Archive for July 13, 2012
From one puppet to others: Karzai speaks
“”I repeat my call on all Afghans, those who aren’t the puppets of others … “” (thanks Basim)
Posted on July 13, 2012 by As'ad
`Alawite with ponytails
Don sent me this: ”You have to read this to believe it: Another massacre, of which nobody but the perpetrators and victims know the truth, but SPIEGEL Online knows in one of its today’s main headlines: “Syrian’s Regime is fomenting wa…
Posted on July 13, 2012 by As'ad
Possibly looted antiquities: poor Alan Dershowitz
“Alan M. Dershowitz, the Harvard law professor, is in a similar bind. An antiquities collector, he is eager to sell an Egyptian sarcophagus he bought from Sotheby’s in the early 1990s. But he is stymied, he said, because auction houses are applying t…
Posted on July 13, 2012 by As'ad
Israeli state and society
“nearly 50% of Jewish Israelis supported forcibly removing Palestinians from the occupied territories”.
Posted on July 13, 2012 by As'ad
Human Rights Watch and awards
I won’t be surprised if with all the coverage of the Shaykh Al-Asir in Sidon, Human Rights Watch decides to give him a special human rights award. Do you know that the only Lebanese (if not Arab) recipient of Human Rights Watch award on huma…
Posted on July 13, 2012 by As'ad
IF CONFIRMED: Human Rights Watch on Syria
Look at this statement: ”Steve Goose, arms division director at Human Rights Watch, said if the images were confirmed it would be the first documented use of cluster munitions in the conflict.” In the paper edition, he merely said: “IF CONF…
Posted on July 13, 2012 by As'ad
According to the New York Times, Syrian `Alawites (all of them, 13% of the population) are determined to exterminate the Sunni majority population (more than 75%)
This is the verdict of the New York Times: if there is even one `Alawite in the area, he is guilty of murder. ”Tremseh is a Sunni village surrounded by villages populated by Mr. Assad’s Alawite sect.” The matter is closed. This is t…
Posted on July 13, 2012 by As'ad
Thieves, occupiers, terrorists, and fabricators
Look at this outrage: ”Having a ball: The 5 best falafel joints in Tel Aviv: Wanna grab a bite of Israel’s most famous street food? Haaretz brings you a selection of the best falafel in Tel Aviv.” ”Israel’s most famous street food”? &n…
Posted on July 13, 2012 by As'ad
An-Nahda Congress
Several things about An-Nahda Congress. 1) the audience chanted “the people want the liberation of Palestine”. 2) a Hizbullah delegation was invited to attend and it did. 3) Saudi media were furious that Hizbullah was invited. 4) Saud…
Posted on July 13, 2012 by As'ad
Real friends of Syria
I watched Ammar Al-Qurbi (a Syrian exile opposition figure who was close to the regime) on the news station of King Fahd’s brother-in-law, Al-Arabiyyah. He said that Syria has only three friends: Turkey, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia and added that Sau…
Posted on July 13, 2012 by As'ad
Al-Arabiyya TV
I watched Al-Arabiyyah TV (the news station of King Fahd’s brother-in-law). They were reporting on several massacres in Syria. I saw Sida, the token head of the Syrian National Council calling on the world to punish Syrian regime for massac…
Posted on July 13, 2012 by As'ad
Propaganda bonanza
Reading the papers and watching Arabic news this morning, you reach this inescapable conclusion: this coverage of Syria is the biggest propaganda bonanza of my lifetime: bigger than Iraq in 1990 and bigger than Iraq in 2002. I have never seen any…
Posted on July 13, 2012 by As'ad
Those are revolutionaries? Are you kidding me?
The sign held in one opposition demonstration in Syria says: ”We call on the Saudi King to apply the reforms of Bashshar in Al-Qatif.” They are basically calling on the Saudi king to perpetrate massacres in Qatif.
Posted on July 13, 2012 by As'ad
A Druze soldier defects: big news in Hariri and Saudi media
Saudi and Hariri media celebrates: a Druze defects and joins the Free Syrian Army. Kid you not.
Posted on July 13, 2012 by As'ad
Friends of Syria
“How did Syria become so popular that almost half of the members of the UN are scrambling to save it? What other country can claim more than 100 sovereign friends? What inspired this rush of affection for Syria?Where have these friends been hiding for …
Posted on July 13, 2012 by As'ad
Intimidation tactics
I really see the same propaganda intimidation tactics by the Iraq war lobby in 2002-03 being practiced by the Syria war lobby. In 2002-03, if you dared to question whether Saddam possessed WMDs, you were accused instantly of being a supporter of …
Posted on July 13, 2012 by As'ad
From BBC Worldnews editor
““In the aftermath of the massacre at Houla last month, initial reports said some of the 49 children and 34 women killed had their throats cut. In Damascus, Western officials told me the subsequent investigation revealed none of those found dead had …
Posted on July 13, 2012 by As'ad
"a former CIA operative in Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and the author of the award-winning book" explains Shi`ite theology
“Shiite theology holds that great wars must engulf the Earth, during which one-third of the world’s population will die in the fighting and another third from hunger, lawlessness and havoc. Israel is to be destroyed, and only then will the 12th imam,…
Posted on July 13, 2012 by As'ad
Tales of Syrian reactionary rebels: a propaganda tale
So the Zionist Canadian publication posted this story about this Syrian woman who–we are told–has joined the Free Syrian Army. (Can you imagine the reaction if a Syrian woman in Canada or US were to join Hamas or Hizbullah? Far from being lioni…
Posted on July 13, 2012 by As'ad
A brave expose on the Syrian exile opposition’s propaganda apparatus
“This is the story of the Syrian war, but there is another story to be told. A tale less bloody, but nevertheless important. This is a story about the storytellers: the spokespeople, the “experts on Syria”, the “democracy activists”. The statement make…
Posted on July 13, 2012 by As'ad