehood, it is a commitment to resist rather than appease Israeli occupation and US prerogatives.”
Posted on July 25, 2011 by As'ad
Israel always sees opportunities in murders and massacres
Uffe sent me this (I cite with his permission): ”An editorial from Jerusalem post comments the slaughter of innocent people and see an opportunity: ”The attacks, which targeted a government known for its embrace of multiculturalist pol…
Posted on July 25, 2011 by As'ad
Arab uprisings
Should we support all Arab uprisings (or even Iranian)? Of course. Of course. But should we support all groups and movements that speak in the name, or even lead, such uprisings? Of course, not. Of course, not. Just rememb…
Posted on July 25, 2011 by As'ad
Christian militias
“The killings in Norway “could easily happen here,” he said. The Hutaree, an extremist Christian militia in Michigan accused last year of plotting to kill police officers and planting bombs at their funerals, had an arsenal of weapons larger than a…
Posted on July 25, 2011 by As'ad
Mercenaries
I am re-reading Fred Halliday’s “Mercenaries: Counter-insurgency in the Gulf”. It is a little known book from the 1970s. Read about the Omani case. How the Western world (and its regional clients) rallied to counter the Dhofar rebelli…
Posted on July 25, 2011 by As'ad