Archive for July 8, 2012
When the New York Times mocks
“Iran’s top intelligence official on Friday accused Germany and France for the first time of participating in what the Iranian authorities had previously described as an Israeli-British-American plot aimed at assassinating Iranian nuclear scientists….
Posted on July 8, 2012 by As'ad
The all-knowing expert
From a source in AlJazeera: ”quick story: shadi hamid (you must know of him by now, brookings inst, egyptian american, dont think speaks any arabic) came by yesterday. i jokingly asked him, “where is the new uprising happening now?” you know, h…
Posted on July 8, 2012 by As'ad
Al-Arabiyyah TV
This news channel belonging to the brother-in-law of King Fahd is a joke for Arab citizens: it is in fact nicknamed Al-`Ibriyyah (the Hebrew One, in reference to its propaganda that fits with the Israeli propaganda schemes for the region). Today,…
Posted on July 8, 2012 by As'ad
Qadri Jamil and the fuel shortage in Syria
From Akram, the Angry Arab chief correspondent in Syria: ”In an earlier post, I mentioned that the Syrian Minister of Domestic Commerce, Qadri Jamil, who leads the “Popular Will Party”, a self-described opposition party, ignored the most suffoc…
Posted on July 8, 2012 by As'ad
Bahrain and Saudi Arabia
From Angry Arab’s chief correspondent on Bahrain: ”The arrest of Nimr AlNimr is having repercussions on Bahrain. The extent of these repercussions remain to be seen. I believe that there are already small protests in Bahrain denouncing his ar…
Posted on July 8, 2012 by As'ad
A Saudi security force refers to Shaykh An-Nimr as "rafidi dog"
A Saudi security man refers to the Shi`ite cleric (who was shot today) as Rafidi (a pejorative word for Shi`ites) dog.
Posted on July 8, 2012 by As'ad
I was wrong about Sam after all
“”In March 2012, The Guardian published 200 leaked emails chiefly from the address sam@alshahba.com, which the paper alleged was used by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.One particular email raises suspicion about another person utilizing this accou…
Posted on July 8, 2012 by As'ad
A blogger shot in Saudi Arabia
This blogger won’t be made famous after his death: he was shot today by forces of House of Saud.
Posted on July 8, 2012 by As'ad
Angry Demonstration in Saudi Arabia
Angry Arab correspondent in Qatif: ”Huge demonstration from Awameyah to Qatif (several kilometers). People were angry. Then live ammunition came like rain! Al-Sauds do not buy rubber bullets from the human rights guard, western gov…
Posted on July 8, 2012 by As'ad
Update from Qatif
My sources say: “One of the two confirmed dead until now: Sayed Mohammed Al-Filfil, cousin of the activist Sayed Ali Al-Filfil who was killed last November from Qatif. The other one is from Tarout Island but do not know his name.”PS An update:  …
Posted on July 8, 2012 by As'ad
Hungarian Uprising of 1956
“Numerous published accounts have indicated the existence of secret U.S.-trained émigré groups in the 1950s identified under such rubrics as Red Sox/Red Cap or the Volunteer Freedom Corps. But it has never been officially confirmed whether any groups…
Posted on July 8, 2012 by As'ad
Sultan Qaboos on Aljazeera
“”On Qatar, the Sultan explained that Sheikh Hamad held a grudge against Egypt for allegedly trying to return his father to the Qatari throne following his ouster in the mid-nineties. The Sultan thought itunlikely that this had actually oc…
Posted on July 8, 2012 by As'ad
This is hilarious: Israeli foreign ministry explains Abbas steps
“Official at Foreign Ministry says Palestinian president’s visit to Theran only aimed at attending international summit.” (thanks Rashid)
Posted on July 8, 2012 by As'ad
Mercy in Belgium
From Semir: “Another link I wanted to share with you about the situation in Belgium. In short, a young Afghan boy had to flee his country, leaving his home bombed, his father dead and so on. He arrived 4 years ago in Belgium, found a foster home, le…
Posted on July 8, 2012 by As'ad
A lawyer deciphers and rationalizes the House of Nayhan tyranny
“Understand the culture to avoid many legal pitfalls So how can anyone know what is a crime in the UAE? When lawyers want to know why a given law has taken its particular shape – or why it exists at all – we go back to tradition, which is the sourc…
Posted on July 8, 2012 by As'ad
Lebanon responds to Israeli threats
Israeli papers were casually covering genocidal Israeli military threats to Lebanon, in which one general after another threatens to exterminate the residents of entire villages. Not a word from the Western press about that, and not a word from t…
Posted on July 8, 2012 by As'ad
Flash: from Saudi Arabia
One of my correspondents in Saudi Arabia reports that 12 Saudi demonstrators were shot by Saudi security forces near the Husayn restaurant in `Awamiyyah I presume. (Five are seriously injured).PS I am corrected: it was in Qatif. One is reported d…
Posted on July 8, 2012 by As'ad
Shootings by Free Syrian Army
Adam sent me this: ”Just in case no one has passed this on to you already. The guy actually admits to shoots anyone from certain villages because they are “all regime loyalists” . Just to remind us that it’s the regime that is sectarian.”
Posted on July 8, 2012 by As'ad
Anne Barnard is back: and she offers us lessons on why the basic standards of elementary journalism have to be discarded when covering Syria
“This account of one man’s struggle is based on interviews with Abu Zeid, a fellow fighter and two women who have known Abu Zeid for years. One is a Syrian-American who met him while touring in Palmyra in 2008 and says she is neutral toward the upris…
Posted on July 8, 2012 by As'ad
A right-wing Lebanese that An-Nahar will brag about
“His willingness to make strong political and social judgments was again evident in his more popular 1976 book, “Keep Off the Grass,” which contended that every marijuana user was a “pusher” of the drug. Dr. Nahas’s conservatism extende…
Posted on July 8, 2012 by As'ad