Archive for June, 2012
Dearborn or Beirut?
“During the interview, Lieutenant General Boykin warned listeners that every serious Muslim was determined to enshrine Sharia law wherever they lived and that they were making great progress in establishing it in America. This prompted one of the…
Posted on June 29, 2012 by As'ad
toothless
“But there is pessimism in some quarters that the report’s recommendations will be implemented. The document has been criticized as “toothless” by a prominent Palestinian human rights activist. “Children in Military Custody” was funded …
Posted on June 29, 2012 by As'ad
This Saudi Jihadi fighter wants to die in Syria
And he is serious. (thanks F)
Posted on June 29, 2012 by As'ad
Another omission of the Times
Nadia sent me this: ”"In Spain, Italy, Greece and Russia, advertisements by people peddling organs — as well as hair, sperm and breast milk — have turned up on the Internet, with asking prices for lungs as high as $250,000. In late …
Posted on June 29, 2012 by As'ad
AUB
My weekly article in Al-Akhbar: ”The American University of Beirut: Nationalization is the Solution”.
Posted on June 29, 2012 by As'ad
Asad regime
Why do supporters of the Syrian regime like to forget that the Asad regime had supported the Saudi military intervention in Bahrain? Why?
Posted on June 29, 2012 by As'ad
Barry Obama pushing for more democracy in the Middle East
“The United States and the United Kingdom on Thursday declined to sign a UN document condemning the ongoing human rights abuses in Bahrain. ”PS Bahrain chief correspondent added: ”One more thing – these countries also refused to sign the sta…
Posted on June 29, 2012 by As'ad
Bahrain and BBC
From Angry Arab chief Bahrain correspondent: ”Read this ridiculous statement about the BBC on Bahrain. I did not read the report but I’m assuming that they believe that their coverage on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is impartial as is their c…
Posted on June 29, 2012 by As'ad
How did Rod Nordland–who now covers Syria and Lebanon for the Times–cover Iraq during the war
“FP: How often do you travel outside of the Green Zone?RN: The restrictions on [journalists] movements are very severe. It is extremely dangerous to move around anywhere in Iraq, but we do. We all have Iraqi staff who get around, and we go on…
Posted on June 29, 2012 by As'ad
Syrian regime tactics
“They say the arrests have focused on two groups: secular activists…” I can confirm this. I have been hearing this from Syrians from early on in the uprising: that the Syrian regime went out of its way to target secular and leftist leaders and …
Posted on June 29, 2012 by As'ad
AIPAC and Syrian intervention lobby
I have it on good authority that something called Syrian Emergency Task Force in Washington, DC is enlisting the help of AIPAC to lobby the US government for military intervention in Syria.
Posted on June 29, 2012 by As'ad
Caliph of Egypt
The new Caliph of Egypt did not mention Palestine in his speech in Tahrir square but he managed to mention Shaykh `Umar `Abdur-Rahman.
Posted on June 29, 2012 by As'ad
First lady of Egypt, so to speak
Look how disgustingly bigoted and politically biased the coverage of the New York Times is about the wife of Muhammad Mursi. They found this person (a convenient native who is willing to say what the White Man correspondent wants to say) to say …
Posted on June 29, 2012 by As'ad
Israel and the Saudi-Qatari alliance
Look at this Mossad-planted “story” on Aljazeera.net. It basically absolves Israel from a clear responsibility for the assassination of a Hamas operative in Damascus. The article cites “Israeli security experts” as if those experts ever adm…
Posted on June 29, 2012 by As'ad
pictures and images of Syria
Some supporters of the Syrian opposition asked me yesterday about the reason for posting the picture of a man being tossed out of the window given my reluctance to post videos and pictures of the opposition. Answer: simple. I don’t trust th…
Posted on June 29, 2012 by As'ad
Syrian delusions
What supporters of the exile Syrian opposition don’t know is that the US (and Israel behind it) does not want a regime change in Syria. This is the formula that whenever I explain, supporters of the Syrian regime on FB and Twitter makes them upse…
Posted on June 29, 2012 by As'ad
Throwing a man out of the Window: meet the Syrian Jama`at An-Nur (neither Sufi nor liberal nor feminist, I guess)
A man belonging to the Syrian militant Salafiist, Jama`at An-Nur, is throwing another guy that he accuses of collaboration with the regime out of the window. (As-Safir). When asked about that, Human Rights Watch issued a tough statement cal…
Posted on June 28, 2012 by As'ad
Caterpillar
“A U.S. company that provides information on investments has taken Caterpillar off three of its environmentally and socially responsible investment indexes, citing controversy over the Israeli military using its bulldozers in Palestinian territories as…
Posted on June 28, 2012 by As'ad
Rod Nordland
So my sources tell me that Mr. Nordland (who is doing a lousy job covering Lebanon and Syria as of late) had worked for Newsweek and was an expert on “terrorist” links before becoming a roving correspondent for the Times. Your typical Times corresponde…
Posted on June 28, 2012 by As'ad
Oh, the Arab influence of Gene Sharp: unknown in the Arab world but known in the West for being known in the Arab world
“”Even today, I’m credited with some major influence in Egypt, for example,” he says.” Let us see, Mr. Sharp. The only one crediting you are films and books that you yourself fund. So basically you are crediting yourself and some idiots in…
Posted on June 28, 2012 by As'ad