Archive for March 7, 2012

The New York Times provides a rational analysis of Israeli’s position

““They’re such a tiny country surrounded by all these crazy neighbors,” Isaac said.”

Posted on March 7, 2012 by As'ad

Who among the members of Congress refused to meet with AIPAC delegations?

“(Which Congressional offices did not take meetings? Those of Representative Ron Paul, the Texas Republican campaigning for the presidential nomination; Representative Dennis J. Kucinich, an Ohio Democrat who has frequently voted against Aipac’s posi…

Posted on March 7, 2012 by As'ad

The danger of what the Syrian regime did in Baba Amr

The danger is that the Syrian regime may be able to restore and instill fear in the mind of the Syrian public, after the Syrian uprising did a great job to undermine that fear.  Whenever I see footage from Homs where interviews with people are air…

Posted on March 7, 2012 by As'ad

Propaganda on Syria

“As’ad AbuKhalil, proprietor of the Angry Arab newsblog, hails from the atheist/Marxist/feminist quadrant and is no friend of the Bashar regime.  He had this to say about recent trends in programming on Syrian state TV:”.I would like t…

Posted on March 7, 2012 by As'ad

the Impudence of Maura Connelly

Connelly is of course the US ambassador in Lebanon whose claim to fame is visiting and supporting the right-wing, blatantly racist and sexist TV station, MTV, in Beirut.  Yesterday, she met with the Lebanese Minister of Interior and asked that Leb…

Posted on March 7, 2012 by As'ad

Obama and Netanyahu discuss sabotage–kid you not

“the main subject was how to calibrate the resumption of negotiations with Iran while continuing to accelerate sanctions and sabotage against its nuclear program.”  I mean, would Obama be willing to discuss with Arabs sabotage again…

Posted on March 7, 2012 by As'ad

Income inequality

Posted on March 7, 2012 by As'ad

Le Monde Diplomatique

There is a very good article on Western cuddling of Saudi government in the Le Monde Diplomatique. You shall never read such article in the mainstream Western press.

Posted on March 7, 2012 by As'ad

Mustafa Abdul-NATO

Mustafa Abdul-NATO said yesterday that what is happening in Libya is the product of a foreign conspiracy.  Wla: you are the product of a foreign conspiracy.  

Posted on March 7, 2012 by As'ad

When NATO overthrows an Arab dictatorship

So take Libya:NATO came in and overthrew the dictator. What happened next? Well, Bin Ladenite militias rule the country, Barqa wants to go its own way and the state is fragmenting, and the relative of the last king is being brought in to rule the new s…

Posted on March 7, 2012 by As'ad

Comic relief: `Alawites in the Free Syrian Army?

Watch this video and notice when the guy said “we are `Alawites” how a guy to the left and a guy to the right could not contain themselves and start to laugh.  (thanks Nir)

Posted on March 7, 2012 by As'ad

To publish about Israel in the New York Times

Raed sent me this: “I sat through the recently completed Kennedy School One State Conference for Israel/Palestine. One of the speakers was Sarah Schulman who authored this op-ed in the NY times about Israeli Pinkwashing: So some one asked her…

Posted on March 7, 2012 by As'ad

Credible Israeli warnings about Iran over the years

“1992: Israeli parliamentarian Benjamin Netanyahu tells his colleagues that Iran is 3 to 5 years from being able to produce a nuclear weapon – and that the threat had to be “uprooted by an international front headed by the US.”1995: The New York Time…

Posted on March 7, 2012 by As'ad

Emir of Qatar

Emir of Qatar met with right-wing Lebanese war criminal, Samir Ja`ja` (Ga`ga` in Egyptian accent) yesterday. What did they discuss?  Democracy and revolution, of course. But of course.

Posted on March 7, 2012 by As'ad

Arab public opinion about threats to their security

“ 73 percent of respondents believe that Israel and the US are the two countries presenting the largest threat to the security of the Arab world, with 51 percent believing that Israel is the most threatening, 22 percent believe the US is the most …

Posted on March 7, 2012 by As'ad

The prince Salman interview that never took place

Here is a link to that interview that I wrote about. (thanks Laleh)

Posted on March 7, 2012 by As'ad

"sleezy arsehole ragheads"

“The emails, dated 2 May 2007, show discussions between Fred Burton, Stratfor’s vice-president of counter-terrorism, and analysts in regards to the alleged secret Saudi-Israeli intelligence alliance. The email exchange also shows that Stratfor execs …

Posted on March 7, 2012 by As'ad

Gulf Air

E. sent me this: “Gulf Air is circulating this email for travel visas to Bahrain during the Formula1 next month. The first condition is that ones visit to the kingdon “must not violate the security and national welfare of Bahrain.”"

Posted on March 7, 2012 by As'ad

The best anthology of obscenities

I mean this.  Someone should write an article about this.  You have to visit Arabic websites by Israeli government and their functionaries.  You go there and you will find that Arabs have written the most obscene and negative comments th…

Posted on March 7, 2012 by As'ad

Israeli Zionist defense of colonialism

“The root of anti-Zionism must be sought elsewhere – in anti-colonialism. The belief that colonialism was an absolute evil is so deeply engrained in the contemporary Western psyche that all enterprises bearing any parallels to it are automatically cens…

Posted on March 7, 2012 by As'ad