Archive for May 7, 2012
Egyptian-Saudi relations
My latest blog post for Al-Akhbar English on the visit by an Egyptian delegation to Saudi Arabia.
Posted on May 7, 2012 by As'ad
Egyptian-Saudi relations
My latest blog post for Al-Akhbar English on the visit by an Egyptian delegation to Saudi Arabia.
Posted on May 7, 2012 by As'ad
Syrian media
Syrian regime media are treating the victory of Hollande as a victory for Bashshar Al-Asad personally.
Posted on May 7, 2012 by As'ad
Israeli war criminals at US universities
I am not surprised at the eagerness by “elite”–how I hate that word–schools in the US to hire former US generals. Why should the news be surprising? When Amram Mitzna finished his stint as a commanding occupation general over the West Ban…
Posted on May 7, 2012 by As'ad
Officials, politicians, and general as professors
““There is almost no antimilitary bias among students,” said John Lewis Gaddis, a Yale history professor and the recipient of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for biography, who has welcomed General McChrystal to Yale.” (thanks Sinan)
Posted on May 7, 2012 by As'ad
How did French in Israel vote?
Jerome sent me this: ”The following table reports the election results of the French livingabroad:It confirms that 68% of the French living in Lebanon voted for Sarkozy. Better than that, p9, 92.8% of the French living in Israel did the…
Posted on May 7, 2012 by As'ad
Shah’s son
No one takes the son of the last Shah of Iran seriously except Zionist and Saudi media. Enjoy him, please.
Posted on May 7, 2012 by As'ad
Queen Youtube
For those who asked, Queen Youtube of Jordan is still missing. She was last seen tweeting. If you happen to see her, please report to the Police station in Davos.
Posted on May 7, 2012 by As'ad
Syrian elections
Syrian regime TV has just announced that voter turnout in Homs reached 159%. Mabruk.
Posted on May 7, 2012 by As'ad
French-Lebanese
As`ad–not me reports on his Facebook page that 68% of French-Lebanese who voted in Lebanon in the French elections went for Sarkozy. He added: “Lebanonese never disappoint”.
Posted on May 7, 2012 by As'ad
US forces in Yemen
Did people notice that US dispatched forces to Yemen a few days ago to lend help in the “war on terrorism”?
Posted on May 7, 2012 by As'ad
Prince Nayif was present
Regarding the Saudi-Egyptian meeting, Sultan sent me this: “I corrected the article, Nayef was present,”
Posted on May 7, 2012 by As'ad
Syria coverage
A reader sent me this: ”The opening sentence of the above article reads:”More than 34 children have been killed in Syria since a shaky truce between President Bashar al-Assad’s security forces and opposition groups began on April 12, a U.N. env…
Posted on May 7, 2012 by As'ad
Libya
Krim sent me this: “You linked to this article before, but you didn’t quote this part of it:”In one case, taskforce interrogators were said to have forced a 73-year-old woman to crawl around a room while a man sat on her back, before forcing a broom…
Posted on May 7, 2012 by As'ad
Car wash bombing
Mohannad sent me this correction: ”Dear Mr As`adregarding this post I like to mention that the explosion was actually in Aleppo”
Posted on May 7, 2012 by As'ad
Dirty business as usual
“Economic relations between Turkey and Israel have not been impacted by the political crisis that resulted between the two nations following a raid by Israeli troops on the Mavi Marmara ship, which resulted in the deaths of eight Turkish citizens and o…
Posted on May 7, 2012 by As'ad
Syrian elections farce
I am eager to see the official voter turnout figures for Homs. How far will the Syrian government go in its lies this time?
Posted on May 7, 2012 by As'ad
Suspicious
“When Arab youth look across the region and the world, they see the United Arab Emirates as the country where they would most like to live – and as the country they would most like their own nation to emulate”. I am very suspicious about this a…
Posted on May 7, 2012 by As'ad
Netanyahu
I have noticed that many young Arabs write Netanyahu’s name in Arabic as:نتن يا هوwhich would read as “filth, o people”.PS Ali tells me: ”Just wanted to tell you that نتن يا هو was first used during the 1996 Zionist attack on Leban…
Posted on May 7, 2012 by As'ad
Syrian Ikhwan
“”We bicker while the Brotherhood works,” said Fawaz al-Tello, a veteran opposition figure who is a pious Muslim while being on the liberal end of the Syrian political spectrum. ”They have gained control of the SNC’s aid division and the military…
Posted on May 7, 2012 by As'ad