Archive for May 22, 2012
Prothero missing Mini-Hariri
Do I see tears in your eyes, Prothero: ”It’s this complete lack of real political leadership that bodes ill for Lebanon. Since Hariri’s departure last year, no Sunni political leader has gained the respect and national patronage machine — critic…
Posted on May 22, 2012 by As'ad
Prothero making things up, yet again
I have better things to do (like grading) than to correct errors and mistakes in your reporting. ”While that skirmish never arrived, Hezbollah forces did mount an operation late at night to extract the beleaguered staff of the Arab Movement Party…
Posted on May 22, 2012 by As'ad
Here he starts making things up
“ I was in a Shiite neighborhood just a few hundred meters away, talking to sources who described a mobilization by Hezbollah and its allies for a potential conflict.” Was that the guy who you paid to arrange for a paintball fight with for y…
Posted on May 22, 2012 by As'ad
Hariri press releases
“Then, as the Arab Spring unfolded across the Middle East, the main Sunni leader, Saad al-Hariri, was forced from the premiership by a Hezbollah-led coalition.” Forced? Walid Jumblat switched sides and Hariri lost his parliamentary majority, if t…
Posted on May 22, 2012 by As'ad
Prominent: my…potato
“The youths’ fury stemmed from a killing earlier in the day of two prominent Sunni religious figures from north Lebanon”…One was a cleric and the other was his bodyguard. The cleric was far from being prominent: nobody has ever heard …
Posted on May 22, 2012 by As'ad
demagoguery
Adam sent me this: ”Hamdeen Sabbahi :”We will take the social justice from Islam and peace from Christianity,” he said. “We don’t want it secular or Islamic, we want it a national democratic country.” From here. Neither islamic, no…
Posted on May 22, 2012 by As'ad
demagoguery
Adam sent me this: ”Hamdeen Sabbahi :”We will take the social justice from Islam and peace from Christianity,” he said. “We don’t want it secular or Islamic, we want it a national democratic country.” From here. Neither islamic, no…
Posted on May 22, 2012 by As'ad
attacks on Syrian workers
New TV reported on unconfirmed reports about attacks on Syrian workers in Lebanon by relatives of the Lebanese Shi`ite pilgrims who were kidnapped by the UnFree Syrian Army. This is typical: Lebanese of all sects take revenge on poor Syrian worke…
Posted on May 22, 2012 by As'ad
attacks on Syrian workers
New TV reported on unconfirmed reports about attacks on Syrian workers in Lebanon by relatives of the Lebanese Shi`ite pilgrims who were kidnapped by the UnFree Syrian Army. This is typical: Lebanese of all sects take revenge on poor Syrian worke…
Posted on May 22, 2012 by As'ad
I stand corrected
Reuters did write a story on Egyptian presidential candidate, Hamdin Sabbahi: ”The motorcade of Hamdeen Sabahy, a dark horse in Egypt’s presidential race, inched over the bumpy roads of this Egyptian town led by a car booming 1960s nationalist …
Posted on May 22, 2012 by As'ad
The Syrian Ba`th Party is back: but was it gone at all?
Akram sent me this: ”Mr. Saleh Arrashed, the Syrian minister of education and Mr. Yasser Hourrieh, a member of the National Leadership of the Baath party held a meeting with the heads of the education departments in the Syrian governorates duri…
Posted on May 22, 2012 by As'ad
Muhammad Ajami (friend of Israel)
Sammy sent me this: ”DId you see the special documentary about Libya on Aljazeera English? They aired a bunch of tapped phone calls among high officials in the former Libyan regime. Among them was Mohamed Ajami, the brother of Fouad Ajami. It’s…
Posted on May 22, 2012 by As'ad
Muhammad Ajami (friend of Israel)
Sammy sent me this: ”DId you see the special documentary about Libya on Aljazeera English? They aired a bunch of tapped phone calls among high officials in the former Libyan regime. Among them was Mohamed Ajami, the brother of Fouad Ajami. It’s…
Posted on May 22, 2012 by As'ad
King maker in Iraq
I know that US media abandoned Iraq but are you aware of the prominent political role of Muqtada As-Sadr? Are you aware how he is playing the role of King maker?
Posted on May 22, 2012 by As'ad
King maker in Iraq
I know that US media abandoned Iraq but are you aware of the prominent political role of Muqtada As-Sadr? Are you aware how he is playing the role of King maker?
Posted on May 22, 2012 by As'ad
Ikhwan coup in the Syrian National Council
From early on, here and on panels on US colleges, I have argued that the Muslim Brotherhood controls the Syrian National Council. Propagandists for the SNC were arguing that no, feminist women were in control of the SNC–kid you not. Read h…
Posted on May 22, 2012 by As'ad
Ikhwan coup in the Syrian National Council
From early on, here and on panels on US colleges, I have argued that the Muslim Brotherhood controls the Syrian National Council. Propagandists for the SNC were arguing that no, feminist women were in control of the SNC–kid you not. Read h…
Posted on May 22, 2012 by As'ad
King’s son
“A Saudi prince seeking to build a mansion complex at the end of a private lane in Benedict Canyon has asked the Los Angeles County Superior Court to order the city of Los Angeles to allow the project to move forward without environmental review. …
Posted on May 22, 2012 by As'ad
Obama and Bush
I thought that no US president can cause as much damage in the Middle East (to the people of the region and to the goals of US policies) like George W. Bush, until I lived under Obama. One is worse than the other.
Posted on May 22, 2012 by As'ad
Obama and Bush
I thought that no US president can cause as much damage in the Middle East (to the people of the region and to the goals of US policies) like George W. Bush, until I lived under Obama. One is worse than the other.
Posted on May 22, 2012 by As'ad