Archive for August 17, 2011

Flash: what is happening in Homs

My source in Homs report very loud explosions there.  Something is going on.  

Posted on August 17, 2011 by As'ad

Flash: what is happening in Homs

My source in Homs report very loud explosions there.  Something is going on.  

Posted on August 17, 2011 by As'ad

Fisk calls for Western bombing of Syria?

“”William Hague – he who once childishly believed Gaddafi was en route to Venezuela – has been waffling on about how little the West can do to stop Assad. This is rubbish. Britain’s RAF bases in Cyprus are infinitely closer to Syria than to Libya. …

Posted on August 17, 2011 by As'ad

Mubarak really hearts Isarel

An Israeli recording reveals Mubarak’s love for Israel. (thanks Ahmet)

Posted on August 17, 2011 by As'ad

Free Syria

One of the great things about the prospects of a free Syria is that it will so overwhelm Lebanon and surpass it with its success and prosperity.  Free Syria is destined to become dominant in the Arab world, especially in the fields of arts, cultur…

Posted on August 17, 2011 by As'ad

Ba`th Party meeting

The Syrian Ba`th Party has called for an urgent meeting of its Central Committee.  It is expected that the party will call for an amendment to the Article 8 of the Syrian constitution so that the party will be designated as the “leader of the stat…

Posted on August 17, 2011 by As'ad

Meet the new Governor of Alepp

Apparently he received his doctorate by mail.  (thanks Ahmad)

Posted on August 17, 2011 by As'ad

This would be a front page story in the New York Times tomorrow

“Israeli disappears in Zambia after hippopotamus flips boat”.  Hizbullah and Hamas terrorists blamed.

Posted on August 17, 2011 by As'ad

Comrade Khalid Saghieh

So it is official: comrade Khalid Saghieh has left Al-Akhbar.  The paper reports on various groups on Facebook that calls for his return and cites his articles.  I won’t reveal private conversations with the people involved but I too want, an…

Posted on August 17, 2011 by As'ad

Yemen analysis

Comrade Fawwaz gives an incisive analysis of the Yemeni situation. 

Posted on August 17, 2011 by As'ad

Hariri indictment and Hizbullah accusations

As you know, Hizbullah presented a case against Israel for its role in the assassination of Hariri.  The Hizbullah case is exactly similar to the Hariri tribunal case in that both rely on circumstantial evidence, and using methods of data collecti…

Posted on August 17, 2011 by As'ad

Der Spiegel on Hariri

The latest report on Hariri assassination in Der Spiegel is hilarious.  It talks about a conspiracy that involves the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, the Syrian government and Hizbullah.  I mean, how dumb is it to involve so many people (and go…

Posted on August 17, 2011 by As'ad

Abu Mazen and Ja`ja` (Ga`ga` in Egyptian accent)

Abu Mazen is in Beirut.  Today he met with Lebanese Forces war criminal, Samir Ja`ja` (Ga`ga` in Egyptian accent) and congratulated him on his crimes against the Palestinians in Lebanon.  The two got along great.

Posted on August 17, 2011 by As'ad

Yasir `Abdid-Rabbu

This is one of the worst Palestinians, ever.  Really.  He is on the same level of Muhammad Dahlan.  Yesterday, he added his voice and said that he supports the Syrian uprising.  I tell him that the Syrian people need no friends like…

Posted on August 17, 2011 by As'ad

Journalistic standards of the New York Times

So the New York Times, like other Zionist media, only care about Palestinians when they are being targeted, persecuted, or killed by fellow Arabs.  So it dispatched Isabel Kershner to report on the Raml Palestinian refugee camp in Latakia from…I…

Posted on August 17, 2011 by As'ad

Hariri court indictment

I just read the official indictment by the Hariri–I almost said kangaroo–court.  I am not a lawyer and expect to her criticisms and comments from lawyers out there.  But I have to say this: I have done consulting work for law firms around t…

Posted on August 17, 2011 by As'ad

Terrorist groups that you favor

“Indeed, the Rajavis and Mujahedeen Khalq are spending millions in an attempt to persuade the Obama administration, and in particular Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, to take them off the national list of terrorist groups, where the group was…

Posted on August 17, 2011 by As'ad