Archive for June 1, 2012
Paris Review
“Plimpton’s letter on Pasternak is essential, however, because for many years a small group of journalists has been trying to pry more information out of Matthiessen on the still-unknown extent of the CIA’s role with the Paris Review — and many i…
Posted on June 1, 2012 by As'ad
pragmatic
Ahmet of Tunisia sent me this: ”Asad, whenever you hear the word “pragmatic” with regard to islamists in western academic just know that the following is something in the line with to their policies : “The proposals, while ambitious, are far f…
Posted on June 1, 2012 by As'ad
"cemeteries of numbers"
“After nine years of efforts to bring the body of their daughter home, Hiba Daraghmeh’s family on Thursday hoped to bury her next to her grandfather. Israeli authorities have agreed to return the bodies of 91 Palestinians whose remains it kept in…
Posted on June 1, 2012 by As'ad
"Palestinian Child Arrested, Abused by Israeli Authorities and Barred From Finishing 9th Grade"
“Someone is pounding on the door. It is 3:45 a.m. The pounding gets louder. The father goes to open the door, and immediately they enter: two men dressed in civilian clothes, flanked by police officers bearing heavy guns. They go straight towards the b…
Posted on June 1, 2012 by As'ad
Nasrallah on Khumayni
I am watching the speech by Hasan Nasrallah on Khumayni. His account about the Iranian revolution and the construction of the Islamic republic is missing an important element: the wave of executions.
Posted on June 1, 2012 by As'ad
Abdulhadi AlKhawaja
“Abdulhadi AlKhawaja’s statement about ending his hunger strike”
Posted on June 1, 2012 by As'ad
another account about Hula massacre
This Syrian dissident website, Al-Haqiqah, provides another account about the Hula massacre. (thanks Kamal)
Posted on June 1, 2012 by As'ad
Qatar is part owner of the Daily Star
“You might wanna check this, this is how the Daily Start explains the decision to ban Lebanese fans from attending the match:”Due to Qatar’s pro-revolutionary stance, Lebanese security forces and the Qatari government feared action from Lebanese p…
Posted on June 1, 2012 by As'ad
Mubarak in jail
An Egyptian newspaper has been publishing accounts of Mubarak in his hospital-jail. It seems that he blames the US for all the Arab uprisings.
Posted on June 1, 2012 by As'ad
They are much more than numbers
To our enemy, Israel, those are numbers. To us, they are names, faces, and still brimming with life.
Posted on June 1, 2012 by As'ad
In perspective
“[Muslim Brotherhood spokesman Mahmoud Ghozlan] said the Syrian government’s crimes were worse than those of Genghis Khan, a warrior who founded the Mongol empire in the 13th century.” (thanks Basim)
Posted on June 1, 2012 by As'ad
Shabbihah portraits
Ali sent me this: ”Was interested in knowing your opinion on this…does the description of the gunmen that participated in the Houla massacre strike you as odd? Perhaps they are Shabiha, but still. The Syrian boy tried to stop himself from tre…
Posted on June 1, 2012 by As'ad
Syrian Observatory
The fine investigative reporter, Hasan `Illayq, of Al-Akhbar, made a good point about the Syrian observatory. He said that the Syrian Observatory often releases a statement saying that there was a clash between Syrian Army and Free Syrian Army an…
Posted on June 1, 2012 by As'ad
dictators and crazies
Krim sent me this: ”Has there been one foreign leader that is antagonistic to US foreign policy that has not been labeled either crazy, a dictator, or corrupt by mainstream English language media?From none other than Dan Rather:”Chavez is runn…
Posted on June 1, 2012 by As'ad
BRICS
If I hear about BRICS on Syrian regime media, I will scream. You can’t turn on Syrian regime media for a minute or two without hearing at least one reference to the BRICS group. They talk about it as if it is a new super power ready to take…
Posted on June 1, 2012 by As'ad
sectarian affiliation of the victims in Hula
I have received information in the last few days that some of the victims in Hula were Shi`ites. That was also reported on New TV and on the Syrian dissident website, Al-Haqiqah. I was told that the victims from the families of `Abdur-Razza…
Posted on June 1, 2012 by As'ad
Lebanese hostages
These are the Lebanese hostages held by the gangs of the Free Syrian Army. Their case has not received much attention in the Western press. If the captors were enemies of the US, their names and faces would be on front pages of US newspaper…
Posted on June 1, 2012 by As'ad
House of Saud media
People don’t know how bad Saudi media are. Here is a major story in the mouthpiece of Prince Salman, Ash-Sharq Al-Awsat. It says (in the headline, damn it) that Prince Salman visited the Prophet’s mosque in Medina and that he “saluted” the …
Posted on June 1, 2012 by As'ad