Archive for May 27, 2012
Syrian army shoot at Lebanese
New TV reports that the defeated Syrian regime army shot and killed or injured Lebanese civilians in Kafar Quq near Rashayyab.
Posted on May 27, 2012 by As'ad
Clients of Russia?
““The Russians now consider President Assad a liability,” said Dimitri K. Simes, a Russia expert and president of the Center for the National Interest in Washington. “But Putin doesn’t like having his clients removed one after another…
Posted on May 27, 2012 by As'ad
Lies of Neil MacFarquhar
In every article on Syria, MacFarquhar inserts this sentence: ”The Syrian government blamed “terrorists,” its catchall phrase for the opposition…” 1) Just yesterday the Syrian government’s foreign ministry spokesperson, Jihad Al-Maqdi…
Posted on May 27, 2012 by As'ad
Burhan Ghalyun: the advocate of kidnapping
Burhan Ghalyun, who was recently ousted from leading the lousy Syrian National Council, initially said that the Lebanese pilgrims were kidnapped by gangs of the Syrian regime. But when it became clear that gangs of the Free Syrian Army were the p…
Posted on May 27, 2012 by As'ad
If Muslims did that
“It appears not everyone “liked” Mark Zuckerberg’s surprise announcement last weekend.Following Zuckerberg’s marriage to his longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan on Saturday, the 28-year-old Facebook founder and CEO received a letter from Benzi G…
Posted on May 27, 2012 by As'ad
When US government assassinates
“There are a couple of factors to this, Amy. I think one is, the suggestion that the recommendation of who to have on the assassination list is going to come from other entities. The AP describes it as coming from other agencies, possibly the State Dep…
Posted on May 27, 2012 by As'ad
Sons of Zayid voted for Amr Musa
Basim sent me this: “It’s nice to see The National take such a random, unbiased sampling of Egyptian popular opinion: Yahia Abdelajawad Almutwaili, a 39-year-old Egyptian waiter in Abu Dhabi, said he believed the election would move E…
Posted on May 27, 2012 by As'ad
How the British milk Arabs
Nu`man sent me this: ”How the British milk Arabs. BAE “won” a contract from the unelected Saudi clan worth £1.9bn. A billion in England is a million million and not as in the USA where it is a thousand million. BAE has said that this has saved 2…
Posted on May 27, 2012 by As'ad
Covering Syria
In a debate on my Facebook about my coverage of Syria, one reader provided this comment (and I don’t know if this is true or not and I don’t even know what MSM stands for):”out of 820 posts since Feb, around 190 (<25%) were on Syria’s Uprising65 att…
Posted on May 27, 2012 by As'ad
massacres in Syria
Akram sent me this: ”The “Arab” Syrian Army and the “Free” Syrian Army are exchanging massacres in what seems to be a fevered race concerning who can kill the largest number of Syrians. The match is taking place in the Province of Homs. In …
Posted on May 27, 2012 by As'ad
Festival of racism in Tel Aviv
Finally, the LA Times covers the racism festival in Tel Aviv but look at the picture in the article and look at the caption under it. And racist crimes against them are now labeled “cold shoulder”.
Posted on May 27, 2012 by As'ad
Let me guess: Karzai is angry and NATO will investigate
“Afghan authorities said Sunday that an airstrike by the U.S.-led NATO coalition killed eight members of a family in eastern Afghanistan. The coalition said it was aware of the allegation and was investigating the incident la…
Posted on May 27, 2012 by As'ad
Killing their people by drones
“Iraq is buying unmanned drones from the United States to help protect its southern oil platforms as the OPEC nation ramps up production after the withdrawal of the last American troops, U.S. and Iraqi officials said on Monday.”
Posted on May 27, 2012 by As'ad
Hula Massacre
How can I comment on developments in Syria anymore? I simply disbelieve the Syrian regime and the exile Syrian opposition groups: both have a proven record of criminality and massacres and lies and fabrications. There were people who asked me to …
Posted on May 27, 2012 by As'ad