Archive for November 19, 2011
Ayman Mohyeldin wants NATO in Syria
This article is full of cliches not insights. I mean look at this sentence; it is as if taken from Bush’s speeches when talking about Ahmad Chalabi: ”Those fighting for change are fighting for a cause – freedom.” That is supposed to be po…
Posted on November 19, 2011 by As'ad
Far Right
“The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, the domestic intelligence service, thinks 25,000 people belong to far-right groups, of whom 9,500 could be violent. Mr Funke says they have committed more than 100 murders since 1990. Yet the …
Posted on November 19, 2011 by As'ad
Struggle over Syria
Comrade Joseph’s article on Syria in Al-Akhbar.
Posted on November 19, 2011 by As'ad
Don’t trust capital
“An academic study conducted by a Palestinian researcher from the West Bank city of Bethlehem, revealed that the amount of investments by Palestinian businessmen men, in Israeli settlements, and in Israel itself, in 2010, mounts to $2.5 Billion.” (than…
Posted on November 19, 2011 by As'ad
Israel’s dirty hands in Africa
“”Israel is willing to send consultants to Kenya to help Kenya secure its cities from terrorist threats and share experience with Kenya because the operation in Somalia is very similar to Israel’s operations in the past, first in Lebanon and then in Ga…
Posted on November 19, 2011 by As'ad
Shaykh Al-`Ar`ur in Syria
A Western reporter who has been sneaking into Syria sent me this: ”this is not from me, please do not mention my name As’ad, every single demonstration I have been to in Syria, this summer and in the last ten days had at least one salutation…
Posted on November 19, 2011 by As'ad
Israeli standards
“The public did not respond kindly this year when members of the Knesset, Israel’s 120-seat parliament, received a clothing stipend of more than $1,000 each. After a heated parliamentary committee debate, a team was appointed to review legislator…
Posted on November 19, 2011 by As'ad
Qatar and the NATO Bin Ladenites
“Libya’s United Nations envoy Mohammed Abdel Rahman Shalgam accused Qatar on Friday of providing weapons and money to Libyan Islamists and told the fellow Arab state to stop meddling in Tripoli’s domestic affairs. ”There are facts on the ground, …
Posted on November 19, 2011 by As'ad
You are supposed to be upset over this?
“Another problem is the UAE’s inability to attract Israeli jewelers, who play a prominent role in the industry; for political reasons, Israeli nationals are generally not allowed into the country. ”A lot of Israelis cannot come here, and that’s a…
Posted on November 19, 2011 by As'ad
Western civiliation
A Saudi religious kook denounce “the dictatorship of Western civilization.” He said Saudi Wahhabi dictatorship is more more pleasurable.
Posted on November 19, 2011 by As'ad
Another Iranian plot, damn it
“The German man authorities say killed his 91-year-old Georgetown socialite wife says her death was the result of an Iranian plot.” And just yesterday, LA police source confirmed that Iran is suspected of being involved in the drowning of Natalie…
Posted on November 19, 2011 by As'ad
Sam Husseini punished for asking Prince Turki
“Sam Husseini, best known for his work with Washington Stakeout, has been suspended from the National Press Club in Washington, apparently for no other reason than asking Prince Turki al-Faisal, the former head of Saudi intelligence, a tough question.”…
Posted on November 19, 2011 by As'ad
Saudi Arabia in the Cairo demonstrations
“Some demonstrators waved Saudi flags. Ibrahim Abdel Aziz, 20, a student at Al Azhar, the Islamic university, argued that they were carrying them only for their Islamic slogans, not admiration for Saudi Arabia. “It is a tyrannical monarchy,” he sai…
Posted on November 19, 2011 by As'ad
Ahmad Chalabi TV Channel
So Ahmad Chalabi is preparing to launch a new TV channel. It is managed by his chief Saddam’s WMDs propagandist. (Thanks Hicham)
Posted on November 19, 2011 by As'ad
Why does NowHariri now publish chants in praise of Saudi King?
Now Hariri welcomes any propaganda trash in praise of House of Saud: ”Nevertheless, over the long term the kingdom is well-positioned to emerge from this period with a stronger diplomatic hand and a more robust strategic position. As the Saudi go…
Posted on November 19, 2011 by As'ad
I disagree with my feminist comrades
I disagree with Sara and other other feminist comrades at Nasawiyya who I so admire and support. It seems to me that there are so many other issues that women have to worry about in our region (and beyond) to be distracted by this sensational act…
Posted on November 19, 2011 by As'ad
Syrian Ikhwan opposition
Yesterday, comrade Amer was making a good point. He said that people in the West and East, and even some progressives we know, are all enthusiastic about support for the Syrian National Council without knowing anything whatsoever (or bnoob in Syr…
Posted on November 19, 2011 by As'ad
Syrian regime strategic plan
The worst analysis of international affairs you can read in Syrian regime newspapers and you may watch on regime TV stations. Yesterday, Syrian ambassador in Lebanon revealed Syrian regime secret plan: he said that the economic crisis will be bri…
Posted on November 19, 2011 by As'ad
Banners in English
Whether in Iran or in Syria, i hate when I see protesters holding banners in English. Why? Who are you talking to in the first place? Which is your audience? Your people or NATO?
Posted on November 19, 2011 by As'ad
The Egyptian (nude) blogger
I really don’t want to get into this silly story which is now dominating Western and Eastern coverage of Egypt. It is most childish form or expression of sexual “liberation.” I worry about a tragic outcome to this story. I worry that her bo…
Posted on November 19, 2011 by As'ad