Archive for May 17, 2012
Flash: Ghalyun
Burhan Ghalyun, recognizing mounting criticisms of his insistence on leadership of the Syrian National Council announced that he would be ready to resign once Syria obtains nuclear weapons.
Posted on May 17, 2012 by As'ad
Conflict of Zionist interest
“As an article by Alex Kane in the May 2012 issue of Extra! reports, Kershner’s husband, Hirsh Goodman, is a senior research fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), an institution well-connected to the Israeli government and m…
Posted on May 17, 2012 by As'ad
FBI entrapment
“The guy who convinced the plotters to blow up a big bridge, led them to the arms merchant, and drove the team to the bomb site was an FBI informant. The merchant was an FBI agent. The bomb, of course, was a dud. And the arrest was part of a pattern…
Posted on May 17, 2012 by As'ad
Flash: Saudi King reveals that his mother and sisters are women
““I believe strongly in the rights of women. My mother is a woman. My sister is a woman. My daughter is a woman. My wife is a woman,” said Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah in an interview with Barbara Walters on American television s…
Posted on May 17, 2012 by As'ad
Get a blood transfusion
“”Ben Gurion is in my blood,” says Mr Yehoshua, 75, who as a student met the then Prime Minister in a “peculiar episode” in 1959.”
Posted on May 17, 2012 by As'ad
Kanan Makiya wants another US war against another Arab country
This guy who teaches Arab politics (although he dropped out of graduate architectural school and never completed a graduate social science degree–notice his bios say that he “attended” MIT) offers advise to US policy makers (from the platform of a Lik…
Posted on May 17, 2012 by As'ad
Burhan Ghalyun: Qatari puppet for life. Long live democracy, Ba`thist style
Akram sent me this: ”In a statement to Reuters, just before being re-elected (Reuters was wrong: he was actually elected -not re-elected- “democratically in an environment of transparency and integrity” à la Ba’asist) as the head of SNC, Burha…
Posted on May 17, 2012 by As'ad
Reuters is outraged: Iran is sending weapons to Syria
“Syria remains the top destination for Iranian arms shipments in violation of a U.N. Security Council ban on weapons exports by the Islamic Republic, according to a confidential report on Iran sanctions-busting seen by Reuters on Wednesday.” O…
Posted on May 17, 2012 by As'ad
Moroccan communist party
The Moroccan Communist Party is one of the worst and most opportunistic of the not impressive spectrum of Arab orthodox communist parties. Its leader was known for kneeling before the Moroccan king and for allowing the demagoguery of the Kin…
Posted on May 17, 2012 by As'ad
Zakariyya Muhyi Ad-Din
Khaled wrote me this about Nasser and his right-wing lieutenants: ”On several occasions – the most catastrophic, President Nasser appointed, or at least did not disqualify a right-wing person fromassuming a leading position in his administ…
Posted on May 17, 2012 by As'ad
Clowns in exile
Apparently, Bush inspired Arab people: ”Protesters in Syria and around the world draw inspiration from President George W. Bush. During his administration, President Bush personally met with more than 180 pro-democracy and human rights activis…
Posted on May 17, 2012 by As'ad
Outrage on Egyptian social networks
The Zamalik club of Egypt tried to beg for Saudi money and that caused outrage on Egyptian social networks. (thanks Osman)
Posted on May 17, 2012 by As'ad
Worst abusers of the planet
“In order from most to least, the top 10 greediest resource users per capita are:” (Qatar, UAE, and US win big. Congratulations to the winners.) (thanks Sami)
Posted on May 17, 2012 by As'ad
Christian censors in Lebanon
Of course, Muslim and Christian religious authorities are book burners and censors in Lebanon and elsewhere. But campaign of censorship and repression by Christian religious authorities in Lebanon don’t get any media coverage (not even in Arab me…
Posted on May 17, 2012 by As'ad
Adonis: a wanted man
There is a campaign by religious-sectarian fanatics of the Syrian opposition (still described in the West as “secular”–ha ha ha) to seek revenge and exact punishment against Arab poet, Adonis. Now I am no fan of Adonis but this campaign against …
Posted on May 17, 2012 by As'ad
Hitler is his role model
I have talked before about the far right-wing Lebanese TV station, MTV. I mentioned that it is notorious for its racist and misogynist reports and I mentioned that US ambassador in Lebanon, Maura Connelly paid a special visit to the station …
Posted on May 17, 2012 by As'ad
Ahmad Al-Khatib on GCC plans
Ahmat Al-Khatib is a veteran Kuwaiti Arab nationalist. He was a classmate of George Habash and supported his struggle through the ages. Al-Khatib talks in the 1st volume of his memoirs about financial support for the Movement of Arab Nation…
Posted on May 17, 2012 by As'ad
Nakbah commemoration
Comrade Fawwaz on Nakbah commemoration.
Posted on May 17, 2012 by As'ad
Reuters and Israel’s feeings
This report is hilarious: it starts by reporting on the reality of Israel bashing in the Egyptian presidential campaign and then concludes–Zionist style–with an assertion intended to not hurt Israel’s feelings. It is amazing how far Zionists go…
Posted on May 17, 2012 by As'ad
died from torture
“On January 11, Mowali left for his morning walk and never returned. Police said they found Mowali’s body floating in the water on January 13 in the Amwaj area, not far from his family’s home in Muharraq. A state doctor reported the cause of deat…
Posted on May 17, 2012 by As'ad