Archive for August 20, 2011
Fares Akram: Zionist propaganda at every opportunity
Of course, those stories are assigned by the Zionist editor and whoever token Arab works for the paper can only follow the instructions faithfully (even Taghreed El-Khodori who did such a lousy job during the war on Gaza had to quit). Look at thi…
Posted on August 20, 2011 by As'ad
Libyan NATO opposition
The Libyan NATO council just added a big catch to its ranks: former Qadhdhafi’s second-in-command, `Abdus-Salam Jallud. What a farce. The man who was at Qadhdhafi’s side since 1969 has now become a “democracy” advocate who has just discover…
Posted on August 20, 2011 by As'ad
AEI Middle East expert
A person who wishes to remain anonymous sent me this: ”Dear Prof. AbuKhalil, just thought you might like this: The American Enterprise Institute’s Middle East “expert” Michael Rubin quotes “a Syrian Muslim Brotherhood activist” in a b…
Posted on August 20, 2011 by As'ad
Israeli lies and fabrications
“The Israeli drivers of one of the buses and one of the cars that were attacked both said they saw men dressed in Egyptian military fatigues shooting at them.” How do they know what “Egyptian military fatigues” look like?
Posted on August 20, 2011 by As'ad
Biggest news in Saudi media
What is the biggest news in the media of Saudi princes? Of course, it is…the expansion of the Grand Mosque in Mecca.
Posted on August 20, 2011 by As'ad
Palestinian flag in Cairo
Egyptian youth display a giant Palestinian flag in front of the Israeli occupation embassy in Cairo.
Posted on August 20, 2011 by As'ad
Jordanian Mukhabarat brags to US
Samer sent me this: ”He claimed that a Jordanian spy had been behind one of the greatest and most mysterious assassination of terrorist figure in decades, the 2008 slaying of former Hezbollah security chief Imad Mughniyeh. the man who was dubbed …
Posted on August 20, 2011 by As'ad
Zionists now feign care for the Syrian people
This is hilarious. Zionists now feign sensitivity to the Syrian people.
Posted on August 20, 2011 by As'ad
Amnesty International
Why has Amnesty International been silent in the last few months when Israel has been killing Palestinian civilians? ”Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups must refrain from indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks harming civilians, Amn…
Posted on August 20, 2011 by As'ad
Aljazeera English
An inside source (who does not want to be identified) sent me this: ”Regarding the absence of AJE journalists in Gaza, I just want to point out that most of the channel’s arabic speaking journalists weredeployed to Egypt, Yemen, Libya etc. I…
Posted on August 20, 2011 by As'ad
Colonial feminism
“”Of course, invoking the theme of the oppression of women in Islam as justification for war and domination is nothing new to the history of western imperialism. In fact this rhetoric of “saving the women” in the name of “civilization” is an old ploy u…
Posted on August 20, 2011 by As'ad
NATO Libyan Council defines Libya as a Western country located in Europe
“There is no assertion anywhere in the document that Libya is an “Arab state”, and this omission cannot be anything but deliberate. The nationalism and pan-Arabism of the Gaddafi era have gone.” (thanks Ahmet)
Posted on August 20, 2011 by As'ad
Bigotry of the New York Times: only Jewish lives matter
Look at the front page story in the Times today about the bombings in Gaza and in Israel (occupied Palestine). There are two–not one, two–pictures of funerals for the Israeli dead, and not one for Palestinian victims. Do you know th…
Posted on August 20, 2011 by As'ad
The new Egypt: II
All those Zionist hoodlums who who hoped that the Egyptian uprising had no foreign policy goals would be sobbing more over Mubarak’s downfall now. The April 6th youth movement has even called for the expulsion of the US and Israeli ambassadors fr…
Posted on August 20, 2011 by As'ad
The new Egypt
The Egyptian flag hoisted in front of the Israeli occupation embassy in Cairo. (Reuters)
Posted on August 20, 2011 by As'ad
News Fabrication in Time magazine: how Hizbullah fighters have a habit of confession to Nicholas Blanford
This is not the first time. I have mentioned that only weeks ago, Nicholas Blanford interviewed “a Hizbullah fighter” who bragged to him about weapons’ smuggling operation in South Lebanon. I commented on this at the time and said that it i…
Posted on August 20, 2011 by As'ad
Three trends among progressives on Syria
There are real divisions among progressives regarding the attitude to the uprising in Syria. I can, from even communicating with people I know, discern three trends. One trend supports the regime on the count that the enemies of the Syrian …
Posted on August 20, 2011 by As'ad