Archive for August 29, 2011
Who will call for political reform in Qatar?
“Article 8The Rule of the State shall be hereditary within the Al Thani family and by the male successors of Hamad bin Khalifa bin Hamad bin Abdullah bin Jassim. The inheritance of the Rule shall go to the son to be named by the Emir as Heir Apparent. …
Posted on August 29, 2011 by As'ad
Arab League and Syria
All meetings of Arab League ministers and rulers are a sham. Who can take those potentates seriously? Even the representatives of the new Egypt: they are representative of the Egyptian military council. The representative of the lousy…
Posted on August 29, 2011 by As'ad
So is the "Arab spring" a good thing or a bad thing?
“The Arab spring has “delighted al-Qaida” and caused “an intelligence disaster” for the US and Britain, the former head of the CIA unit in charge of pursuing Osama bin Laden has warned.Speaking at the Edinburgh international book festival, Michael Sche…
Posted on August 29, 2011 by As'ad
Field Marshal Tantawi
We now know where Field Marshal Tantawi had earned his medals and ribbons: at a pasta factory. (thanks Ahmet)
Posted on August 29, 2011 by As'ad
Washington Post and foreign intervention in Syria
The Washington Post seems to push the line that Syrian wants NATO intervention. Their evidence? They take you to a YouTube video in which one sign called for that, while other signs spoke of “monitors”. It is very amusing since coloni…
Posted on August 29, 2011 by As'ad
Dangers to the Arab media
Comrade Amer is right: the Saudi-Qatari alliance posts the greatest danger to the Arab media. They leave no media outside their control, if they wish–and they do. But to their great misfortune, there is the internet.
Posted on August 29, 2011 by As'ad
Zionism is racism, always
“”We are not opposed [to the scheme] because they are Arabs; they are good neighbors and we have no beef with them. But rerouting the coastal road would bring them closer to us, and our assets – both from the point of view of the value of the land and …
Posted on August 29, 2011 by As'ad
Syrian opposition council
I was reading the names of Syrian opposition council members. It is a mess. You read the name of a Marxist and then you read the name of the son of Shaykh `Adnan Al-`Ar`ur. Of course, Burhan Ghalyun, is not the real leader of the Syri…
Posted on August 29, 2011 by As'ad
Spoils of war
Nu`man sent me this (I don’t know where it was published).
Posted on August 29, 2011 by As'ad
Hasan Nasrallah’s speech
I so deeply and strongly disagree with this statement in Hasan Nasrallah’s speech from last Friday: ”As for the establishment of a Palestinian state on the territories of 1967, it is a Palestinian affair that is decided by the Palestinian people….
Posted on August 29, 2011 by As'ad
Pro-Saudi tools in the Syrian opposition
I will still insist on my stance: that support for the overthrow of the Syrian regime won’t translate for a wholesale endorsement of Syrian opposition especially that several key elements in the opposition, like the lousy Muslim Brotherhood, are mere S…
Posted on August 29, 2011 by As'ad
Syrian regime TV
I watched part of a political discussion on Syrian regime TV yesterday. It was just crazy. They hosted, among others, a Lebanese former ambassador, who traced the “conspiracy against Syria” to Napoleon because of his plan to found the state…
Posted on August 29, 2011 by As'ad