Archive for July 12, 2012
Remembering Ghassan Kanafani
My latest blog post on Ghassan Kanafani for Al-Akhbar English.
Posted on July 12, 2012 by As'ad
The US defines the "threat" in Lebanon
“The greatest threat to peace and stability in southern Lebanon is the provocation of Israel by a terrorist rocket attack from Lebanese soil. This was a common occurrence before and during the 2006 war, and preventing these attacks is a key element …
Posted on July 12, 2012 by As'ad
Dissent in Saudi Arabia
“Alkhair says it became much more difficult to gather as a group after Kashgari’s arrest. Many of his guests used to congregate informally, at different coffee shops around Jidda, but they no longer feel it is safe to do so. Their most frequent ha…
Posted on July 12, 2012 by As'ad
Haaretz copies the silly antics of An-Nahar
I have often mocked An-Nahar (the right-wing, sectarian Christian, racist (against the Syrian and Palestinian people in particular, not to mention the syndrome of worshiping the White Man), as they often publish articles that this Lebanese doctor …
Posted on July 12, 2012 by As'ad
Bashshar, the immodest
Of all the Arab tyrant, Bashshar has been by far the most arrogant. At least Mubarak and Bin Ali–and even Saudi King–feigned modesty before their people after the eruption of uprisings, but not Bashshar. He still operates as if business as usua…
Posted on July 12, 2012 by As'ad
Economist on Syria
The Economist correspondent on Syria who resides in Beirut and is assisted (like most Western journalists in the city) by the Hariri press office, is sadly indistinguishable in her propaganda reporting from the lousy reporting of the New York Times. &n…
Posted on July 12, 2012 by As'ad
Hariri Press Office: Nicholas Blanford
If you want to see what Hariri Inc is up to, you can either see the press releases from the Hariri press office, or read the writings of Nicholas Banford (the writer of the hagiography on Rafiq Hariri which is distributed for free (and translated) by t…
Posted on July 12, 2012 by As'ad
Correction
The picture I posted yesterday of Lebanese security forces was–I am told–old and photo shopped. My apologies. I cant resist the temptation to dig at Lebanese security forces and army.
Posted on July 12, 2012 by As'ad
Guardian like Al-Arabiyya now
Look at this lousy story about Iran: I am accustomed to reading such stories in Saudi propaganda outlets, like Al-Arabiyya. Look at the source of the big headline. An anonymous writer on a website of the opposition. Would they allow s…
Posted on July 12, 2012 by As'ad
Guardian newspaper
This was my favorite newspaper, just as the Economist is my favorite magazine. But do you notice that the Guardian now reads on Syria like the New York Times? Why do all Western media see their mission on Syria as the delivery of propaganda and a…
Posted on July 12, 2012 by As'ad
BBC
Do you notice that the BBC is not even trying to be objective or professional in its coverage of Syria anymore? it is like Fox News on the Middle East.
Posted on July 12, 2012 by As'ad
Stop the presses: he has Jewish friends
Yesterday, the BBC interviewed a professor of Mahmud Jibril at Purdue. He confirms that unlike other Arabs this one is indeed a human being and announced to the audience that he “had Jewish friends”. The West can now rest, and the record of…
Posted on July 12, 2012 by As'ad
The White Man supervises: the Cairo document
“Full disclosure: USIP and the German Institute for International and Security Affairs facilitated the series of Berlin meetings that generated The Day After document).” Well, what does “facilitate” mean here? 2) so the White Man does not trust t…
Posted on July 12, 2012 by As'ad
Commander Steven Heydemann: in support of Free Syrian Army gangs
“For the United States to maximize its leverage it would need to overcome its reluctance to support the armed opposition”. 1) I have been in the US since 1983, and Israel has been butchering Palestinians and Arabs non-stop since then, and I neve…
Posted on July 12, 2012 by As'ad
Amman airport fixes the sign
The sign has been fixed. (thanks Laure)
Posted on July 12, 2012 by As'ad
Syrian ambassador defection
1) Syrian regime is predictable: all its henchmen and corrupt functionaries are wonderful and exemplary, and then they become traitors and corrupt. 2) The ambassador showed up in Qatar: thus affirming what? Ideological ties with Qatar because Qat…
Posted on July 12, 2012 by As'ad
He is not an ambassador: he is a "top" ambassador
Western media are desperate for any propaganda boost that they can get in their propaganda coverage of Syria. Thus, the ambassador in Iraq is a “top ambassador”–whatever that means. And notice that none of the story mentions that he was ac…
Posted on July 12, 2012 by As'ad
The complex uprising
“Asad apologists are gasping to stop the ebbing tide of a past history. Opposition opportunists are eager to replace that past with a double-faced one masquerading as revolution. The time is ripe for a radical third way to assert itself and engage in a…
Posted on July 12, 2012 by As'ad
Mossad Operation in Damascus: reaction
A highly-placed, well-connected, and most reliable source in Beirut reacted to my post yesterday about the Mossad operation in Damascus: he tells me that the three were killed indeed but not by a Mossad operation, but in “very special circumstances” th…
Posted on July 12, 2012 by As'ad
Those Saudi women protesters are not heroes for Western liberals: they are protesting against your beloved kingdom of horror, after all
Posted on July 12, 2012 by As'ad