Archive for May 30, 2012
Hula or Huli
A resident in the area today told me that the people of Hula pronounce it more as “Huli”.
Posted on May 30, 2012 by As'ad
Hula or Huli
A resident in the area today told me that the people of Hula pronounce it more as “Huli”.
Posted on May 30, 2012 by As'ad
On Hula: this is insanity: can it get more crazier than this, and more dumb?
This is what a Western reporter is posting on Twitter (and it was circulated by Saudi journalist, Jamal Khashuqji–I am told): ”Exclusive Houla: Lots of people report killers had Shia slogans written on their foreheads. ‪#C4news”. Did th…
Posted on May 30, 2012 by As'ad
On Hula: this is insanity: can it get more crazier than this, and more dumb?
This is what a Western reporter is posting on Twitter (and it was circulated by Saudi journalist, Jamal Khashuqji–I am told): ”Exclusive Houla: Lots of people report killers had Shia slogans written on their foreheads. ‪#C4news”. Did th…
Posted on May 30, 2012 by As'ad
Sectarian agenda of An-Nahar
I have often written against the sectarian right-wing racist (anti-Syrian and anti-Palestinian people) newspaper, An-Nahar. I don’t have to write about it anymore: it is almost dead. No one reads it and no one talks about it. They don…
Posted on May 30, 2012 by As'ad
Was their a strike in Damascus yesterday?
Yesterday, I woke up to the news in Qatari and Saudi media that shops in Damascus, particularly in Suq Al-Hamidiyyah, were closed in observance of a strike that was called in solidarity with Hula victims. But I was suspicious because the Al-Arabi…
Posted on May 30, 2012 by As'ad
Why no mass rallies in Syria
“Some try to explain the absence of mass rallies by claiming that the tyrannical nature of the government prevents them, but this will not wash. In Egypt, the police, army and security forces under President Mubarak were far stronger than those unde…
Posted on May 30, 2012 by As'ad
Gulf and oil propaganda in the Western press
Look at this piece about Qatari education in the BBC website. It reads as if it was a paid propaganda piece for the Qatari government. (thanks Mohammad)
Posted on May 30, 2012 by As'ad
Western-approved Jihad (or Jeeeeeeehad)
Basim sent me this: ”Whereas the Saudi/Qatari media regularly invent stories of Hizbullah or IRGC soldiers operating in Syira (tales reprised by the Western media), here a Lebanese openly brags about joining the FSA. Can you imagine the outcry…
Posted on May 30, 2012 by As'ad
A double-agent Pakistani doctor?
“A Pakistani doctor who helped the United States find Osama bin Laden was imprisoned for aiding militants and not for his links to the CIA, as Pakistani officials had said, according to a court document.”
Posted on May 30, 2012 by As'ad
Le pen
Adam sent me this: ”Marine Le Pen’s goons have been circulating a leaflet with arabic letters in the city of Henin-Beaumont, where she competes against Jean-Luc Melenchon for the parliamentary elections. The leaflet first quotes Melenchon sayi…
Posted on May 30, 2012 by As'ad
House of Saud wants the bomb
“Former senior U.S. diplomat Dennis Ross confirmed for the first time on Tuesday night that Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah has explicitly warned the U.S. that if Iran obtains nuclear weapons, Saudi Arabia will seek to do so as well. “If they get nucl…
Posted on May 30, 2012 by As'ad
CIA gambit
“As an intelligence operation, it must have seemed like pure genius: Recruit a Pakistani doctor to collect blood samples that could identify Osama bin Laden’s family, under cover of an ongoing vaccination program. But as an ethical matter, …
Posted on May 30, 2012 by As'ad
Another Lebanese genius
“Lebanese national Ibrahim Beitieh wins award for Best Public Prosecutor for 2012 in California, USA.” So I looked for evidence of this in the California media, and Ruba found this.
Posted on May 30, 2012 by As'ad
Kidnappers of innocent people
I don’t understand the cult around the gangs of the Free Syrian Army: like the Syrian regime army, the Free Syrian Army has a record now of kidnapping innocent people and holding them for ransom or whatever. There is no qualitative difference bet…
Posted on May 30, 2012 by As'ad
Libyans killed
So did anybody in the press account for the feverish propaganda lies and fabrications that preceded NATO intervention in Libya? What happened to the 100,000 civilians killed by Qadhdhafi’s bombs? What happened to the stories of mercenary armies? …
Posted on May 30, 2012 by As'ad