Archive for December 23, 2011
Look who is among the Arab monitors in Syria
Apparently, he is also among the Arab League monitors in Syria.
Posted on December 23, 2011 by As'ad
Racism of Israeli leftists
This guy is supposed to be an Israeli leftist: ”Years of rioting against Palestinians, uprooting of trees, vandalism, arson, destruction, dispossession, theft, rocks and axes didn’t cause a ripple, but one rock to the head of a deputy brigade com…
Posted on December 23, 2011 by As'ad
Bashshar and tribal elders
How I detest that scene: when Arab “republican” leaders cuddle tribal elders when they are in trouble. As was known, Arab republican regimes came to power to undermine the old social order which gave (under colonialism) tremendous powers to the t…
Posted on December 23, 2011 by As'ad
The Arab League monitors
Of course, nothing that the Arab League does can or should be taken seriously. And nothing that it does it does on its own without outside orders from DC. But the mother of all jokes is that the head of the monitoring team is a military gen…
Posted on December 23, 2011 by As'ad
"celebrated womanizer"?
“In dissident circles and beyond, Mr. Havel was a celebrated womanizer.” Celebrated? How? Why? If this was a foe of the US, the New York Times would have said: that he was a sleazy creep who made women feel uncomfortable.
Posted on December 23, 2011 by As'ad
Fair assessment
“U.S. Report Faults Two Sides in Deadly Pakistan Strike”. Yes, the US faulted the US for killing the Pakistani soldiers and then faulted the Pakistani soldiers for allowing themselves to be killed. That is a fair assessment.
Posted on December 23, 2011 by As'ad
The US government and the Damascus car bombs
I read a hilarious dispatch from AFP about Washington’s reactions to the Damascus car bombs. The US government has said that the two car bombs should not in any way impede the work of the Arab monitors. The US government almost said that we…
Posted on December 23, 2011 by As'ad
I have always warned Arabs against trusting the Turkish government on Palestine
“Israel, Turkey reactivate air force ties”. (thanks A)
Posted on December 23, 2011 by As'ad
Eagleton on Hitchens
“Like a querulous infant, he wants everything and he wants enormous helpings of it. His desire to belabor the social establishment is rivaled only by his gratification at belonging to it. This card-carrying atheist’s fantasy of paradise is to be fêt…
Posted on December 23, 2011 by As'ad
Salafites for Israel
Here is the full transcript of the Salafite Egyptian kook spokesperson with Israeli radio. (thanks Abbas)
Posted on December 23, 2011 by As'ad
Imitation ads by Lebanese companies
Shant sent me this: ”I came across this while browsing through pages …..pages 24-26: It shows ads by mainly Lebanese companies which are imitations. To be proud of the originality (not) really!
Posted on December 23, 2011 by As'ad
Saudi Arabia: pro-Israel and anti-Semitic
“Despite promises to clean up violent and xenophobic content from textbooks, recent editions in Saudi Arabia continue teach school children barbaric practices, Fox News reported. The news network, which was able to obtain translated cop…
Posted on December 23, 2011 by As'ad
From Iraq back to Afghanistan
“Soldiers who just returned from Iraq are among several thousand being ordered to Afghanistan in six months as part of a mission designed to beef up Afghan forces ahead of a planned 2014 U.S. military withdrawal, officials said.” (thanks Khaled)
Posted on December 23, 2011 by As'ad
Rules for repression and control
“Israel’s Civil Administration issues 101 different types of permits to govern the movement of Palestinians, whether within the West Bank, between the West Bank and Israel or beyond the borders of the state, according to an agency document of which Haa…
Posted on December 23, 2011 by As'ad
Israel’s dirty hands in Iran
“An Israeli company has been selling Iran Internet-monitoring equipment through a distributor in Denmark, Bloomberg news agency reported on Friday. The report cites Israeli and Danish business partners of an Iranian man named Hossein, to whom the equip…
Posted on December 23, 2011 by As'ad
Bloggers in the Gulf: from Jadaliyya
“Today the number of Twitter and Facebook users in the Gulf is estimated to be in themillions. Many are outspoken and critical of Gulf Arab regime policies, religious establishments, and the stagnation of social and political reform. There is no doubt …
Posted on December 23, 2011 by As'ad
they can do what they want with their "workers
Lebanese minister, Niqula Fattush, argues that capitalists can do what they wish their “workers” and that the state has no role whatsoever.
Posted on December 23, 2011 by As'ad
Abdul-NATO
Mustafa Abdul-NATO admits that this NATO government has failed in controlling the NATO fanatical militias in the streets of Libya.
Posted on December 23, 2011 by As'ad
Islamic Rule in the Arab World
This fanatical Saudi cleric calls for the spread of Islamic rule throughout the region. And like the stupid statements of Iranian president, he maintains that Arab uprisings are all about the desire to put Islam in power. (thanks Mohammad)
Posted on December 23, 2011 by As'ad
My UK university tour (against Israeli apartheid): January 2012
Here is a tentative schedule for my UK university tour: January, 2012Wednesday 18th – LondonThursday 19th – BirminghamFriday 20th – Oxford—————————Monday 23rd – GlasgowTuesday 24th – EdinburghWednesday 25th – LeedsThursday 26th – Nott…
Posted on December 23, 2011 by As'ad