Archive for March 21, 2012
Neither I nor my mother
On Mother’s Day (in the Arab world), this picture and poster is circulating wildly on Facebook and Twitter. It reads: “Neither I nor my mother will ever recognize “Israel” “. Enjoy.
Posted on March 21, 2012 by As'ad
The sectarian picture from the Syrian opposition tent in Cairo
The Western journalist sent me this information: ”"The journalist said that the picture was taken last week in the Syrian [opposition] tent and that it is probably still there”.
Posted on March 21, 2012 by As'ad
How EU champions freedoms
“European nations appear to be disregarding EU weapons export regulations by selling military equipment and technology licenses to Saudi Arabia, according to information obtained by SPIEGEL. Taken together, the controversial deals make the EU the world…
Posted on March 21, 2012 by As'ad
Paid by Mubarak
“Former president of Egypt Hosni Mubarak paid MK Binyamin Ben-Eliezer a monthly salary of $25,000, according to Mubarak’s leaked memoirs, which have been serialized in the Egyptian daily Rose al-Youssef, Al-Arabiya reported on Wednesday.” (thanks John)
Posted on March 21, 2012 by As'ad
Einstein on Israel
“But he had sometimes mixed feelings about the Israeli state that was established during the war of 1948. In 1952, he turned down an offer to become Israel’s largely ceremonial president.” (thanks Basim)
Posted on March 21, 2012 by As'ad
Zionist propaganda creeping in
You really have to be so dumb to believe that the Syrian regime and its killing machine would require the assistance from the fighting force of Hizbullah which is trained on fighting Israeli army. ”They defied Russian-made bullets that Assad rain…
Posted on March 21, 2012 by As'ad
An Anne Barnard Exclusive: Sunnis of Syrian business elite switches side
Stop the presses: ”Most Sunni businesspeople have already switched sides, with many giving money to families of people killed in the uprising, said Mr. Harling.” This is a most entertaining sentence that should be introduced in introductory…
Posted on March 21, 2012 by As'ad
Anne Barnard documents: on Syria again
Look how reporting moves from anecdotes to generalizations about the larger communities (a course in statistics and sampling would have helped): ”Some members of the constituencies Mr. Assad counts on — Sunni Muslim business elites, the Christi…
Posted on March 21, 2012 by As'ad
For those who have an idealistic perceptions of Canadians in comparison to Americans
“More than half of all Canadians believe Muslims can’t be trusted and nearly as many believe discrimination against Muslims is “mainly their fault,” according to the results of a new national survey released ahead of Wednesday’s International Day for t…
Posted on March 21, 2012 by As'ad
Domestic servants in Lebanon: abuse continues
“Ethiopia is lobbying Lebanon to investigate fully the death of an Ethiopian housemaid who killed herself after being beaten on the street in Beirut. Video footage of Alem Dechasa being attacked outside the Ethiopian consulate in Beirut was broad…
Posted on March 21, 2012 by As'ad
Adonis on Syria
I read about Adonis latest statements on Syria on Dubai TV. I never agree with Adonis and I make an effort to disagree with him. He has been very critical of the Syrian regime but less critical of the regime. He also said that he does not k…
Posted on March 21, 2012 by As'ad
Mossad lies, fibs, and exaggerations
“An Israeli intelligence agent claimed that contrary to common belief the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad was “not assassinating people that easy.” He would add that the Mossad embraced false accounts of its successes because they bolstered the …
Posted on March 21, 2012 by As'ad
First the Balfour Declaration and then this
“Israel is now the UK’s largest individual partner in the Near East and North Africa, and its 29th largest export market world-wide. There were £1.57 billion worth of UK exports and £2.18 billion of Israeli exports in 2011, primarily in pharmaceutica…
Posted on March 21, 2012 by As'ad
He hates towel heads
“”yes, I ain’t going. I hate towel heads”" (thanks J.)
Posted on March 21, 2012 by As'ad
The Syrian National Council and its responsibility
The Syrian National Council is responsible for the crimes of the Free Syrian Army and its affiliated gangs especially that they now have the same military command.
Posted on March 21, 2012 by As'ad
Aljazeera English translates 4 out of 5 documents
Taleb sent me this: ”Did you note that aljazeera leak translated the 4 documents into English but they didn’t translate the 5th one and even in the 5th document Enlglish summary they ignored important part???because the 5th document contains cle…
Posted on March 21, 2012 by As'ad
Israelis (blatantly) protests: they say that Jewish children are superior to Arab children–kid you not
“ Israel’s leaders on Tuesday strongly censured the European Union’s foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, for remarks made a day earlier in which she was perceived as having equated the killing of three children at a Jewish school in France…
Posted on March 21, 2012 by As'ad
Lizzie Phelan responds
What I found amusing is that Lizzie responded to my post about her from yesterday and then added that she just realized that we are Facebook friends. Well, Lizzie, we are Facebook friends because a while back you requested to be my friend on Face…
Posted on March 21, 2012 by As'ad
Thus Spoke a US puppet
“ The Americans in Afghanistan are “demons.” They claim they burned Korans by mistake, but really those were “Satanic acts that will never be forgiven by apologies.”The massacre of 16 Afghan children, women and men by an American sol…
Posted on March 21, 2012 by As'ad
Youtube on Syria
Several Syrians yesterday asked me as to why I posted for the first time Youtube videos and they were about torture by Free Syrian Army goons. The answer is simple. There has been evidence of crimes and torture by the Ba`thist regime since …
Posted on March 21, 2012 by As'ad