Archive for January 9, 2012
How to waste $1000 billion
Comrade Amer writes sharply about Gulf regimes’ arms purchases.
Posted on January 9, 2012 by As'ad
UK university tour begins
The UK university tour hereby begins. If my hosts respond to my messages, I can post the exact and specific schedule which I don’t even yet have.
Posted on January 9, 2012 by As'ad
Imagine if this was by an Arab against an Israeli
“L’incident, filmé par la télévision de la Knesset (Parlement) s’est produit au terme d’une dispute entre Anastassia Michaeli, d’origine russe, du parti Israël Beiteinou de l’ultranationaliste ministre des Affaires étrangères Avigdor Lieberman et…
Posted on January 9, 2012 by As'ad
Thomas Friedman in Cairo: Take Two
“During a question-and-answer session, Friedman faced the ire of Youssef El-Korma, a member of AUC’s student leftist movement. “You can’t come here with a smile and preach to us on democracy when you’ve been demeaning Arabs and supporting war c…
Posted on January 9, 2012 by As'ad
Bahrain royals reassure Zionists
“Iran is a common threat to Bahrain, Israel and the US, the King of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa was quoted as saying by a Jewish official on Sunday.” (thanks Laleh)
Posted on January 9, 2012 by As'ad
Why not add Cuba and North Korea and Al-Qa`idah to the mix?
“The gravest challenge to intervening forces would come not from Assad’s conventional defenses but from groups allied to the regime, such as Hezbollah, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, and Iraqi pro-Iranian forces and Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corp…
Posted on January 9, 2012 by As'ad
Thomas Friedman in Cairo
Osman sent me this: “Thomas Friedman was given difficult questions at the American University in Cairo, follow it on twitter #AUC. Some of the questioned reported on twitter: Studenr : why is the american attacking nuclearization of iran yet support i…
Posted on January 9, 2012 by As'ad
Disaster in Jordan
On the impending disaster in Jordan. (thanks Joseph)
Posted on January 9, 2012 by As'ad
Being Asian in the US army
“The family of the 19-year-old Chinese-American soldier says the Army told them Chen had been abused by comrades on an almost daily basis, including racist hazing, with soldiers throwing rocks at him, calling him ethnic slurs and forcing him to do push…
Posted on January 9, 2012 by As'ad
Dahlan, where is Dahlan?
“The assets of Muhammad Dahlan and his brother were seized by Jordanian authorities to allow Palestinian officials to pursue corruption allegations against the ousted Fatah strongman, Jordanian media reported on Monday.” No decision by the Jordan…
Posted on January 9, 2012 by As'ad
"Disgrace. How remote"???
Look at this Hizbullah-related website. Look at the slogan on top, to the right. The slogan: ”Disgrace. How remote” is actually a translation (or mistranslation) of the Shi`ite religio-political sloganهيهات منا الذلّة. (…
Posted on January 9, 2012 by As'ad
Bahiyyah Al-Hariri
An-Nahar (the right-wing, racist, sectarian Christian newspaper) brags that Bahiyyah Al-Hariri won a recognition by a group on…Facebook. Kid you not. (thanks “Ibn Rushd”)
Posted on January 9, 2012 by As'ad
Haytham Al-Manna`
Al-Manna` speaks: ”The notion that international monitors would have been preferred to Arab monitors is a fiction propagated by the Gulf-based media. It is simply not true. The simple fact of the matter is most Syrians can’t speak any other lan…
Posted on January 9, 2012 by As'ad
Ma’mun Al-Humsi
This vulgar and crude man, Ma’mun Al-Humsi, is a major figure of the Syrian opposition. I have written about him before especially his threat two weeks ago to exterminate the `Alawites of Syria. This hateful sectarian has been regularly vom…
Posted on January 9, 2012 by As'ad
Foreign policy of Uprisings
Send this to Thomas Friedman. Isma`il Haniyyah addresses an audience sponsored by An-Nahdar party in Tunisia.
Posted on January 9, 2012 by As'ad