Archive for March 30, 2012
"Chauvinist and Exclusionary"
Kurdish political representatives accused the Syrian National Council of “Chauvinism and exclusionariness.
Posted on March 30, 2012 by As'ad
But the way: did the New York Times refer to the US soldier who shot 16 civilians as a killer?
Both are killers but I don’t recall that the Times referred to the US soldier as a killer.
Posted on March 30, 2012 by As'ad
Yes, New York Times think it is silly that Iranian girls were upset that that they were referred to as assassins
How dare Iranian girls be upset simply because a Western media organization referred to them as assassins. Should they not get over it? And litigation is a Western privilege.
Posted on March 30, 2012 by As'ad
Robert Fisk
Robert Fisk is not a caricature of himself anymore: he is a caricature of Geraldo of US TV. Look at him here: basing his analysis on Walid Jumblat, his friend.
Posted on March 30, 2012 by As'ad
BDS
“We notice with dismay and regret that Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre inLondon has invited Israel’s National Theatre, Habima, to perform The Merchant of Venice in its Globe to Globe festival this coming May. The general manager of Habima has dec…
Posted on March 30, 2012 by As'ad
Saud Al-Faysal reassures Israel
“”Who is threatening Israel with atomic bombs? Which Arab countries are arrayed on the border of Israel? Is there a threat to Israel’s security?” he asked.”
Posted on March 30, 2012 by As'ad
80 % of Egyptians don’t want US aid (yet, Thomas Friedman insists that Egyptian uprising has no foreign policy goals)
“Just after the United States decided to keep sending $1.3 billion in annual aid to the Egyptian military, a new poll shows that most Egyptians don’t want their country to receive American financial assistance. Pollsters say Egyptians suspect that taki…
Posted on March 30, 2012 by As'ad
Bahrain royal commission judge is appointed by Bahrain government to a government job
A source sent me this: ”Do you remember the Bassioni Commission? It turns out that K.A., an Egyptian judge who was one of the investigators on the commission, is set to become the new ombudsman for the Bahraini internal security forces. Obvious…
Posted on March 30, 2012 by As'ad
Is the Syrian uprising finished?
Comrade Talal sent me this (I cite with his permission): ”The uprising is finished. It would drag on for a while and may go into a chronic phase, but the situation has the feel of a regime that is now secure. Aljazeera overplayed its hand and los…
Posted on March 30, 2012 by As'ad
Aljazeera desperate
Aljazeera is now in an odd state: like it knows it has no credibility so it feels it has less professional restraints. It acts like any vulgar and crude paper of House of Saud. They are so desperate to maintain that the momentum of the Syrian upr…
Posted on March 30, 2012 by As'ad
Israeli media are desperate to talk to any Arab: even dead Arabs would do
Here, there is an interview with the son of Rif`at Al-Asad, and yet is not even clear if they talked to him or if somebody else conducted the interview. They are so desperate for an Arab contact. Next week, Haaretz will conduct series of in…
Posted on March 30, 2012 by As'ad
Heroic assassinations
Notice that all acts of violence by groups that are seen as loyal to US interests are portrayed in heroic cast. Look at this story about mostly sectarian assassinations by Free Syrian Army. But what Ms. Barnard did not report–or we should …
Posted on March 30, 2012 by As'ad
Mr. Abu Yazid
“Abu Yazid, the rebel interviewed by Skype, identified himself as a leftist engineering student. But his nom de guerre recalls a historic figure reviled by Shiites and sometimes invoked by Sunni Muslim factions who consider Shiites apostates.” Re…
Posted on March 30, 2012 by As'ad
Skype interviews
This method of journalism in covering Syria should be interrogated: ”a fighter calling himself Abu Yazid said in an interview via Skype last week”. Is it not relevant to ask how you stumbled on Mr. Abu Yazid (oh, or Mr. Yazid as you probabl…
Posted on March 30, 2012 by As'ad
Anne Barnard on Hariri TV
I was switching channels yesterday, and I stumbled on a program on Syria on Hariri TV. There was Anne Barnard of the New York Times (they said Anne of the New York Times so I assumed it is her). Everything I assumed about her from her writi…
Posted on March 30, 2012 by As'ad