Archive for November 26, 2011
A tank tries to run over protesters in Saudi Arabia
“Amateur footage shows a tank deliberately trying to hit protesters in the eastern Saudi Arabian city of Qatif on Wednesday. Our Observer told us that this kind of violence is unprecedented in Saudi Arabia. Similar incidents have, however, recently tak…
Posted on November 26, 2011 by As'ad
Where is Mubarak when you need him?
“Israel’s prime minister on Wednesday blasted anyone who supports the Arab Spring and said the Arab world was “moving not forward, but backward,” media reports said. ”
Posted on November 26, 2011 by As'ad
Israeli Arabic propagandists are hurt because Arabs only send them insults
Arabic propagandists for Israel admit that Arabs send them insults.
Posted on November 26, 2011 by As'ad
80 year old Palestinian woman stoned by settlers
“A group of Jewish settlers Monday stoned an elderly Palestinian lady as she was picking olives in Mukhmas, a village southeast of Ramallah in the West Bank, according to local sources. The 80-year-old woman was reported to be injured in the head and t…
Posted on November 26, 2011 by As'ad
Cause of Suicide Bombings
“Robert Pape, a University of Chicago political science professor and former Air Force lecturer, will present findings on Capitol Hill on Tuesday that argue that the majority of suicide terrorism around the world since 1980 has had a common cause: mili…
Posted on November 26, 2011 by As'ad
In Defense of Omar Shihabi
In response to my post on Omar Shihabi yesterday, a friend of his (who does not wish to be identified) sent me this: ”1- It should be pointed out to readers that (at considerable personal cost and after much deliberation) accepted to work on the …
Posted on November 26, 2011 by As'ad
Thus spoke Huda Nonoo: evidence of Iranian conspiracy in Bahrain
Again: from my chief Bahrain correspondent (she has been busy lately): ”Also notice the discrepancy between the Arabic and English version [of the Bassioni report] concerning the ridiculous 12 point flag rumor. My theory is that the report …
Posted on November 26, 2011 by As'ad
Bahrain Update
Angry Arab chief Bahrain correspondent: ”Bahrain after the release of the report: Government is going to prosecute 20 security officers. I hear all of them are of yemeni, pakistani, and syrian descent. Of course they are dispensa…
Posted on November 26, 2011 by As'ad
AngryArabia jailed
The Bahrain royal government has jailed the blogger, Angryrabia. (She has my permission to use that name).PS She was released.
Posted on November 26, 2011 by As'ad
Rape victims jailed–in LIBERATED AFGHANISTAN
A rape victim is jailed in liberated Afghanistan. I guess we should thank the US for this. (thanks Mohammad)
Posted on November 26, 2011 by As'ad
attacking Muslim and Christian clerics
The earliest and most effective attacks on Muslim and Christian clerics appear in Ahmad Faris Ash-Shidyaq’s As-Saq `Ala As-Saq and in Taha Husayn’s Al-Ayyam. Really good. Was re-reading Husayn’s account of Azhar’s clerics, and they are wors…
Posted on November 26, 2011 by As'ad
Pathetic and Desperate Israeli press
Look at the silly headline of this silly and dumb article: ”Arab revolutionaries look to Israel for inspiration”. And then you read the text: ”"We want a democracy like in Israel.” I heard this sentence twice in January, once in a sho…
Posted on November 26, 2011 by As'ad
MTV Station
I learned that MTV station is negotiating with Abraaj (mostly Saudi and UAE money) to sell major shares of the station. Those right-wing sectarian Christian Lebanese (who would not let Muslims to build a mosque in Brummana) hate Arabs but love th…
Posted on November 26, 2011 by As'ad
David Ignatius
The man is an interesting writer (I really enjoyed his novel, Agents of Innocence and I recommended it because the events described are true) but has such a weakness for Arab royal potentates. Imagine that he finds wisdom in Prince Saud Al-Faysal…
Posted on November 26, 2011 by As'ad
Bin Laden in Qatar
I have received information that the Bin Laden Group in Saudi Arabia has signed major deals in Doha, Qatar. More later.
Posted on November 26, 2011 by As'ad