Archive for July 5, 2012
When the hypocrites feign self-righteousness and hector us
“But the diplomats’ decision to cancel the award ceremony and withdraw the prize money prompted members of the jury, authors and a prominent Jewish organization, the Representative Council of Jewish Organizations of France, or CRIF, to denounce the i…
Posted on July 5, 2012 by As'ad
Israeli experts on Arabs
I keep telling Arabs that they need to disabuse themselves of the notion that Israel knows so much about the Arab world and that Israeli experts are really well-informed. I keep saying in Arabic that the quality of Israeli scholarship and writing…
Posted on July 5, 2012 by As'ad
Sensitive Bashshar
From Akram (the chief Angry Arab correspondent in Syria): ”The Syrian president is worried about his children who watch the violent events in Syria through the Internet (Arabic)”.
Posted on July 5, 2012 by As'ad
Angry Arab chief correspondent in Syria
Several people wrote to me that they don’t like the reports of Akram, the chief Angry Arab correspondent in Syria. It does not matter whether you like him or not: the judgment is mine, and mine alone.
Posted on July 5, 2012 by As'ad
Syrian sinking ship
From Angry Arab’s chief correspondent in Syria:”The General “defected”. According to this report (Arabic):The Brigadier General Manaf Tlas fled to Turkey, a senior security source told Syriasteps (Arabic), a media outlet known for its connections wi…
Posted on July 5, 2012 by As'ad
Developments in Syria
From Angry Arab’s chief correspondent in Syria:”While Syria in under fire, the Syrian Arab News Agency (Sana) was busy in following the summer activities of Syrians.In a report Titled: The Syrians heads towards the beach, the Sana reported:The summer…
Posted on July 5, 2012 by As'ad
Christians in Syria: another response
Among many responses to the report on Christians in Syria by Angry Arab’s chief correspondent in Syria, I received this response: “I am an avid reader of your blog, and a journalist with over two decades of experience in Syria. Congratulations on your…
Posted on July 5, 2012 by As'ad
slitting throat of a Syrian worker in Lebanon
Al-Akhbar reported that there was in Lebanon a Syrian “rebel” who has beheadings on his resume. The other day, a Syrian supporter of the opposition slit the throat of another Syrian who supports the regime. The crime took place in Hamra but…
Posted on July 5, 2012 by As'ad
Rana Kabbani is a class act
Here, Rana Kabbani, refers to me as Asad “father of shit”. I relish an intellectual, political, or even polemical debate any day. But I have a strict policy: I never engage with anyone who uses coarse language, or obscenities or vulgarities…
Posted on July 5, 2012 by As'ad
Have you noticed that Israeli propaganda work has become as sophisticated and as smart as Ba`thist propaganda?
“Have you ever wanted to join the military and fight to defend Israel? Well, now you can, with IDF Ranks — embedded directly in all IDF social platforms! IDF Ranks promotes YOU for your activities around IDF-related material. Your every action …
Posted on July 5, 2012 by As'ad
How nice of them
“The U.S. Navy says it will remove images of Muslim women as targets at a SEAL training range in Virginia Beach, Va.” (thanks Layali)
Posted on July 5, 2012 by As'ad
The courage of Matt Lee at the State Department: finally the US government admits it is not consistent
“VICTORIA NULAND, spokesperson for State Department:Listen, before we leave Syria, I just want to take the opportunity, if you didn’t see it, to draw your attention to the Human Rights Watch report that was released today that identifies some 27 de…
Posted on July 5, 2012 by As'ad
Don’t you like the fake distinction between Zionist right and Zionist left?
“The Zionist right seized this Islamophobia and merged it into its traditional anti-Arab and anti-Palestinian discourse.” In fact, the Zionist left has been most active in the US in this endeavor, but such a distinction is often invoked by people…
Posted on July 5, 2012 by As'ad
Arabs and NATO intervention
“After French President Francois Hollande in an interview Tuesday hinted at an openness to military intervention in Syria, the question of whether NATO should intervene in the violence-rattled country has again come to the forefront. While distinct dif…
Posted on July 5, 2012 by As'ad
Rana Kabbani
What do I say when Rana Kabbani, who for years served as a Western-based propagandist for the Asad regime (father and son) is now posing as a fierce critic of the regime? She is now passing judgment on Al-Akhbar and falsely linking it to Hizbulla…
Posted on July 5, 2012 by As'ad
hypocrisy
What bothers me as of late is that the loudest critics of the Syrian regime in the Western press have been people who served for years as apologists of the Asad regime. They are working extra time to compensate for their past sins, so to speak. &…
Posted on July 5, 2012 by As'ad
Sons of Zayid: friends of Syria?
“Switzerland has said it is freezing arms exports to the UAE after a media report said a Swiss-made hand grenade originally shipped to the Emirates back in 2003 had been found in Syria. The government took the decision after a Swiss newspaper pub…
Posted on July 5, 2012 by As'ad
Censorship in Lebanon versus censorship in the US
It is rather comical for me these days when I read in the US press about censorship in this Arab country or that (usually, they only care about censorship if the target is Zionist or Israeli-related). So the story here says that Lebanon banned a …
Posted on July 5, 2012 by As'ad
`Uqab Saqr
This Syrian opposition site identifies `Uqab Saqr as the Lebanese politician (mentioned in a recent Time magazine story) setting up shop in Istanbul (on behalf of Saudi intelligence) to smuggle arms to Syria. I can independently confirm that thi…
Posted on July 5, 2012 by As'ad
Arabic proverb?
“One woman from Syria who braved the government’s wrath to attend the meeting evoked an Arabic expression to note that the opposition inside the country was already moving beyond them. “The dogs bark,” she said “But the caravan moves on.”” &n…
Posted on July 5, 2012 by As'ad