Archive for October 11, 2011
Now this is real: repression in Iran
“For one Iranian actor, life is mirroring art, in the most gruesome of ways. Two years ago Marzieh Vafamehr starred in a film about an actor whose theatre work is banned in Iran. Her crime? Appearing in an Australian film which is critical o…
Posted on October 11, 2011 by As'ad
The Iranian plot III
The scenario is crazier than I thought. So the Iranian government wanted to kill the Saudi ambassador and to bomb two embassies (not one): the Israeli and the Saudi embassies in Washington, DC. As to why they chose Washington, DC as opposed…
Posted on October 11, 2011 by As'ad
The Iranian assassination plot II
I can’t believe that there is no skepticism expressed in the US (and Arabic) press about this alleged Iranian assassination scheme. So of all the countries in the world where Iran can kill Saudi diplomat, it found that the best place and safest p…
Posted on October 11, 2011 by As'ad
assassination plot against Saudi ambassador
Saudi media are relishing broadcasting the Justice Department’s press conference regarding the plot against the Saudi ambassador in the US. I don’t know the details of the case: Iranian regime and Saudi regime are bitter enemies and Iran hides i…
Posted on October 11, 2011 by As'ad
David Kirkpatrick
Do you notice that David Kirkpatrick of the Times refuses to acknowledge the presence of leftists and Nasserits in Egypt? For him, there are only Islamists and “liberals”.
Posted on October 11, 2011 by As'ad
NATO rebel army
I am glad that the NATO rebel army is not in charge of the battle of Palestine. It would have taken them a century or two to finish the job.
Posted on October 11, 2011 by As'ad
Saudi fatwawa
A Saudi Shaykh issues a fatwawa against women’s participation in election because that mimics infidels. Kid you not. On this subject, Arab (Wahhabi) liberals said: he is right. These are the orders we receive from our Saudi prin…
Posted on October 11, 2011 by As'ad
Too kind a review
“Totten’s myopic narrative is most blatant regarding Beirut’s southern suburbs and South Lebanon, despite the crux of the narrative being about Hezbollah. Totten describes these areas as throttled by totalitarianism, where Hezbollah violently suppr…
Posted on October 11, 2011 by As'ad
Please invade us: when the Washington Post speaks on behalf of Arabs
“The Arab Spring, in short, is making the invasion of Iraq look more worthy — and necessary — than it did a year ago. Before another year has passed, Syrians may well find themselves wishing that it had happened to them.” And can you please d…
Posted on October 11, 2011 by As'ad
Profile of Albert Bourgi: l’autre Bourgi
Profile of the socialist cousin, Albert Bourgi (not to be confused with his brother, Robert, friend of Chirac and people of the Right): ”Né à Dakar en 1942, Albert est le fils de Mahmoud Bourgi, un riche négociant libanais, tombé amoureux de …
Posted on October 11, 2011 by As'ad
Hitchens has convictions? Are you kidding me?
“There are some who represent Hitchens as a contrarian or provocateur, without convictions. They are wrong. What sort of provocateur would write that “Bin Ladenism” is more dangerous than German Wilhelmine imperialism, the Nazi-Fascist axis and interna…
Posted on October 11, 2011 by As'ad
Tell Zionist hoodlums at Columbia to go fly a kite
“Spectator covered the story using terminology and quotation techniques that I find worrisome. An article on Oct. 4 gave ample space to pro-Israel groups and almost no space to the defense of Massad (the lone citation absolving him was attributed,…
Posted on October 11, 2011 by As'ad
torture in Afghanistan? No way. Under US watch? No way on earth
“Suspected insurgents in Afghan custody have been subjected to torture including electric shocks, being hung by their hands and having their genitals twisted, the United Nations mission in Afghanistan said in a report Monday.” You are telling me …
Posted on October 11, 2011 by As'ad
MTV TV
What would I do without the essential info on MTV TV of Lebanon? Today, I learned that you should stop your workout if you experience hemorrhage. I never knew that. I thought that you should persist in the workout no matter how much bl…
Posted on October 11, 2011 by As'ad
MTV Lebanon
MTV Lebanon (a right-wing, sectarian Christian TV station in Lebanon) aired a report about “great” Lebanese around the world. It featured three Lebanese: one is the owner “of the most important Lebanese restaurant in New York City” and the other …
Posted on October 11, 2011 by As'ad
Why US is nervous
“But it is harder for U.S. officials to accept the way Erdogan has escalated his conditions for normalizing relations with Israel, now demanding an end to the blockade of Gaza as well as a formal apology for the deaths of the Turkish citizens. U.S. off…
Posted on October 11, 2011 by As'ad
It is official: New York Times does not think that Salih has killed enough people
“Yemen’s death toll remains low compared with that of other countries in revolt in the region, but it has been rising, with at least 100 people — unarmed protesters and bystanders…” Can you imagine the racist newspaper of New York City ever…
Posted on October 11, 2011 by As'ad
Burhan Ghalyun on LBC-TV
I did not see him on LBC-TV because we don’t get the channel here in the US anymore. But I read the transcript. I have read Ghalyun for years: he has an uncompromising stance vis-a-vis Israeli occupation of Palestine and Arab lands. H…
Posted on October 11, 2011 by As'ad
Resignation of Cassese
The resignation of the president of the boring Hariri court should be the last nail in the coffin of this lousy tribunal. I mean, how many more resignations from the court and how many more scandals before it becomes officially and widely acknowl…
Posted on October 11, 2011 by As'ad
Egyptian TV
I want to salute individual anchors on Egyptian regime TV who took to Facebook to denounce the lousy sectarian agitation that appeared the night of the attacks on Copts.
Posted on October 11, 2011 by As'ad