Archive for June 9, 2012
Syrian "revolutionaries"
The video that was released by the captors (through Aljazeera which would not have dared release a video of captors had they been Europeans or Americans–it would have invoked its Honor Code) is a cynical and cruel manipulation by people who are stigma…
Posted on June 9, 2012 by As'ad
And now for a message from the First Lady of Al-Qa`idah
I am not making this up: Ayman Adh-Dhawiri’s wife sends a message to Muslim woman congratulating them on the “Islamic spring” and calls for planing “love of death” in children by their mothers. Kid you not.
Posted on June 9, 2012 by As'ad
Egyptian TV warns against Israeli spies
Egyptians on FB and Twitter are going wild in circulating this. Egyptian TV ran this clip warning of Israeli spies in Egypt.
Posted on June 9, 2012 by As'ad
Syrian National Council
Let me summarize for you the deliberations of the “secular” leadership of the Syrian National Council about finding a successor to Ghalyun who has become unacceptable by the inside opposition in Syria: we tried to get a token Christian but the Muslim B…
Posted on June 9, 2012 by As'ad
Repression in Syria
The Lebanese Communist Party finally speaks out against the arrest of a young Syrian activist.
Posted on June 9, 2012 by As'ad
"Migrants suffer at Yemen-Saudi border"
“Aid workers in Haradh, a smugglers’ outpost on the border, say that the kidnapping of migrants for ransom is now common practice. “Kidnap, robbery, sexual abuse, it’s part of everyday life here,” said Ali Al Jafri, a logistics officer fr…
Posted on June 9, 2012 by As'ad
Now Hariri
From a source in Lebanon: ”I’m currently an American working in Lebanon, and every foreigner I’ve met admits if you can’t find another job, you can always get one at Now Lebanon, no questions asked. The arabic institute he’s referencing is in G…
Posted on June 9, 2012 by As'ad
How Germans view Israel
“Germans have become increasingly hostile to the state of Israel in recent years, with 59 percent describing the country as “aggressive,” according to a new poll published in the national Sternmagazine on Wednesday…Furthermore, 70% of t…
Posted on June 9, 2012 by As'ad
Is NATO Shi`ite?
Muftitit of Libya warns against the Shi`itization plots. I never knew that NATO was Shi`ite.
Posted on June 9, 2012 by As'ad
`Abduh Wazin
My weekly article in Al-Akhbar: “`Abduh Wazin gets aggressive”.
Posted on June 9, 2012 by As'ad
Nayif Hawatimah
Nayif Hawatimah never misses an opportunity to manifest yet again his political opportunism. He wrote an article in An-Nahar (the right-wing, sectarian Christian, racist (anti-Palestinian people and anti-Syrian people) newspaper in Lebanon in whi…
Posted on June 9, 2012 by As'ad