Archive for November 24, 2011
Ash-Sharq Al-Awsat is thrilled: US ambassador appears in Saudi dress
How insecure they are. Saudi mouthpiece of Prince Salman and his sons, Ash-Sharq Al-Awsat, celebrates the fact that US ambassador, the White Man himself, appears with his wife in Saudi dress. (thanks Mohammad)
Posted on November 24, 2011 by As'ad
Saudi government on protests in Qatif
Notice that the language of Saudi government about protests in Qatif is exactly like the language of the Syrian government about protests in Syria. The protests in both cases are made to be “criminal” elements with foreign links.
Posted on November 24, 2011 by As'ad
Pro-Syrian propaganda
Some of the most outrageous and kooky analysis of international affairs I see and read in Syrian regime media. In this analysis, for example, the children of Dir`a who wrote anti-regime graffiti are part of a global conspiracy. Kid you not….
Posted on November 24, 2011 by As'ad
Chants "death to House of Saud" in Qatif in Saudi Arabia
Chants in Qatif. (thanks As`ad–not me)
Posted on November 24, 2011 by As'ad
Terminology of New York Times
“Since January, when Mr. Hariri’s government was toppled by a Hezbollah-led coalition known as March 8″. Toppled? It lost is majority in parliament because shifty Walid Jumblat shifted.
Posted on November 24, 2011 by As'ad
John Hopkins
I have a copy of the alleged PhD dissertation by war criminal, Rif`at Al-Asad (Saudi Arabia’s favorite Syrian). In the sources, he mentions a book published by John Hopkins University Press. So he thinks that John Hopkins is the author: so …
Posted on November 24, 2011 by As'ad
Will Israel pay the PA?
Here is a PA source on why Israel will end up transferring tax revenues to the collaborationist regime in Ramallah: ”In the end, it is in their interest to help us.”” This is the first time ever I find myself agreeing with a PA official. …
Posted on November 24, 2011 by As'ad
Welcome to America
“Still, the numbers of Iraqi students attending universities in the United States are much lower than they were under Saddam Hussein — 423 last year, the Institute of International Education says, compared with more than 1,500 in 1985.”
Posted on November 24, 2011 by As'ad
CIA Station Chief in Lebanon is an anti-Semite?
Hasan `Illayq, a fine journalist and investigative reporter for Al-Akhbar, writes on the CIA station in Lebanon based on Lebanese security sources who dealt with him. He says that his Lebanese contacts heard him make anti-Semitic comments. …
Posted on November 24, 2011 by As'ad
Gaddis on Kennan
“Mr Gaddis is unequivocal on this topic. He told the New York Times in 2004 that “American imperial power…has been a remarkable force for good, for democracy, for prosperity.” He has also expressed his admiration for the former presiden…
Posted on November 24, 2011 by As'ad
Disgrace unto the Nations
“In any event, parliamentarians in Mr Netanyahu’s coalition have been hounding human-rights groups, which consist mainly of secular left-wingers who often depend on funds from European governments and charities. The cabinet has just endorsed two bill…
Posted on November 24, 2011 by As'ad
Unpopular truths about Afghanistan
“He demolishes some Western myths about Afghanistan that betray short memories and government spin. The Soviet years, for example, tend to be portrayed as a period of bitter repression under a puppet regime, which was defeated by a popular, Islamist up…
Posted on November 24, 2011 by As'ad
Newt
“Over the past year the demagoguery has got the upper hand. Mr Gingrich prophesies the end of “America as we know it” under a president running a “corrupt, Chicago-style political machine” from the White House. In the summer of 2010 he reacted …
Posted on November 24, 2011 by As'ad
Immigration scare in the US
The numbers tell a different story.
Posted on November 24, 2011 by As'ad
One trillion dollars to the US from House of Saud
This Saudi publication maintains that the House of Saud will offer an investment package worth one trillion dollars to the US. Are there any other reports on this anywhere? (thanks Harith)
Posted on November 24, 2011 by As'ad
Saudi media and the Bahrain commission
Saudi media are outraged at the Bahrain commission. Their reaction is typical of Saudi media when they are angry: they tend to lie more and omit more. I went to the loud and vulgar Saudi outlet, Ash-Sharq Al-Awsat, (the mouthpiece of Prince…
Posted on November 24, 2011 by As'ad
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
I treat all that come out of Syrian regime media as lies until the contrary is proven. I now officially treat the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights in the same way. I will consider all that comes out from the Observatory as lies until the…
Posted on November 24, 2011 by As'ad