Archive for August 15, 2011
Killing children–for democracy
“”The highest number of child deaths occurred during the Bush presidency, with 112 children reportedly killed. More than a third of all Bush drone strikes appear to have resulted in the deaths of children.(…)”The Obama administration has also killed …
Posted on August 15, 2011 by As'ad
Killing children–for democracy
“”The highest number of child deaths occurred during the Bush presidency, with 112 children reportedly killed. More than a third of all Bush drone strikes appear to have resulted in the deaths of children.(…)”The Obama administration has also killed …
Posted on August 15, 2011 by As'ad
Not safe to tweet in the new Egypt
“This is not the first time someone has been summoned by the military prosecutor, for their statements. Mahfouz is preceded by bloggers and journalists who have been called in for questioning for public statements made about the military. The notable d…
Posted on August 15, 2011 by As'ad
Not safe to tweet in the new Egypt
“This is not the first time someone has been summoned by the military prosecutor, for their statements. Mahfouz is preceded by bloggers and journalists who have been called in for questioning for public statements made about the military. The notable d…
Posted on August 15, 2011 by As'ad
Oil regimes and Mubarak
From Jadaliyya: ”Since February, there have been growing signs of pressures upon the SCAF from Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states, not to try Mubarak. Their monarchs clearly fear the implications of this precedent at home, in the wake of their ow…
Posted on August 15, 2011 by As'ad
So who has sovereignty over Sinai?
“Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu approved an Egyptian request to increase its number of troops in the Sinai Peninsula in order to “restore order” in the region, public radio said on Monday.” (thanks Osama)
Posted on August 15, 2011 by As'ad
Syrian regime bombing a camp?
If the news is true that the Syrian army is shelling Ar-Raml camp in Latakia, it won’t be the first time that the Syrian regime has bombed a Palestinian refugee camp. It shelled the camps in Lebanon in 1976 and it sponsored (through the Amal move…
Posted on August 15, 2011 by As'ad
Israel is worried about "security" in Sinai
“As law enforcement returns elsewhere in Egypt six months after the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak, there is still almost no sign of the police in Bedouin-dominated North Sinai, the region along the border with Israel that has long been a center of …
Posted on August 15, 2011 by As'ad
The New York Times teaches its readers how to pronounce Arabic words
“ But Mr. Issa (pronounced EYE-suh)”. The paper added that Falafil is pronounced Bye-to-laa-fiii-suh).
Posted on August 15, 2011 by As'ad
Meet Arab liberals: Egyptian billionaire, Sawiris
Egyptian Billionaire, Najib Sawiris, who was for years an ally of Mubarak and his son before turning against them only two years ago, defends Mubarak and opposes his execution. (thanks Joseph)
Posted on August 15, 2011 by As'ad
Meet Arab liberals: Egyptian billionaire, Sawiris
Egyptian Billionaire, Najib Sawiris, who was for years an ally of Mubarak and his son before turning against them only two years ago, defends Mubarak and opposes his execution. (thanks Joseph)
Posted on August 15, 2011 by As'ad
Syrian repression
The savagery of the Syrian regime has given the Syrian people the right to mount an armed rebellion against it. But no Arab government can be trusted in that effort (they are NATO clients, those regimes), and no Arab government really cares about…
Posted on August 15, 2011 by As'ad
Gandhi of Syria?
I am not making this up. Saudi media continue to promote the fanatical Syrian cleric, Shaykh `Adnan Al-`Ar`ur. Here, the website of the news station of King Fahd’s brother-in-law, Al-Arabiyya, refers to him as the Mahatma of Syria. As…
Posted on August 15, 2011 by As'ad
Arab opposition groups
Sometimes people write to me in opposition to my published criticisms of Arab opposition groups and movements. Are you kidding me? Supporting people’s protests and uprisings should not translate into wholesale, unconditional endorsement of …
Posted on August 15, 2011 by As'ad