Archive for June 27, 2012
Repression in Oman
“On 19 June 2012, due to their deteriorating health, women human rights defenders Basma Al-Keumy, lawyer, and Basma Al-Rajehy, writer and TV broadcaster, ended their hunger strike aimed at their administrative detention which contin…
Posted on June 27, 2012 by As'ad
The Syrian will be executed and the Briton will be released
“A 19-year-old Syrian and a Briton, 21, were both sentenced to death yesterday for selling an undercover policeman Dh1,500 worth of marijuana.”
Posted on June 27, 2012 by As'ad
Western liberals are also enamored with the Ikhwan
Nu`man sent me this: “” The Muslim Brotherhood has long been portrayed as an extremist throwback. It is in reality an authentic mass movement, with broad social support and conservative and more progressive trends within it. Its leaders are m…
Posted on June 27, 2012 by As'ad
Something fishy in Saudi Arabia?
Layth from Saudi Arabia sent me this: ”Hi Asa’ad i dont know whats happening here but there is something BIG coming maybe when you read this later its useless so for the past hour the military called for all national Gard members including p…
Posted on June 27, 2012 by As'ad
From Belgium
Semir sent me this: ”Nevertheless another link about the human values in Belgian society: 14 police officers stand trial today in a case of abuse of homeless people who sleep in the railway station. “Some homeless people were mistreat…
Posted on June 27, 2012 by As'ad
Hasan Al-Banna kissing the hand of King `Abdul-`Aziz
(thanks Ahmet)
Posted on June 27, 2012 by As'ad
Flash: breaking news. Nicholas Kristoff discovers that Iranians have sex
Sultan reports to me that Nicholas Kristoff–who epitomizes the bankruptcy of American liberalism–has been enthusiastically tweeting about his discovery that Iranians have sex and listen to music. Apparently, Kristoff is besides himself and is q…
Posted on June 27, 2012 by As'ad
Sectarian crimes of the UnFree Syrian Army: Are those reports confirmed, by the way?
“Christian minorities are facing a growing threat and thousands are being forced to flee their homes as they face harassment and discrimination from opposition radical Islamist factions. At least 9,000 Christians from the western Syrian city of Qusayr …
Posted on June 27, 2012 by As'ad
The siege of Nahr Al-Barid
“For the past five years, all entrances to Nahr al-Bared have remained encircled by the Lebanese army. It has remained that way since the military’s 2007 campaign – ostensibly against Fatah al-Islam members – devastated the camp, turning it into a clos…
Posted on June 27, 2012 by As'ad
You can’t be an official (or even non-Arab citizen) of the state of Israel and not be racist–it is a job description
“A notoriously racist rabbi who once called on Israel to slaughter a million Palestinian civilians has been appointed to head a supervisory committee for Magen David Adom (MDA) – Israel’s equivalent of the Red Cross and Red Crescent.”
Posted on June 27, 2012 by As'ad
This is new: Israel stole `Araq: have you ever heard of Israeli `Araq? Is there anything that this terrorist state does not steal? What a failed nation-state that has nothing to offer except war crimes, theft, and lies
“”Turkish raki, Greek and Cypriot ouzo are variations on a theme with Lebanese and Israeli arak. It is also not dissimilar to French Pastis and Pernod, and the Italian liqueur Sambucca. The word arak means “sweat.” The drops of condensed alcohol ar…
Posted on June 27, 2012 by As'ad
News from Bahrain
From Angry Arab’s chief Bahrain correspondent: ”FYI: Nabeel Rajab has been released but charges against him haven’t been dropped. Albuflasa has been released. Zainab Alkhawaja has been shot in the leg with a tear gas canister. A one year old died…
Posted on June 27, 2012 by As'ad
If they don’t like Israel they must be anti-Semitic Nazis, damn it
“A new study finds that most Germans who oppose Israel’s Palestinian policies are not anti-Semitic, but pro-peace and human rights.”
Posted on June 27, 2012 by As'ad
It seems that people who call for dropping bombs on Arabs really love Arabs
“Here we go again with the selective indigenous credentials.“The Syrian Rebellion” is an elegant and edifying book, written on the fly, by an observer who retains an almost loving intimacy with his subject.Words fail me. The template is so powerful…
Posted on June 27, 2012 by As'ad
Committee to Protect Journalists from attacks by enemies of the US only
“”We strongly condemn the attack against Al-Ikhbariya,” said CPJ Deputy Director Robert Mahoney. “Journalists covering conflict are civilians, and attacks against them and their offices constitute a serious violation of international humanitarian law. …
Posted on June 27, 2012 by As'ad
Bashshar and the poor
Flash. Yesterday, Bashshar Al-Asad remembered the poor of Syria. The poor of Syria were very touched by this socialist gesture and said that they forgot their poverty after hearing the mere mention by Bashshar.
Posted on June 27, 2012 by As'ad
On Hula
If any writer in the West wrote those words he/she would have been accused of peddling propaganda for the Syrian regime: ”Those difficulties were illustrated Wednesday in findings by a panel from the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva,…
Posted on June 27, 2012 by As'ad
Secular heroes of the Western governments and media: meet the gangs of the UnFree Syrian Army
“The commission said it had also received many reports of summary executions by antigovernment rebels, foreign fighters and people suspected of being informers or collaborators. A Free Syrian Army soldier told the panel that captured soldiers fro…
Posted on June 27, 2012 by As'ad
summary executions by both sides in Syria
“While the investigators accused government forces of committing violations on “an alarming scale” in recent months, they also found that both sides had carried out summary executions.” Wait: given the coverage of the Times which portrays the gangs…
Posted on June 27, 2012 by As'ad
Hula
Wait: I thought that anybody who called for healthy skepticism about the Hula massacre and who called for skepticism regarding the claims of the fabrication industry of the UnFree Syrian Army is stooge for Asad regime, and yet here the UN is presenting…
Posted on June 27, 2012 by As'ad