Archive for March 22, 2012
Bad PR
This Hariri propagandist, former Lebanese MP, Mustafa `Allush, warns against the increasing and rising Islamist tone and slogans of the Syrian protests and said that they constitute bad PR.PS A person on my FB wrote that he spoke to him and that he is …
Posted on March 22, 2012 by As'ad
Human Rights Watch: some reports
“Some reports received by Human Rights Watch indicate that in addition to armed groups with political motivations, criminal gangs, sometimes operating in the name of the opposition, may be carrying out some of these crimes.” Did you notice how Hu…
Posted on March 22, 2012 by As'ad
Mudar Al-Asad
Sources in Syria report to me that Mudar Al-Asad has been kidnapped in Latakia. Mudar is the eldest son of the notorious, Rif`at Al-Asad. PS No, Durayd (his brother) is the one who attacks the Makhlufs. But Durayd is also on bad terms with…
Posted on March 22, 2012 by As'ad
Blatant bigots: ZOA
“Two weeks ago, the ZOA offered its “highest praise” for a “solidarity with Israel” resolution unanimously passed by the Florida state legislature, recognizing, in the ZOA’s words, “that the right of the Jewish people to the Land of Israel is unquestio…
Posted on March 22, 2012 by As'ad
briefly put
“We need to understand the west’s hypocrisy as perceived in the Middle East. For example: what is the difference between Bahrain and Syria, except that we want oil and the military base in the former and the latter has nothing we really want.”
Posted on March 22, 2012 by As'ad
The true story
“RESIDENTS of an Afghan village near where an American soldier is alleged to have killed 16 civilians are convinced that the slayings were in retaliation for a roadside bomb attack on US forces in the same area a few days earlier. In accounts to …
Posted on March 22, 2012 by As'ad
With US/Israel as midwife, South Sudan was born
Meet the new republic of South Sudan.
Posted on March 22, 2012 by As'ad
Who controls the Syrian National Council?
“A week ago, several prominent figures quit the Syrian National Council, the body of exiles that has tried to emerge as the opposition’s political leadership. They complained the fundamentalist Brotherhood dominates the group. The council is “a l…
Posted on March 22, 2012 by As'ad
Al-Qusayr
“Eighteen witnesses from al-Qusayr, including an international journalist who stayed there from March 8 to 15, 2012, described shelling by the security forces, attacks on fleeing residents, and sniper fire at residents. Their accounts reflect similar t…
Posted on March 22, 2012 by As'ad
No mention that victims were Muslims
“He made a series of disclosures, officials said, claiming the killings of three paratroopers”. (thanks Jamal)
Posted on March 22, 2012 by As'ad
Asma’ Al-Asad
I never heard Asma` Al-Asad speak. Today, I heard her speak for the first time ever. Has she spoken publicly before? I heard that her Arabic is weak, but she spoke like a native. Has she taken lessons? Of Arab leaders who …
Posted on March 22, 2012 by As'ad
Israel wants US to join its wars
The US wants by hook or by crook to make its wars US wars. It wants to make Iran a threat to US, and not only to Israel, and it wants to pretend that Hizbullah is about to attack the US–yes, an armed Lebanese political party is about to take on …
Posted on March 22, 2012 by As'ad
Syrian regime and borders
Syrian regime has no right to complain about infiltration to Syria from Lebanon. When did the Syrian regime respect the borders of Lebanon and was the Syrian regime ever reluctant to support whichever side it wanted in Lebanon? And wait: is…
Posted on March 22, 2012 by As'ad
UAE and the Israeli lobby
“It was a rare, semi-public discussion between the UAE’s ambassador to the US and one of the most powerful members of the US Congress. Yousef Al Otaiba and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the Republican chairwoman of the foreign affairs committee of the US …
Posted on March 22, 2012 by As'ad
Ms. Leibach is sorry that her bigotry came out
“The highly contentious Central Student Government elections turned personal yesterday when an e-mail became widely circulated that accused LSA sophomore Omar Hashwi, a current CSG vice presidential candidate, of being an anti-Semite and homophobe…LS…
Posted on March 22, 2012 by As'ad
Cicero of Syrian National Council: he argues that war criminals deserve Western assistance because they are…war criminals
You have met Cicero before. Here, he comes up with a brilliant scheme: he argues that Western assistance to the Free Syrian Army is essential because–not despite–it has committed war crimes: ”Indeed, the KLA committed deplorable acts in the 199…
Posted on March 22, 2012 by As'ad
How Little Anne Barnard knows about Arab culture
I don’t know who Anne Barnard but the New York Times has a long habit of sending people to hot spots without any regard to expertise or qualifications. They have sent people from the New York City police beat to cover the Iraq war–kid you not. &…
Posted on March 22, 2012 by As'ad
America and UNESCO
From Daily Show. (thanks Dick)
Posted on March 22, 2012 by As'ad
Facebook users in the Arab world
Full report is here. Notice that in some graphs, Israel is included among Arab countries.
Posted on March 22, 2012 by As'ad
National Security Office of the Ba`th Party
Read this internal memo by the National Security Office of the Ba`th Party. It shows 1) an existing role for a party that ostensibly is no more the “leader” of state and society. 2) That the regime retains information about protests that its lyin…
Posted on March 22, 2012 by As'ad