Archive for August 14, 2011
NATO Libyan rebels: now we know why BHL hearts them
“In recent weeks, rebel fighters in Libya’s western mountains and around the coastal city of Misurata have lashed out at civilians because their tribes supported Colonel Qaddafi, looting mountain villages and emptying a civilian neighborhood. In the …
Posted on August 14, 2011 by As'ad
Dumb Mossad agent
“An Israeli and a Jordanian are to go on trial in Egypt on charges of spying for the Jewish state’s intelligence services, the state news agency MENA said on Sunday. Ibrahim abu-Zaid, a telecoms engineer from Jordan and Israeli, Ofir Harrari an “…
Posted on August 14, 2011 by As'ad
She wants mo’ money: Pollard’s ex-wife
“She now lives in a 30 square meter (approx. 322 square feet) apartment at the corner of Nordau and Dizengoff in Tel Aviv. The cost: NIS 4,600 per month (approx. $1,296). According to Pollard, the State provides her with NIS 4,500 per month (appr…
Posted on August 14, 2011 by As'ad
Mubarak’s memoirs
Rose Al-Yusuf Magazine reports that Mubarak is already writing his memoirs. Chapters are organized according to Israeli leaders that he served under.
Posted on August 14, 2011 by As'ad
Cash is only for strictly following orders
“After earning international praise over the last two years for its financial reforms, the Palestinian Authority is facing its worst cash crunch in years, just as it hopes to prove to the United Nations that it deserves recognition as an independent st…
Posted on August 14, 2011 by As'ad
This is in the US
“A rail transit provider in the United States disabled mobile phone services to prevent a planned protest on Thursday, attracting criticism and unflattering comparisons to crackdowns on dissent in the Middle East.” (thanks Farah)
Posted on August 14, 2011 by As'ad
This is in UK
“In 2009, Layla Ibrahim told police she had been the victim of a savage sexual assault. So why did she end up in jail?”
Posted on August 14, 2011 by As'ad
Intervening in the Syria?
Comrade Bassam talks about prospects of US intervention in Syria. (thanks Bassam)
Posted on August 14, 2011 by As'ad
Transcripts of Hariri-Mu`allim meeting in English
“Hariri: Why did I use my influence there? I’ve known Chirac from the beginning, and for the past nine years he’s been walking in lockstep with Syria. When he came to the Lebanese parliament, he said that the Syrian presence would remain in Lebanon…
Posted on August 14, 2011 by As'ad
No mosque in this neighborhood
“”A mosque dispute in this Atlanta suburb is shining a spotlight on an antidiscrimination law increasingly pitting the Department of Justice against zoning officials across the country….In a report last year, the Department said mosques, as well as s…
Posted on August 14, 2011 by As'ad
Transparency in Saudi Arabia
This is not a joke. Saudi King was awarded the highest award for “transparency.” The awarded is given by a committee headed by a…Saudi prince. Kid you not. (thanks Mohammad)
Posted on August 14, 2011 by As'ad
Discovery channel impressed with Israel war crimes techniques
Watch here. Frank Zappa was right about Discovery channel: that they air some good things and then suddenly you see something that is clearly planted by the military-industrial complex. (thanks Khelil)
Posted on August 14, 2011 by As'ad
The Hamah massacre of 1982
“”That the rest of Syria did not rally up with Hama was partly due to the savagery of the regime at the time but partly because the Islamist and sectarian trends in the movement alienated many in Syria,” said Asad AbuKhalil, a professor of political sc…
Posted on August 14, 2011 by As'ad
Look who is meeting with Kuwaiti prime minister: puppets of occupation flock together
`Allawi and Sanyurah were inseparable in Kuwait: they met (together) with the prime minister and then with the Emir: ”Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received at Sief Palace Sunday Head of the Arab council for regional and international a…
Posted on August 14, 2011 by As'ad
Feltman in Al-Ahram newspaper
How much Egypt has changed in a few months. Feltman was interviewed in Al-Ahram newspaper and his name did not appear in the headline. Feltman, of course, managed to vomit more than one lie: he claimed that the resignation of the AID offici…
Posted on August 14, 2011 by As'ad
Tantawi at Tahrir Square
Western newspapers did not report this but Arabic newspapers did. Field Marshall Tantawi went down to Tahrir Square last Friday: his visit lasted from 8 minutes to 30 minutes depending on the paper you read. But they reported what people wh…
Posted on August 14, 2011 by As'ad