Archive for October 8, 2011
The disgusting Israeli press
Israeli propaganda has the sophistication of Saddam’s media apparatus. So Israeli racists desecrate Arab cemeteries, and the Israeli newspapers manage to make the headline NOT ABOUT THE DESECRATION but about Israeli “president’s” condemnation of …
Posted on October 8, 2011 by As'ad
The Embassy Film
This was raised in Cairo yesterday. It says: the Season’s Film: The Embassy. Starring: the remnants of the Watani (party) and Security of the State (apparatus). By: Ministry of Interior. Written by: Egyptian Ministry of Informa…
Posted on October 8, 2011 by As'ad
US ambassador in Saudi Arabia
Oh, I am just wondering. Since the US ambassador in Syria is making a point of visiting protesters, will the US ambassador in Saudi Arabia be ordered by his superiors at State Department to visit the protesters in Saudi Arabia? Will he take…
Posted on October 8, 2011 by As'ad
A lousy Time magazine correspondent (who became AUC professor for some reason) pays tribute to Sadat
“To the young people who made the January 25 “revolution” in Tahrir Square, Sadat is a figure from a distant past. If they think of him at all, many are quick to curse him for making peace with Israel. There is little regret or grief over his assassina…
Posted on October 8, 2011 by As'ad
Lobbying for Musharraf
“Former chief of the army staff Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf, currently visiting North America, has hired a firm for $25,000 a month to lobby for him in the US capital. A copy of the contract obtained by Dawn shows that a formal agreement be…
Posted on October 8, 2011 by As'ad
Protests in Jordan
I am still amazed–not really–at the clear pattern of Western media disregard for protests in Jordan against the lousy regime. It is worse than that: Western media still host the king of Jordan and ask him about repression in…Syria or in…Yem…
Posted on October 8, 2011 by As'ad
An Army Division of…diplomats
“While attention in Washington and Baghdad has centered on the number of U.S. troops that may remain in Iraq, they will be dwarfed by an estimated 16,000 civilians under the American ambassador — the size of an Army division.” (thanks Steve)
Posted on October 8, 2011 by As'ad
The Mufti of Egypt
While the Mufti of Egypt was delivering a Friday sermon, an Egyptian man yelled at him: ”Oh, you Unjust. Oh, you hypocrite. You are one of the followers of Mubarak. I won’t pray behind you. You have let them enter heaven, s…
Posted on October 8, 2011 by As'ad
Tawakkul Karman
Of course, I never ever bother about Nobel prizes. They mean nothing: it is a relic of colonial times. And the Peace and Literature prizes are the worst and most political. So a Yemeni woman, Tawakkul Karman, won the Peace Prize (with…
Posted on October 8, 2011 by As'ad
"Pro-Western" Lebanese right-wing sectarian Christian militias
“From Lebanon, he boasts, young right-wing Christian soldiers sent him jars of human ears, packed in formaldehyde.’’” (thanks Toufic)
Posted on October 8, 2011 by As'ad
Two Headlines in Al-Ahram
This is the same issue of Al-Ahram: two headlines on the front page. One headline (to the left circled in green) says: “Israel admits the failure of US Secretary of Defense in convincing Egypt to surrender the spy Grapel.” The headline to t…
Posted on October 8, 2011 by As'ad
Portrait of Usama Bin Laden in Tripoli, Lebanon
I have always mocked the Western media reference to March 14 movement in Lebanon as “pro-Western.” Well, the Hariri element in Tripoli yesterday held a protest rally against the Syrian and Yemeni regimes. Here is a picture of the rally from…
Posted on October 8, 2011 by As'ad
Saudi columnist
A Saudi columnist bravely criticizes the sectarian attacks on all Shi`ites in Saudi Arabia.
Posted on October 8, 2011 by As'ad
Haytham Al-Manna`
Syrian dissident, Haytham Al-Manna`, speaks about the Syrian situation in Al-Akhbar. Al-Manna` is a courageous foe of the Syrian regime who also is a foe of all other regimes. Unlike some of the progressives who joined the Ikhwan-led opposi…
Posted on October 8, 2011 by As'ad
Empire
Watch comrade Joseph kick ass on Empire regarding PA’s UN bid.
Posted on October 8, 2011 by As'ad
Steve Jobs
My latest blog post for Al-Akhbar English: “Steve Jobs: Beyond the Personality Cult”.
Posted on October 8, 2011 by As'ad
Muslim women removed from a plane
I am quite upset how a Muslim veiled woman was removed from a flight in the US. I am upset that the story is not a big story. Imagine if a Jewish personal was removed from a flight in an Arab country? Can you imagine the international…
Posted on October 8, 2011 by As'ad