Archive for November 4, 2011
Chauvinist nationalism and Arab uprisings
My weekly article for Al-Akhbar: ”Qutri [narrow, country] chauvinism and Arab uprisings.
Posted on November 4, 2011 by As'ad
We have seen this before. Cowardice on Palestine: the case of OWS
“In the midst of this calm, the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement posted a surprising and exhilarating tweet:“We support and would like to express #solidarity to #FreedomWaves #Palestine #ows”. Moments later, the Twitt…
Posted on November 4, 2011 by As'ad
One Saudi prince pushes another
Watch. Later, Prince Muqrin explains that it was an innocent push and that he does not know the prince in question. If it is up to me, I would have pushed both.
Posted on November 4, 2011 by As'ad
Advising the West
I like this. I really like it when columnists in Saudi/Hariri media offer advise and sometimes instructions to Western governments. Here, a Lebanese columnist in the mouthpiece of Prince Khalid Bin Sultan bin Bribe, Al-Hayat, offers advice to the…
Posted on November 4, 2011 by As'ad
NowHariri and the Syria matter: what Samir Quntar actually said
Of course, NowHariri is an outfit owned by Elie Khuri (of the Lebanese Forces) and is a Hariri media affiliate. Of course, on all matters it toes the line. You don’t expect any less from Saudi/Hariri media. Of course, you don’t expect…
Posted on November 4, 2011 by As'ad
Can you imagine the international sensation coverage if this happened in an Arab or Muslim country?
“The statement came after an incident in which nine officer cadets left an army event involving a performance by female soldiers, and some subsequently refused to return after their unit commander ordered them to do s…
Posted on November 4, 2011 by As'ad
If Muslims said that
“The official newspaper of the Roman Catholic archdiocese of Boston has apologized for a column that said that homosexuality is caused by Satan.” Can you imagine the uproar if a Muslim newspaper in the US said that?
Posted on November 4, 2011 by As'ad
Cows and sheep celebrating the Muslim `Id
Today, I look at the edition of the New York Times at my door and I see a picture of cows and sheep from Kabul, Afghanistan and a reference by the paper to Muslim celebration of Adha religious holiday. I did not get it: was the Times implying tha…
Posted on November 4, 2011 by As'ad
naming the Friday’s of protests in Syria
Today’s protest in Syria is called “God is Greater.” Every Friday, the Muslim Brotherhood in exile–using the cover of the various opposition councils that have been created in the last few months–gives a different name. They tell you: oh,…
Posted on November 4, 2011 by As'ad
Fascists and anti-Semites for Israel
“Ibn Rushd” sent me this: “New Leader of the french Far Right, Marine Le Pen, whose father Jean-Marie Le Pen once said that the Holocaust was “just a detail” has now met the Israeli ambassador to the UN.”
Posted on November 4, 2011 by As'ad
You knew this was coming: how Iraqis loved a US occupation soldier
“In his new book “A Soldier’s Dream” William Doyle dubs Captain Patriquin the “TE Lawrence of Iraq”. He describes how the Iraqis loved the US soldier who wore a thick moustache and could speak Arabic street slang.” Aside from the obvious joke, I …
Posted on November 4, 2011 by As'ad
Well, well, well
“Despite vows to punish Iran for an alleged plot to kill the Saudi ambassador, U.S. officials have decided that such sanctions could disrupt oil markets and further damage the U.S. and world economies.”
Posted on November 4, 2011 by As'ad
Reject of Mubarak regime
`Imad Ad-Din Adib has been a crude and vulgar propagandist for Husni Mubarak. He and his brother have been discredited by the Egyptian public. Now, he started a new stint: writing for the mouthpiece of Prince Salman and his sons, Ash-Sharq …
Posted on November 4, 2011 by As'ad
Look how nice the US is: it is training Arab parties to vote "correctly"
This is the most kind gesture I have heard about: “U.S. assistance to Egypt is helping political parties of all ideologies prepare for the upcoming elections — even Islamic parties that may have anti-Western agendas.”We don’t do party support. What we…
Posted on November 4, 2011 by As'ad
Oh, US. Please liberate us. Oh, pretty please drop bombs over our heads, please
Look at this pathetic account in the Washington Post: ”“How is everyone?” Marquez asked, taking a seat on the floor and laying her rifle nearby. The “villagers” started speaking at once. Their husbands beat them. One said she didn
Posted on November 4, 2011 by As'ad
Iran and Syria
The more Saudi Arabia increases its pressures on Syria and Iran, the more desperate Syria and Iran are in appeasing the House of Saud.
Posted on November 4, 2011 by As'ad
Iranian plot in the US
1) It is hilarious that there is no news in Washington anymore about this large international Iranian bombing plot in DC. 2) Pathetic desperate Iranian attempts to appease Saudi Arabia seem to have increased since the “revelation.”
Posted on November 4, 2011 by As'ad
US is outraged that Iran supports militias in Iraq
So the US is just outraged that Iran is supporting militias in Iraq. Yet, I read this in the New York Times just today: ”Pro-American Militia Members Die in Blast in Iraq”.
Posted on November 4, 2011 by As'ad
US occupation forces support Arab nationalists
Warning: this is hilarious. A spokesperson for US forces in Iraq tells Hariri rag, Al-Mustaqbal, that Iran supports militias in Iraq to distance Iraq from Arabism. As is well-known, it has been revealed that the US invaded Iraq to confirm t…
Posted on November 4, 2011 by As'ad
Repression in UAE
“A coalition of international human rights organizations on Thursday accused the United Arab Emirates of violating international legal standards by prosecuting five jailed campaigners for political reforms in the oil-rich Gulf country. The statem…
Posted on November 4, 2011 by As'ad