Archive for November 12, 2011
NATO democracy
“Three fighters in a militia from Zawiyah, in western Libya, were killed in clashes with rival gunmen from another town, a local official said on Saturday. Nureddin Nussi said the fighting on Friday pitted Zawiyah fighters against a militia from …
Posted on November 12, 2011 by As'ad
Iranian plot in Bahrain
Saudi media are blasting: that there was an aborted plot to bomb the Saudi embassy in Bahrain. Let me guess: the same bungler car salesman who was behind the plot in Washington, DC was also behind the plot in Bahrain and he also recruited drug ca…
Posted on November 12, 2011 by As'ad
"Arab spring"
We really have to abandon this typically Western-imposed title of “Arab spring”. Somebody in some office in Washington, DC came up with this name thinking it was cute and original. It came out of a mentality that expected the Arab uprisings…
Posted on November 12, 2011 by As'ad
Democracy in Syria
I just heard a representative of the Syrian National Council on AlJazeera Arabic: he thanked Qatar and Saudi Arabia “and the other Gulf countries”. I kid you not. How I worry for the Syrian people: from the lousy Ba`th to the lousy tools of…
Posted on November 12, 2011 by As'ad
Slaves of the Gulf
“In fact, they are migrant construction workers of the United Arab Emirates, mostly men from India and Pakistan whose cheap labor has powered the rise of the country’s skyscrapers.The laborers — often subjected to exploitative working conditions, acco…
Posted on November 12, 2011 by As'ad
Salafi woman represented by her husband
The poster of a Salafi woman candidate shows the image of her male guardian. (thanks Farah)
Posted on November 12, 2011 by As'ad
The lousy Islamists of Jordan
Apparently, they have signaled to the King that they don’t know want to change the regime but merely want some reforms. (thanks Ahmet)
Posted on November 12, 2011 by As'ad
US Congress and flotillas
“A bill introduced in the United States Congress last month would require the State Department to investigate “The sources of any logistical, technical, or financial support for the Gaza flotilla ships, including the Audacity of Hope, that were set t…
Posted on November 12, 2011 by As'ad
Al-Wifaq
My information is that Al-Wifaq, the sectarian opposition group in Bahrain, has been quietly sending messages to the US government that it can accept the Fifth Fleet in Bahrain.
Posted on November 12, 2011 by As'ad
The political economy of the NATO Libya
“Tarhouni’s influence over future economic policy remains to be seen but he said he would be strongly recommending a move away from an economy in which, he said, he had been surprised to find on his return home how many Libyans received state funds. &n…
Posted on November 12, 2011 by As'ad
They thought that they were Arabs so they shot them–kid you not
“Israel Defense Forces killed a 55-year-old Israeli rabbi and settler, Dan Mertzbach, in what they say was an accidental shooting.” (thanks Yazan)
Posted on November 12, 2011 by As'ad