Archive for January 23, 2012
Less than 3 months for killing 24 unarmed Iraqis
“Prosecutors and defense attorneys in the court-martial of Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich, accused in the killing of 24 unarmed Iraqis in 2005, announced an agreement Monday to settle the case. Wuterich will plead guilty to a single count of negligent …
Posted on January 23, 2012 by As'ad
Mubarak: the anti-Semite (like all Arab friends of Israel)
This is the fifth part of the serialized book by Muhammad Hasanayn Haykal on Husni Mubarak. It has the best insights about the dumb personality of the man. In this part, Mubarak explains his views of Israel and Jews and says that he is comp…
Posted on January 23, 2012 by As'ad
The Case Against Israel
Here is a video of my talk at Oxford University.
Posted on January 23, 2012 by As'ad
Syrian Council: cheering the Saudi king
Syrian National Council thanks Saudi government and tells Saudi foreign minister that its masses are chanting for the Saudi King in Syria. And you want me to support those clowns in the council? Are you kidding me? Those are to revolution w…
Posted on January 23, 2012 by As'ad
Freedom of Speech: US versus UK
My latest blog post for Al-Akhbar English.
Posted on January 23, 2012 by As'ad
Seven Pillars of Wisdom
I do recommend reading that book. It is so well–written. I reread it on the plane to UK: I read it mostly for its literary quality. The man is often racist but with a flare: he insults but in such a flowery language.
Posted on January 23, 2012 by As'ad
A Syrian with a Scottish accent
After my talk at the University of Glasgow, a Syrian student asked me a question about Syria. After he was finished, I had to say this: Are you from Syria, I asked? He said: yes. I said: I have to admit that I was distracted a bit dur…
Posted on January 23, 2012 by As'ad
A Syrian with a Scottish accent
After my talk at the University of Glasgow, a Syrian student asked me a question about Syria. After he was finished, I had to say this: Are you from Syria, I asked? He said: yes. I said: I have to admit that I was distracted a bit dur…
Posted on January 23, 2012 by As'ad
Scottish nationalism
There is a special feel and flavor in Scotland. You feel it. It made me more understanding of nationalism here.PS Beware. Scottish version of the UK currency may not be accepted in some places in London.
Posted on January 23, 2012 by As'ad
Scottish nationalism
There is a special feel and flavor in Scotland. You feel it. It made me more understanding of nationalism here.PS Beware. Scottish version of the UK currency may not be accepted in some places in London.
Posted on January 23, 2012 by As'ad
Scottish nationalism
There is a special feel and flavor in Scotland. You feel it. It made me more understanding of nationalism here.PS Beware. Scottish version of the UK currency may not be accepted in some places in London.
Posted on January 23, 2012 by As'ad
Scottish nationalism
There is a special feel and flavor in Scotland. You feel it. It made me more understanding of nationalism here.PS Beware. Scottish version of the UK currency may not be accepted in some places in London.
Posted on January 23, 2012 by As'ad
That famous breaded and fried Mars bar in Scotland
To be fair to the people in Scotland, frying a breaded Mars bar is no more fashionable but they are willing to do one for tourists.
Posted on January 23, 2012 by As'ad
L’Orient-Le Jour on the poor torturer-war criminal
“”Interrogé récemment le visage flouté par la deuxième chaîne de télévision, “Captain George” avait nié avoir torturé Moustapha Dirani et affirmé qu’il avait toujours agi en obéissant aux ordres de ses supérieurs. “Mes supérieurs m’ont aba…
Posted on January 23, 2012 by As'ad
UK university bureaucracy
So I asked my hosts at University of Edinburgh to allow me to visit the private collection and papers of W. M. Watt, whose writings on Islam have been part of my education over the years even when I disagreed with them (I wrote very unfavorably about o…
Posted on January 23, 2012 by As'ad
Arab media
So the Sudanese head of the Arab League monitoring team made comments to the press about his mission: you go to the Arab (Saudi and Qatari) media and you fond attacks on him but you won’t find what he said. These are the rules of the dynastic med…
Posted on January 23, 2012 by As'ad
Bathing in Medieval England
Read about it in The Time’s Traveller’s Guide to Medieval England.
Posted on January 23, 2012 by As'ad
Haykal on Mubarak
I strongly recommend that you read the serials from the new book by Muhammad Hasanyn Haykal on Husni Mubarak. They really shed new light on his rise in the Sadat era and his method of operation. They are being serialized in As-Safir and Ash…
Posted on January 23, 2012 by As'ad
Syrian National Council
Syrian National Council has taken a historic decision. It said that it won’t only ask for Arab League intervention followed by UN Security Council intervention. It said that it has now called on military forces from other planets to partici…
Posted on January 23, 2012 by As'ad
Tantawi kissing Mubarak
(thanks “Ibn Rushd”)
Posted on January 23, 2012 by As'ad