Archive for March 23, 2012
Did I not tell you that I suspected a US hand in the coup in Mali?
“A diplomat who requested anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the press said that Sanogo, the coup leader, was among the elite tier of soldiers selected by the U.S. Embassy to receive military counterterrorism training in America. Sanogo…
Posted on March 23, 2012 by As'ad
Smear
“British parliamentarian Denis MacShane, a Labour party MP with a history of Israel advocacy, has linked the recent killings in Toulouse to pro-Palestinian boycott motions in UK trade unions. Writing in The Jewish Chronicle, MacSh…
Posted on March 23, 2012 by As'ad
Thus Spoke Jeffrey Feltman
My latest blog post for Al-Akhbar English: ”Thus Spoke Jeffrey Feltman”.
Posted on March 23, 2012 by As'ad
Opposition to the Syrian opposition: the SNC
My weekly article for Al-Akhbar: ”Opposition to the Syrian Opposition: the Syrian National Council.”
Posted on March 23, 2012 by As'ad
Afghan shooter
“Robert Bales To Be Charged With 17 Counts Of Murder In Afghan Shooting Massacre, U.S. Official Says”. Let me translate: he will serve a few months in jail.
Posted on March 23, 2012 by As'ad
On the "Abu" in the New York Times
Daniel sent me this: ”it’s worse than calling Mary Lou McDonald () “Ms. Donald” or David Ben Gurion “Mr. Gurion”.”
Posted on March 23, 2012 by As'ad
This is Zionism
“Israel’s Civil Administration issues 101 different types of permits to govern the movement of Palestinians, whether within the West Bank, between the West Bank and Israel or beyond the borders of the state, according to an agency document of which Haa…
Posted on March 23, 2012 by As'ad
The Mali coup leader
The Mali coup leader pledged to engage in the “war on terrorism”. Does that mean that there is a US hand in the coup?
Posted on March 23, 2012 by As'ad
It is about the damn Egyptian-Israeli treaty
“Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will allow U.S. military aid to Egypt to continue despite Cairo’s failure to meet pro-democracy conditions, a senior State Department official said on Thursday, a move sharply criticized on Capitol Hill.”
Posted on March 23, 2012 by As'ad
Whitney Houston
It says that Whitney Houston died from drowning but that cocaine was also a factor. What does it mean? She drowned in a pile of cocaine?
Posted on March 23, 2012 by As'ad
Qatif
A victim from last night in Qatif, Saudi Arabia.
Posted on March 23, 2012 by As'ad
Contrast in coverage
Bu’ush from Nairobi sent me this.
Posted on March 23, 2012 by As'ad
A Salafite and Syrian opposition protest in Cairo
These pictures were taken by the sender more than a month ago in Cairo near the Iranian interest section. (No wonder pro-Syrian opposition protests are so uncommon in the Arab world. Syrian opposition, with its alliances and agenda, have su…
Posted on March 23, 2012 by As'ad
Zionism is racism, always: all that you have done to our people is registered in notebooks
“Hundreds of Beitar Jerusalem supporters assaulted Arab cleaning personnel at the capital’s Malha shopping center on Monday, in what was said to be one of Jerusalem’s biggest-ever ethnic clashes. “It was a mass lynching attempt,” said Mohammed Yusuf, a…
Posted on March 23, 2012 by As'ad
a legend
Sudanese Communist leader, the legendary Muhammad Ibrahim Naqad, has died. The Sudanese Communist Party at one point was the largest political party in the Arab world before its repression by the coup of Ja`far Numayri (client of the US). I…
Posted on March 23, 2012 by As'ad
New York Times coverage of the attack in France
Just notice how detailed and graphic New York Times coverage of the attack in France versus its scant coverage of the shooting of 16 civilians in Afghanistan by a US soldier. Very telling.
Posted on March 23, 2012 by As'ad
"I don’t support this candidate"
Hazim Salah Abu Isma`il is the Salafite presidential candidate in Egypt who is awash with (Saudi?) money. This guy/gal has his picture plastered on his car and then he scribbled on a paper in the middle: “I don’t support this man. This post…
Posted on March 23, 2012 by As'ad
Abuse of migrant workers in Lebanon
“Lebanese authorities should act quickly to reform restrictive visa regulations and adopt a labor law on domestic work to address high levels of abuse and deaths among migrant domestic workers, a group of eight concerned civil society groupssaid today….
Posted on March 23, 2012 by As'ad
Nabil Rajab, the rising star of Bahrain opposition
Nabil Rajab speaks to As-Safir about Bahrain protests.
Posted on March 23, 2012 by As'ad
Abu
Anne Barnard, New York Times correspondent in the Middle East sent me this in response to a critical post from yesterday (I cite with her permission): “On the record: ”Mr. Mohammed” was an editing mistake that unfortunately we didn’t catch until …
Posted on March 23, 2012 by As'ad