Archive for June 10, 2012
A German press account of Hula massacre
“The prime German daily, the center-right Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, has a new report (in German) about the Houla massacre. The author is Rainer Hermann who studied and speaks Arabic, Turkish and Farsi. Hermann also has a PhD in economics and wrot…
Posted on June 10, 2012 by As'ad
Libyan Mufti is a wahhabi
A source sent me this: ”الغرياني هذا ،مفتي ليبيا، وهابي جلد. كتابه “في العقيدة والمنهج” ينضح بالمفردات الوهابية لا بل يدعو صراحة لاعتناق العقيدة
Posted on June 10, 2012 by As'ad
US churches are being sold to Shi`ites
In this speech by armed sectarian thugs of the Free Syrian Army, the sectarian speaker warns that US churches are being sold to Shi`ites. Such repugnant rhetoric that no one in the Western press ever sees or comments on. I am sure that thi…
Posted on June 10, 2012 by As'ad
Does Reuters receive cash payments for this propaganda trash?
“This year alone about 130,000 Saudi students are studying abroad, half of them in the United States, said James B. Smith, the U.S. ambassador to Riyadh. The stated goal of the program, which the Arab News daily in December reported cost more …
Posted on June 10, 2012 by As'ad
Obama on Edward Said
“”And yet, Said’s theoretical approach in the course left Obama cold.” Remnick then quotes a friend of Obama’s who also took the course: “My whole thing, and Barack had a similar view, was that we would rather read Shakespeare’s plays than…
Posted on June 10, 2012 by As'ad
Kristof
This guy is an example of the fake liberalism so fashionable in the US. Would this guy ever dare consider calling for arming of Palestinian rebels, ever? ”So what could be done? In Syria, we should make clear that unless the security forces…
Posted on June 10, 2012 by As'ad
terrorists and thieves
I mean, they stole Palestine why would they not steal the region’s cuisine and claim it as “Israeli”? (thanks Daniel)
Posted on June 10, 2012 by As'ad
Business class
For five months, I have read that the Syrian business class has reached the tipping point. But why wonder when we can read about the sentiments of the business class from a “Syrian activist” based in Istanbul. (thanks Basim)
Posted on June 10, 2012 by As'ad
Marwan Hamadi: in praise of the Syrian Ba`th Party
Read excepts of his past speeches. Now (after the withdrawal of Syrian army from Lebanon) he poses as a hero against Syrian military intervention in Lebanon. (thanks Jamal)
Posted on June 10, 2012 by As'ad
Sufis, alcoholics and Jihadis?
“Dozens of Kuwaitis “jihadists” have crossed the Turkish border into Syria to support the Free Syrian Army’s (FSA) fight against the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, a Kuwaiti news report stated on Sunday.” Don’t worry. Nir Rosen…
Posted on June 10, 2012 by As'ad
The dangers of atheism
Saudi clerics issue a statement condemning the “tide” of atheism spreading in the kingdom.
Posted on June 10, 2012 by As'ad
killing
Syrian regime TV aired a segment of a tapped conversation between two armed guys (one of them clearly was manning a checkpoint): the one tells the others to “slight the throat” of the recent captors and to show them to the media as victims of regime br…
Posted on June 10, 2012 by As'ad
Kidnappers
Today, Hasan Sibliini (a Lebanese from South Lebanon who lives in Aleppo) was kidnapped, presumably by one of the gangs of the Free Syrian Army. His captors called his family and demanded weapons in exchange for his release.
Posted on June 10, 2012 by As'ad
massacres in Syria
Akram sent me this: ”The 150 residents of a tiny Syrian village, Mazra’at Al-Qoubeir (Province of Hama), have vanished but not before reporting their accounts about the massacre to the Syrian television (Arabic)!!!. As Syrians, Our real…
Posted on June 10, 2012 by As'ad
`Abdul-Basit Sida
There is a new president for the Syrian National Council. He read a long speech. Let me summarize: I am a mere puppet of the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood. I know why I was chosen for this position: they were looking for a token “minority…
Posted on June 10, 2012 by As'ad
Anti-`Alawite bigotry
Look at this headline and story.
Posted on June 10, 2012 by As'ad
Israeli terrorists took time off from mourning Mubarak
And now Israeli terrorists are feigning sympathy for the Syrian people. (thanks Laure)
Posted on June 10, 2012 by As'ad
1000 industrial factories
In the Nasserist industrial project, some 1000 industrial factories were constructed.
Posted on June 10, 2012 by As'ad
Ellen Barry and the joke of the day in the New York Times
Just read this sentence: ”and a deepening alienation among Russia’s partners in the Arab world, who see Moscow as coming to the aid of dictators.” Oh, yes. Russia’s support for Asad will really alienate Russia’s friends, like Saudi …
Posted on June 10, 2012 by As'ad
Neil MacFarquhar and a random sample of the Syrian `Alawites
Neil MacFarquhar has a long article about split within the Syrian `Alawite community. What is his sample of `Alawites? Here, he tells you: ”But interviews with a dozen Alawites indicated a complex split even within their ranks.”  …
Posted on June 10, 2012 by As'ad