Archive for October 26, 2011
Zionism and anti-Semitism
Thus spoke comrade Joseph: ”Now, this insistence that the first fact, nay the first truth, that Palestine is the historic homeland of modern European Jews who resided in Europe and not of the Palestinian people who lived in it for millennia, turn…
Posted on October 26, 2011 by As'ad
Shadid reminds the readers of this
“Mr. Ford’s criticism of the Assad government stands in contrast to the relative silence of the American Embassy in Bahrain, an American ally, whose government cracked down violently on protests by the country’s Shiite majority.”
Posted on October 26, 2011 by As'ad
Tantawi regime
The lousy Tantawi military council agreed to exchange an accused Israeli spy (why would Israeli exchange him if he was not a spy), for Egyptians who are serving sentences for criminals offenses in Israeli occupation jails. He could have insisted …
Posted on October 26, 2011 by As'ad
Qatar and UAE text messages to Tunisian voters
Karim sent me this: ”The night before the election, on saturday some people received some arabic text messages saying: vote for nahda, and then on sunday too. The country codes are qatar and uae. I have the numbers. here is the first number…
Posted on October 26, 2011 by As'ad
their aspirations to emulate the West
Look at this: ”Tunisians, Mr. Fakhfakh argued, were torn between their identity as Arabs and Muslims and their aspirations to emulate the West.” Where do they find those people? Where??? Where do they find an Arab who speaks about the “aspi…
Posted on October 26, 2011 by As'ad
secularists versus Islamists
I disagree with this position: ”“We owe our success,” Mr. Marzouki said, “to the fact that we talked to the secularists, saying: ‘Look, all of us come from a very important human rights background, and we are going to fight for civil libe…
Posted on October 26, 2011 by As'ad
So who monitored elections in Tunisia?
I read that none other than Marwan Al-Mu`ashshri, the graduate of the Hashemite regime of Jordan (in its most repressive phase), also monitored elections in Tunisia. Do you remember when European monitors and New York Times correspondent in Afgha…
Posted on October 26, 2011 by As'ad
Mustafa Abdul-NATO inclusive?
“The day after the fall of Tripoli to the rebels, the leader of a Libyan-Jewish Diaspora group said he was offered by the emerging ruling power to run for office in free elections in that country. Raphael Luzon, the head of Jews of Lib…
Posted on October 26, 2011 by As'ad
Iraqi secret documents stolen by the US
Read this article in the New York Times. First, the US government steals official Iraqi documents that belong to the Iraqi people. I hope that the Iraqi people would sue the US to regain custody of those documents, once Iraq becomes a democ…
Posted on October 26, 2011 by As'ad
Mustafa Abdul-NATO, the executioner of Qadhdhafi
Algerian newspaper, Ash-Shuruq, unearths a document in which Mustafa Abdul-NATO had signed an order for the execution of 32 Libyans.
Posted on October 26, 2011 by As'ad
I want NATO. I want NATO.
It is hilarious: Qatari government is holding a special meeting for “Libya’s friends.” According to Qatar, the friends include military commanders of NATO. How nice is that? Mustafa Abdul-NATO tells the meeting that “Libya” needs NATO…
Posted on October 26, 2011 by As'ad
Arab governments are now required to censor any criticisms of US ambassadors
This is from the State Department briefing: ”Second, as our statement said this morning, we are concerned about a campaign of regime-led incitement targeted personally at Ambassador Ford by the state-run media of the Government of Syria…” Why d…
Posted on October 26, 2011 by As'ad
Munsif Al-Marzuqi
I am surprised that Munsif Al-Marzuqi is being introduced as a “liberal”. He has been a progressive for years. He has good positions on Palestine and does not shy away from criticizing Western policies and wars. But it seems that he i…
Posted on October 26, 2011 by As'ad
One hour for Prince Sultan
All schools in Saudi Arabia yesterday were required to start the school day with one hour discussions about the “virtues of Prince Sultan.” I wish I were a student in Saudi Arabia. I would have raised my hand and asked the teacher: o teache…
Posted on October 26, 2011 by As'ad
James Zogby: analyzes the Arab world
This guy has been a joke for decades now. I have been used to him saying dumb things over the years: I never had a problem with him saying dumb things. In fact, in 1993 when he praised the appointment of Martin Indyk (who later hired his so…
Posted on October 26, 2011 by As'ad
Min Washington
This is a link to the full program Min Washington in which I appeared yesterday.
Posted on October 26, 2011 by As'ad
Mufti of NATO Libya
Libya has a new Mufti. He enjoys the religious blessings of NATO. He speaks like, well, Bin Laden. Get used to Bin Ladenite clerics in Libya brought to you by the Libyan Combatant Groups–sister organization of Al-Qa`idah. He ar…
Posted on October 26, 2011 by As'ad