Archive for February 20, 2012
Sectarian warfare
“For Ms Ahmad, the harassment began six months ago, when a note was nailed to her family home is in a predominantly Sunni neighbourhood of Homs. It said: “You have to leave or you will die.” So her family of seven adults and five children moved to an A…
Posted on February 20, 2012 by As'ad
Egyptian parliament
The Egyptian people face important challenges. The new parliament met today and discussed those challenges and decided that censoring porn and sexual website is the most important challenge for the Egyptian people.
Posted on February 20, 2012 by As'ad
Old picture of Nasrallah
A very old picture of Hasan Nasrallah (probably late 1970s). Nasrallah is to the left and Abbas Musawi is to the right. The man in the middle is `Imad Mughniyyah. (thanks Sara)
Posted on February 20, 2012 by As'ad
Israeli propaganda aimed at American dogs, literally
“Dogs in California have a new source of entertainment: a TV channel by a former Israeli Army propagandist. An Israeli company launched a new TV channel for Dogs in San Diego; the Executive chairman, Yossi Uzrad, was executive producer of the Channel 2…
Posted on February 20, 2012 by As'ad
Zionism is racism, always
“The Israel Defense Force’s Civil Administration in the West Bank is promoting legislation that would allow Jewish settlers to build new dirt roads without planning approval if their purpose is to protect state-owned land. Currently the creatio…
Posted on February 20, 2012 by As'ad
If Muslims did that, NATO plans would have been in the air by now
“The well-known “Baptist House” church in central Jerusalem was vandalized overnight in a scene that is becoming all too familiar to its congregants. The perpetrators scrawled anti-Christian slogans on the side of the Baptist House, including: “D…
Posted on February 20, 2012 by As'ad
Pathetic New York Times: one of the most pathetic headline
Basically, in this headline and the news story, the New York Times is basically saying: poor Israel. To bomb Iran, Israel will have so much work to do. This is like saying, that Al-Qa`idah had a lot of work to do to perpetrate Sep. 11. Whe…
Posted on February 20, 2012 by As'ad
Bassma Kodmani
There is a storm in the Arab world over the remarks by Bassma Kodmani in which she clearly was ingratiating herself with Israelis. She sounded pathetic, and then when she lied about it she sounded more pathetic. Today, the Syrian National Council…
Posted on February 20, 2012 by As'ad
Tunisian Islamist prime minister
It was your usual pathetic show. Tunisian Islamist prime minister is visiting Saudi Arabia. And the King is expressing displeasure at the uprising by letting the prime minister wait before receiving him. He never let the deputy secret…
Posted on February 20, 2012 by As'ad
Khader Adnan
Farah sent me this about Khader Adnan: “Please start tweeting at 11am PDT, 2pm EST, 7PM UK time, 9pm Gaza time. If you are unsure of your timezone check here: The hashtag will be announced at that time not prior to that. And also add t…
Posted on February 20, 2012 by As'ad
Royal scandal in New York City
“The ties between Saudi Oger and Prince Abdul Aziz are well known in Saudi Arabia. The company was founded by Rafiq Hariri, who built Saudi Oger into a large company by winning the trust and business of King Fahd. “Hariri used to say, ‘The meat on …
Posted on February 20, 2012 by As'ad
Anarchist take
As somebody with anarchist leanings, I can never for the life of me be sympathetic to a regime offensive against anybody in society–even if they are reactionary groups that I detest, particularly if the regime in question is a lousy regime with which …
Posted on February 20, 2012 by As'ad
The rumor and fabrications industry on Syria
“It also fuelled doubts over the veracity of reports from Syrian activists by commentators like the academic, As’ad AbuKhalil, on his widely read Angry Arab News Service website.” (thanks Mohammad)
Posted on February 20, 2012 by As'ad
secular opposition in Syria? Well, there are secularists but there are sectarian religious fanatics as well
The Economist provide an account that is rarely read in the Western press: ”Perhaps more importantly, Mr Assad still enjoys at least tacit backing from a fair proportion of Syrians. The very brutality of his crackdown has, ironically but perhaps …
Posted on February 20, 2012 by As'ad
"Arab Spring" conference
I am speaking about the “Arab Spring” at this conference in Portland State University in Oregon next Saturday.
Posted on February 20, 2012 by As'ad
Crimes of armed groups in Syria
This does not get any attention in the Western press. Kidnappings, torture, shelling, assassinations, sniper killing, and murder of a French journalist by Syrian armed groups do not get any attention in the Western press whatsoever because the do…
Posted on February 20, 2012 by As'ad