Archive for October 21, 2011
In honor of Prince Sultan
The family of Prince Sultan is asking all those who wish to honor him to donate their bribes to his sons.
Posted on October 21, 2011 by As'ad
Western reactions to the death of Prince Sultan
Just watch the respect that Western capitals will pay to one of the most corrupt men in power in the 20th century. This man, Prince Sultan, is probably the recipient of the most bribes in human history, especially if you count his sons’ brib…
Posted on October 21, 2011 by As'ad
Let the most vulgar festival begin
And now, I will be subjected to the most crude and vulgar festival of fawning and hagiographic coverage of the death of Prince Sultan. Just watch the Saudi-financed news media in the Arab world and see if you can suppress the urge to vomit.
Posted on October 21, 2011 by As'ad
Prince Sultan dies
Prince Sultan dies. It is official. This only confirms a news item that I had reported a year ago. It seems that the body was kept in the fridge. My shovel has been ready for two years now. I promised a gift to the first p…
Posted on October 21, 2011 by As'ad
PRINCE SULTAN DIES
It will be fun to watch who will now become the 3rd in line (or second after Prince Nayif).
Posted on October 21, 2011 by As'ad
An-Nahda and US Zionists
A flyer was circulating in Tunisia yesterday talking about links between An-Nahda and Zionists in the US. They were referring, I think, to a meeting between Zionist Senators and House Members (McCain, Liberman, Ackerman and their ilk) with repres…
Posted on October 21, 2011 by As'ad
Qadhdhafi’s last minutes
This is a clearer video. I was thinking: if he was a Gulf potentate being tortured to death, I could have seen Arab liberals and Western governments decrying the brutality of the protesters and calling for humane treatment of long-standing Americ…
Posted on October 21, 2011 by As'ad
This guy is honest: why US is selling arms to Bahrain
“He echoed comments by State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland, who said on Friday: “This sale is designed to support the Bahraini military in its defence function, specifically in hardening the country against opposition groups and potential atta…
Posted on October 21, 2011 by As'ad
History is being re-written: US alliance with Qadhdhafi is now eliminated from the record
“ welcoming the demise of Gaddafi, who was for decades regarded as a nemesis of American presidents…” With the exception of the strong alliance since 2003? If not earlier before the alliance was publicly declared?
Posted on October 21, 2011 by As'ad
violence of Arab history
“unfolded like the sad, violent pages of Arab history.” As opposed to the peacefulness of European and US history? And has there been a chapter of violence in Arab history in which the West was not a party?
Posted on October 21, 2011 by As'ad
NATO rebels in Libya will reimburse NATO for bombs dropped over Libyan people’s heads
“Some lawmakers want to use frozen Libyan assets to reimburse NATO countries for military operations.”
Posted on October 21, 2011 by As'ad
The end of the life of extravagance and waste of billions
This was an actual headline from the website of Al-Arabiyyah (the lousy news station of King Fahd’s brother-in-law). My comment: has any ruler or any ruling family ever been more wasteful and more extravagant and more sleazy than the House of Sau…
Posted on October 21, 2011 by As'ad
Here is another democracy produced by US and NATO
“Iraq’s presidency approved on Thursday the executions of 53 people, including five foreigners, according to the head of the presidency council office. ”There are 53 people who have been approved for execution — among them are five foreigners,” …
Posted on October 21, 2011 by As'ad
Qadhdhafi tortured before his death
The accounts of Qadhdhafi’s death are so numerous that we don’t really know what happened. The torture and murder records of Arab tyrants is such that one can’t feel sympathy for the tyrants. It is also jarring to watch Arab tyrants of the …
Posted on October 21, 2011 by As'ad
Hizbullah is not a progressive party, and we have known that all along
There is a great minister in Lebanon: his name if Sharbil Nahhas. You won’t hear about him because he is a brilliant leftist economist who has been trying to reverse the Hariri-Sanyura capitalist monopolisitc path of Lebanese economy. He no…
Posted on October 21, 2011 by As'ad