Archive for December 7, 2011
NATO rebels killing prisoners?
Watch this video. (thanks Ahmet)
Posted on December 7, 2011 by As'ad
Hizbullah in Latin America?
“That the candidates would cite the same threat — one denied by the Mexican government, and which seemed to contrast with a State Department report that there are no Hezbollah-related operational cells in this hemisphere — was not a coincidence.”
Posted on December 7, 2011 by As'ad
Hizbullah in Latin America?
“That the candidates would cite the same threat — one denied by the Mexican government, and which seemed to contrast with a State Department report that there are no Hezbollah-related operational cells in this hemisphere — was not a coincidence.”
Posted on December 7, 2011 by As'ad
Sectarian killings in Syria and role of Hizb At-Tahrir
An informed reader answered a few questions for me about Syria: ”Yes, both sides appear engaged in kidnapping and killing. Some Sunni blame Al-Sahbei7a for some of these (they claim that the regime wants to fuel sectarianism) but no one could con…
Posted on December 7, 2011 by As'ad
Sectarian killings in Syria and role of Hizb At-Tahrir
An informed reader answered a few questions for me about Syria: ”Yes, both sides appear engaged in kidnapping and killing. Some Sunni blame Al-Sahbei7a for some of these (they claim that the regime wants to fuel sectarianism) but no one could con…
Posted on December 7, 2011 by As'ad
A Syrian guest on Al-Arabiyya TV
So the news station of King Fahd’s brother-in-law, Al-Arabiyya, invited a Syrian woman to speak from Jordan about her experience in Syrian jail and to speak about torture. She started by saying that she herself did not experience torture (because…
Posted on December 7, 2011 by As'ad
Blackwater military contract with UAE
Here is the full text. (thanks Amer)
Posted on December 7, 2011 by As'ad
Blackwater military contract with UAE
Here is the full text. (thanks Amer)
Posted on December 7, 2011 by As'ad
Obama successes
“In a key sign of recalcitrance on the part of Taliban fighters, few of those from Kandahar have joined an ambitious government reintegration program, meant to lure fighters from the battlefield. Only 83 insurgents have switched sides in Kandahar provi…
Posted on December 7, 2011 by As'ad
Bashshar’s mistakes
In his interview with the lousy Barbara Walters, Bashshar characterized the killings in Syria as “mistakes.” So thus far, there have been more than 4000 mistakes. How many more mistakes can we afford? And who is the idiot that thought…
Posted on December 7, 2011 by As'ad
So much for the Gene Sharp inspiration of the "Arab spring"
A US government spokesperson: ”and some isolated incidents of violence among the opposition”.
Posted on December 7, 2011 by As'ad
A very touching tribute to an Israeli rapist in the New York Times
“ A day after Moshe Katsav, Israel’s former president, turned 66, his modest home in this immigrant town was filled on Tuesday with grandchildren and well-wishers. Phones rang. Neighbors with sun-creased faces offered hugs. Rabbis in tall h…
Posted on December 7, 2011 by As'ad
US arming the oppressors of the Egyptian people
“Data obtained by Amnesty International shows that the US has repeatedly transferred ammunition to Egypt despite security forces’ violent crackdown on protesters.A shipment for the Egyptian Ministry of Interior arrived from the US on 26 November carryi…
Posted on December 7, 2011 by As'ad
US arming the oppressors of the Egyptian people
“Data obtained by Amnesty International shows that the US has repeatedly transferred ammunition to Egypt despite security forces’ violent crackdown on protesters.A shipment for the Egyptian Ministry of Interior arrived from the US on 26 November carryi…
Posted on December 7, 2011 by As'ad
When the Zionist entity was founded
“Marshall’s remarks about Egypt were corrected by the US Ambassador who pointed out that Egypt’s ill equipped army was the result of British refusal to provide the Egyptians with viable equipment. The Transjordan military, as Marshall pointed out, …
Posted on December 7, 2011 by As'ad
When the Zionist entity was founded
“Marshall’s remarks about Egypt were corrected by the US Ambassador who pointed out that Egypt’s ill equipped army was the result of British refusal to provide the Egyptians with viable equipment. The Transjordan military, as Marshall pointed out, …
Posted on December 7, 2011 by As'ad
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
“The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition group based in London, called it “one of the deadliest days since the start of the Syrian Revolution.”” This group which is beholden to GCC and which director never misses an opportunity…
Posted on December 7, 2011 by As'ad
Thomas Friedman does one of his typical adjustment to news that contradicts what he had written
“The fact that the Muslim Brotherhood and the even more fundamentalist Salafist Nour Party have garnered some 65 percent of the votes in the first round of Egypt’s free parliamentary elections since the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak should hardly…
Posted on December 7, 2011 by As'ad
Thomas Friedman does one of his typical adjustment to news that contradicts what he had written
“The fact that the Muslim Brotherhood and the even more fundamentalist Salafist Nour Party have garnered some 65 percent of the votes in the first round of Egypt’s free parliamentary elections since the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak should hardly…
Posted on December 7, 2011 by As'ad
Thomas Friedman rules that secular parties rule Iraq
That is the first we hear about it. This is an actual scoop by Thomas Friedman: ”the Iraqi public swung away from them toward more secular, pluralistic parties.” He said that Sistani is like Voltaire.
Posted on December 7, 2011 by As'ad