Archive for July 30, 2011
Mubarak in Tantawi jail
“Their most bitter complaint is that, whereas some 10,000 civilians have been served harsh jail terms by military courts since the revolution, most officials of the former regime have so far escaped justice for decades of corruption and abuse of power,…
Posted on July 30, 2011 by As'ad
Cage for Mubarak
“Hosni Mubarak will see trial from inside metal cage”. The monkey cage in the Cairo zoo would be very suitable. I used to throw peanuts as a child to those monkeys and we can throw peanuts to Jamal Mubarak too. PS I dont trust the Tant…
Posted on July 30, 2011 by As'ad
Hariri tribunal
“Hezbollah has also vowed to hit hard at anyone trying to arrest the men, who have disappeared, possibly to Iran, according to analysts.” Excuse me, but who are those “analysts”?? I also noticed that Alexandra said that the names were …
Posted on July 30, 2011 by As'ad
Charges against Muhammad Dahlan
I almost want to shed tears for one of the worst Palestinians (he faces stiff competition for the title with Salam Fayyad and Abu Mazen and Yasir `Abd-Rabbu). Look at this: ”The Central Committee of the Palestinian National Liberation Movem…
Posted on July 30, 2011 by As'ad
Israeli propaganda apparatus
Of course, Israeli media are part of the propaganda apparatus of the military-intelligence power structure in Israel. They are allowed to disagree on minute party issues and on whether Lebanon should be bombed with 30,000 bombs or 35,000 bombs (l…
Posted on July 30, 2011 by As'ad
Israeli war on Lebanon
“But what was it like to live in Lebanon and South Lebanon under such a fierce Israeli assault? My company, Just World Books, is proud to be publishing a unique account of those days written by the Lebanese social activist Rami Zurayk. Zurayk’s short w…
Posted on July 30, 2011 by As'ad
To the liking of Israel
“A majority of Dutch believe that Geert Wilders, the anti-immigration politician much admired by Norway’s mass murderer, does not need to tone down his inflammatory anti-Islamic comments, a poll on Friday showed.”
Posted on July 30, 2011 by As'ad
Criminalizing violence against women in Lebanon
“Lebanon’s parliament should adopt a draft law that would specifically criminalize violence against women, Human Rights Watch said today. The bill, which would criminalize physical, mental, and sexual abuse, marital rape, and so-called honor crimes, wa…
Posted on July 30, 2011 by As'ad
Boosting Obama’s image in Israel: let him bomb some more Arab or Muslim countries. That always impresses Israelis
“A State Department report said the U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv has been facing rising Israeli distrust in the Obama administration. The department’s Office of the Inspector-General reported that the embassy was given nearly $7 million a year to influence…
Posted on July 30, 2011 by As'ad
A Bahrain royal appintee
We have not forgotten that this Bassioni guy was a supporter of Sadat and his humiliating peace with Israel. Don’t try to fool any one about his credentials. This is a guy who never ever spoke against US or Israeli violations of human righ…
Posted on July 30, 2011 by As'ad
Can you imagine the outrage and uproar if this was written about Jewish worshippers at the Wailing Wall??
Just imagine the world reaction and the official statements of condemnations by Western governments if this was written about Jewish prayers: ”I go to the ticket office, pay the entrance fee for foreigners and collect a hooded grey cloak to cover…
Posted on July 30, 2011 by As'ad
The ugly face of the Muslim Brotherhood
It is now abundantly clear that Egyptian Military Council (supported by Saudi Arabia and Qatar, and increasingly by the US) will be using the Muslim Brotherhood as the tool of the Arab counter-revolution in more than one country. They reared thei…
Posted on July 30, 2011 by As'ad
The foreign policy of the new Egypt: gas pipe line to Israel attacked for the 5th time
“Egyptian security officials say a militant Islamist group has blown up a terminal along the Egyptian natural gas pipeline to Israel in the northern Sinai Peninsula. Officials say Saturday’s attack on the terminal in al-Shulaq destroyed the last …
Posted on July 30, 2011 by As'ad