Archive for December 17, 2011
Ghannushi wants good relations with Saudi Arabia
“Tunisian al-Nahda party leader Rashid Ghannouchi yesterday strongly denied the comments attributed to him by the Washington Institute for Near Eastern Policy and which were later published in the press. The Washington Institute for Near Eastern Policy…
Posted on December 17, 2011 by As'ad
rewarding the occupiers for their occupation
“As the United States withdraws the last of its 50,000 troops after a nearly nine-year military occupation of Iraq, visiting Iraqi President Nuri al-Maliki had one final request: billions of dollars worth of US weapons for his rag-tag armed forces. &nb…
Posted on December 17, 2011 by As'ad
propaganda war
Aljazeera and Syrian regime TV (main and Dunya) are engaged in a propaganda war that basically put both sides on the same ugly and crude level. Both lie and exaggerate to make their case, and both devote time to respond to the other side of propa…
Posted on December 17, 2011 by As'ad
US liberation
“Yanar Mohammed, president of the Organization of Women’s Freedom in Iraq, joins us to discuss the impact of the nearly nine-year U.S. occupation, particularly on Iraqi women. “The Iraqi cities are now much more destroyed than they were, I would say,…
Posted on December 17, 2011 by As'ad
Deception to protect Israeli supremacy
“This recent trend to focus on economic problems faced by Palestinian citizens has been replicated to an extent by Western pro-Israel lobby groups who have an additional motivation: the perceived propaganda value of admitting the challenges facing ‘I…
Posted on December 17, 2011 by As'ad
Duplicity and the Syrian National Council
“Damascus regularly attributes a role to criminal gangs, domestic and foreign terrorist organizations, and international rivals such as the United States, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar in sustaining the FSA and the broader opposition movement. Concerns abou…
Posted on December 17, 2011 by As'ad
A taliban curriculum in Afghanistan
“ACCORDING to a recent report, the Afghan Taliban have reached an agreement with the Karzai government that will end their attacks on schools and teachers. In return, the education department will have the curriculum vetted and approved by the ex…
Posted on December 17, 2011 by As'ad
Daqduq
“An administration official said that the possibility of a U.S. trial was not closed and that if the Iraqis decide they cannot prosecute Daqduq, the administration could reopen talks on transferring him to the United States.” Let me put it this w…
Posted on December 17, 2011 by As'ad
Wahhabiyyah as an inspiration?
Emir of Qatar asks Muslim to be inspired by the Wahhabi call. Kid you not. (thanks Mazen)
Posted on December 17, 2011 by As'ad
Is it anti-Semitic to cite Abraham Foxman?
Foxman is not pleased with Israel? No way. Come on. I am sure that one bombing campaign by Israel, or one massacre against Arabs, would bring things back to normal. ”But even some of Israel’s most ardent, long-time conservative suppor…
Posted on December 17, 2011 by As'ad
Hitchens
I debated whether to write about someone who agitated for war and for racism against Arabs/Muslims. I never met this man, and never liked him. I thought–even when he was a leftist–that he was a poseur and that he was not as principled as …
Posted on December 17, 2011 by As'ad
Hitchens in the New York Times
If Hitchens did not shift to right-wing racist politics, I doubt that the New York Times would have devoted more than two or three lines to him.
Posted on December 17, 2011 by As'ad
Syrian regime propaganda and tribes
Yesterday, Syrian regime propaganda outlets paid a tribute to tribes because some gathering of tribes issued a statement in defense of the lousy Syrian regime. Tribes are a backward symptoms of Middle East societies, and they were almost dead by …
Posted on December 17, 2011 by As'ad