Archive for March 26, 2012
Ha ha ha: an Israeli chased out of Morocco
In other news, Thomas Friedman assured the Zionists of the world that Arab uprisings have no foreign policy goals: ”David Saranga claims he never felt threatened inside Rabat parliament building as scores rallied outside in support of Palestinian…
Posted on March 26, 2012 by As'ad
Commentaries in Saud media
Really, think about it. When you read commentaries in the media of House of Saud, they all are predicated on the assumption that the Saudi kingdom is an advanced form of democratic rule. Kid you not.
Posted on March 26, 2012 by As'ad
Young Syrian men need a visa to leave the country?
I could not authenticate this document that I received from Syrian opposition sources but it says that Syrian men between the ages of 18 and 42 require a special visa to leave the country.
Posted on March 26, 2012 by As'ad
The new Senegalese president
“Ibn Rushd” tells me this about the adviser of the new Senegalese president who is profiled below : “He’s a shady character and a die-hard Zionist who once accused French TV station LCI of being “a shitty channel that is hostile to Israel” (t…
Posted on March 26, 2012 by As'ad
Zionism is blatant bigotry
“Eitan Haber is a consciously ”representative” Israeli. In his Yedioth Ahronoth columns, he’s cultivated himself as a ”voice of the people” – centrist, patriotic, worried about security, wishing for peace. He was Rabin’s spokesman and spe…
Posted on March 26, 2012 by As'ad
This would not be the first time the US assists car bombers
“And on Sunday an administration official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, confirmed that the United States had already begun to supply some aid, including communications gear, to the rebel Free Syrian Army.”
Posted on March 26, 2012 by As'ad
Israel and the Syrian regime
I really have a strong hunch that Zionists in the US and Israel have reached the conclusion that it would be better to keep the Syrian regime in power. I would say that the press conference by the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood yesterday was directed …
Posted on March 26, 2012 by As'ad
You are not supposed to write this in the Western press
“It is a striking scene for a tightly controlled police state. Syria is a nation where citizens have, for decades, risked arrest for publicly criticizing the government. After a year of rebellion across much of the country, Damascus is still an island …
Posted on March 26, 2012 by As'ad
Deputy US ambassador in Bahrain visits injured…security men in hospitals
Can you imagine? No US diplomat dared to visit any of the injured civilian in Bahrain but they visit the injured killers and oppressors. Spread the word about this.
Posted on March 26, 2012 by As'ad
Tunisia
How can a secularist agree to serve as a ceremonial president in a government dominated by reactionary Salafists and Islamists?
Posted on March 26, 2012 by As'ad
The PA collaborators have no knowledge of the matter
“”Ghassan Khatib, a PA spokesman, said he knew of no Palestinian lobbying to persuade the council to investigate the settlements, although he welcomed the decision.”" (thanks Redouane)
Posted on March 26, 2012 by As'ad
present-day Arab slave trade?
Bu’ush from Nairobi sent me this. Several Kenyan maids were killed in Saudi Arabia in recent months.
Posted on March 26, 2012 by As'ad
AP’s pathetic re-write of the story on the Gaza boy
Basim sent me: “The AP frames their re-write of this story in the context of Hamas trying to win PR points by saying the boy died two days ago (when Egypt cut off fuel), instead of three weeks ago . One would therefore conclude, naturally, the baby di…
Posted on March 26, 2012 by As'ad
Syrian Muslim Brotherhood wants to join the Israeli cause
“and that it was committed to “fighting terrorism and respecting international treaties.””
Posted on March 26, 2012 by As'ad
Another Obama war
“Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki accused the United States of plotting cross-border raids by Ethiopian troops, saying the two allies were out to divert attention from a festering border spat in the volatile Horn of Africa.”
Posted on March 26, 2012 by As'ad
She wore the hijab: how dare she
“‘Flowers were piled on the doorstep of the housee on Sunday. A neighbour said the family had moved in only a few weeks ago. Friends said Alawadi wore a hijab.’” (thanks Christina who also wrote: ”Would AP/The Guardian consider it appropriate to …
Posted on March 26, 2012 by As'ad
University of Michigan
For those who have asked me, the folks at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor have, for reasons unbeknownst to me, decided thus far to not post the video tape of the panel on Syria that they have organized. (It was captured in full…
Posted on March 26, 2012 by As'ad
The US and Arab Revolt
My talk at Portland State University in Oregon.
Posted on March 26, 2012 by As'ad
Syrian revolution?
I have not of course used the word revolution on any of the Arab uprisings and wrote (in Arabic at length) against applying the word revolution to recent Arab political developments–at least not yet. But it is amusing the ease and casualness in …
Posted on March 26, 2012 by As'ad
Zionist crisis
“When the Zionist movement became the government of Israel, it emplaced a raft of laws and regulations upholding the Mandate-era principle that the “nation” within its armistice lines was Jewish. Among them was its decision to prevent the return of…
Posted on March 26, 2012 by As'ad