Archive for December 19, 2011
US is innocent
“The crisis is dividing Iraq along sectarian lines, threatening a revival of the tensions that erupted in widespread bloodletting in the middle of the past decade. ” And was it anything in particular that happened in the “middle of the past …
Posted on December 19, 2011 by As'ad
Hunting
Tunisian groups want to end Gulf princely hunting of wild animals in Tunisia. (thanks Fawzi)
Posted on December 19, 2011 by As'ad
Saudi and Qatari financial intervention in the Egyptian elections
It seems that Saudi religious police is funding favorites in the Egyptian election: provided that the party endorses beheadings. (thanks Shihadeh)
Posted on December 19, 2011 by As'ad
So the NATO government in Libya will honor those who attacked and bombed Libya back in the 19th century?
“Panetta also laid a wreath at a small cemetery in Tripoli that for two centuries has been the resting place for five American sailors. The sailors were part of a 13-member crew who died during a mission by the USS Intrepid against a Barbary …
Posted on December 19, 2011 by As'ad
Are you talking about Israel???
Look at this headline: ”Repressing Democracy, With American Arms”. Nir commented to me that you would never read such headline in the New York Times about Israel.
Posted on December 19, 2011 by As'ad
Is this supposed to be great news here?
“After 10 months of secret dialogue with Afghanistan’s Taliban insurgents, senior U.S. officials say the talks have reached a critical juncture and they will soon know whether a breakthrough is possible, leading to peace talks whose ultimate goal is to…
Posted on December 19, 2011 by As'ad
Real name of Captain George
“One thing you have to say about Israeli torturers, you can’t keep a good one down. I reported here some time ago about one Doron Zahavi aka Captain George, an infamous commander of the IDF intelligence unit 504. Until my report, his real n…
Posted on December 19, 2011 by As'ad
Notable mention
This is hilarious. This guy received an honorable mention as a democrat from Zionist fascist, Sharanksy, because he is the only Iraqi alive who calls for peace with Israel–although I have noticed that he has gone silent on the matter in the last…
Posted on December 19, 2011 by As'ad
Israel’s dirty hands in Africa
“The former Director General of Israel’s secret service, Mossad, has evaded arrest during a visit to the Republic of Guinea. Shabtai Shavit was in the country to meet President Alpha Condé and hold talks with government officials. According to t…
Posted on December 19, 2011 by As'ad
This is what Western governments mean by democracy
“The proper role of the free world is not to encourage or to stop elections. Its role should be to formulate, and to stick by, a policy of incremental change based on creating the institutions that will lead ineluctably to pressure for more and more re…
Posted on December 19, 2011 by As'ad
Former leftists
Here, Norman Finkelstein, does the best job I have read in explaining the phenomenon of former leftists. (thanks Raed)
Posted on December 19, 2011 by As'ad
A call for the extermination of `Alawites
Those sinister sides in the Syrian opposition are left completely out of coverage in the Western Zionist press which are now keen on showing a pretty face (a Sorbonne professor) for the Syrian opposition. The official narrative is that the Syrian…
Posted on December 19, 2011 by As'ad