Archive for May 20, 2012
Lies of the US government
The recent clashes in Tripoli started with the arrest of Shadi Al-Mawlawi, a man with Al-Qa`idah connection. The arrest was widely condemned by the “pro-Western”–according to Western media–coalition of March 14. The other side revealed th…
Posted on May 20, 2012 by As'ad
Amnesty International Rules: NATO is the only protector of Muslim women
I have never seen more despicable forms of colonial feminism than this ad by Amnesty International. (thanks “Ibn Rushd”)
Posted on May 20, 2012 by As'ad
This is a small story: the terrorist suspects are not Muslims: Don’t be alarmed
This story is small. It did not make it into the front pages. Most likely, the scheme was hatched by some FBI informant, as usual. The suspects are anarchists, not Muslims, which explains why the story is not big.
Posted on May 20, 2012 by As'ad
Backlash against Oman
A. sent me this: ”It looks like the Saudi media machine and its network of supporters may be repositioning its guns towards Oman for its refusal to support the GCC union. The argument that is being pushed is that Oman, like Bahrain, is a state …
Posted on May 20, 2012 by As'ad
Lebanese school of self-humiliation
Basim sent me this: ”The UAE, Qatar and Bahrain called on their citizens Saturday to avoid travel to Lebanon and for those in the country to depart given the tense security situation as Prime Minster Najib Mikati, who expressed surprise on the …
Posted on May 20, 2012 by As'ad
Israel worries about the danger of the black race
“The Israeli prime minister has stoked a volatile debate about refugees and migrant workers from Africa, warning that “illegal infiltrators flooding the country” were threatening the security and identity of the Jewish state. ”If we don’t stop th…
Posted on May 20, 2012 by As'ad
Pew Global Attitudes Project: on Iran
I like that in the Western (media and academics) often scoff at local polling in the Middle East. Yet, I find the Western polling in the Middle East is rather comical especially that it is often subcontracted to local pro-US groups, and pollsters…
Posted on May 20, 2012 by As'ad
An-Nahar
I have talked about this dying and irrelevant newspaper before: it represents a vulgar sectarian Christian, racist anti-Syrian (people), anti-Palestinian (people), pro-Lebanese Forces mouthpiece. Look at this dumb article: it says the center of o…
Posted on May 20, 2012 by As'ad
Battalion of fanatics
Look at those kooks: a so-called Battalion of Sahabah (one of the Islamist gangs of the Syrian armed opposition which in the classification of Western media is solidly “pro-Western”–just like the Salafis of North Lebanon) announced that its “special f…
Posted on May 20, 2012 by As'ad
Protecting Israel
The Tantawi republic in Egypt is back serving Israel and its interests.
Posted on May 20, 2012 by As'ad
Washing our brains
“Two congressmen are attempting to insert a provision in the National Defense Authorization act that would allow the Department of Defense to subject the US domestic public to propaganda. The bipartisan amendment was introduced by Rep. Mac Thornbe…
Posted on May 20, 2012 by As'ad
Zionist injustice system
Do Palestinian prisoners in the Zionist usurping entity receive vacations? ”Former Israeli president Moshe Katsav went on his first vacation from jail on Sunday since he began serving time for his rape conviction in December. Katsav, who wa…
Posted on May 20, 2012 by As'ad
Car bomb in Damascus
Car bomb exploded in Al-Azbakiyyah quarter in Damascus, killing 64 people and injuring 135. It was the work of the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood: in November 1981. The same car bomber of those years are now leading the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood…
Posted on May 20, 2012 by As'ad
Hamdin Sabbahi
Hamdin Sabbahi is a cultural-political phenomenon in Egypt and yet there is not a single article about him in the Western press, perhaps because he is neither an Islamist nor a pro-Saudi (fake) liberal, a la Amr Musa. He is a staunch secular…
Posted on May 20, 2012 by As'ad
Lies in Zionist propaganda
Zionists often lies and fabricates, and that includes academic literature. In that awful book by Daniel Byman, A High Price: The Triumphs and Failures of Israeli Counterterrorism”, the author claims that when Mossad murdered Abu Hasan Salamah wit…
Posted on May 20, 2012 by As'ad
Iranian national chauvinism and sectarianism
The Islamic revolution in Iran never was able–assuming it wanted–to stamp out those elements of Iranian national chauvinism and condescension toward Arabs. There has been a movement in Iran, under the Khumayni government, to remove Arabic loan …
Posted on May 20, 2012 by As'ad