Archive for July 15, 2012

Defected or not defected

From Akram, Angry Arab correspondent in Syria:  ”Commenting on the case of the “defected” Manaf Tlas, Jihad Makdissi, the spokesperson of the Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the following:The legal situation of Gen. Tlas is that he is an…

Posted on July 15, 2012 by As'ad

The new Egypt: in other news, Thomas Friedman said that Egyptian Uprising has no foreign policy goals

“Protesters threw tomatoes and shoes at Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s motorcade on Sunday during her first visit to Egypt since the election of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi. A tomato struck an Egyptian official in the face, and shoes …

Posted on July 15, 2012 by As'ad

Muslim Brothers and the US embassy

Members of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt are protecting the US embassy in Cairo.

Posted on July 15, 2012 by As'ad

2 days ago on CNN

Hussein sent me this:  ”Genius analysts and experts”….. And Iran already has a missile that could reach the U.S. if it could put it on a ship and move it to within 600 miles of the American coastline.” They can also reach the moon if they can…

Posted on July 15, 2012 by As'ad

This picture is circulating by Egyptians

It shows two contrasting pictures: the one below is “days of Mubarak” and its shows Muslim Brotherhood leaders calling for the expulsion of the US and Israeli ambassadors from Egypt.  The one above is from “the days of the Supreme Guide [of the Mu…

Posted on July 15, 2012 by As'ad

Not in the US press: Hillary in Cairo

This was from a demonstration against her visit in Cairo.  (As I read in the Western media, shoes (but not socks) are signs of disrespect in Arab culture).

Posted on July 15, 2012 by As'ad

Moderate Islam

Did you know that the Egyptian caliph, Muhamad Mursi Mubarak, said that Saudi Arabia is the leader of “moderate Islam”?  This is like saying that Bin Laden was a Marxist.

Posted on July 15, 2012 by As'ad

Saudi Arabia does not welcome interference in its affairs

Basim sent me this:  ”Saudi Arabia has condemned comments by Russia’s human rights envoy on the situation in the kingdom as “hostile” and an unjustified interference in the kingdom’s internal affairs, Saudi state media reported.  Russian H…

Posted on July 15, 2012 by As'ad

Iranian Missiles Infographics

Experts should be providing comments on this.  I don’t know what it means.

Posted on July 15, 2012 by As'ad

The most influential Arab voter

In every Arab election–including municipal elections–the most influential voter is Prince Muqrin and his billions.

Posted on July 15, 2012 by As'ad

Nasser versus House of Saud

“Bringing in Imam Chirri, a native of Lebanon, as their spiritual leader changed the story; Chirri traveled to Al-Azhar, an influential Islamic university in Egypt and was able to get Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser to donate $51,000 in 1959 as s…

Posted on July 15, 2012 by As'ad

Syrian regime troops shoot at Palestinians

“Four Palestinian refugees were killed and several others were injured after Syrian security forces opened fire at demonstrators in Al-Yarmouk refugee camp on Friday, sources said.”

Posted on July 15, 2012 by As'ad

Yitzhak Shamir: a most unusual obituary in the Economist

Many reacted with alarm at this lousy obituary in the Economist.  It glossed over many of his crimes, before the establishment of the usurping entity and after.  ”The whole land included the West Bank, Judea and Samaria to him; it could also …

Posted on July 15, 2012 by As'ad

They probably uttered the word "reform"

“The United Arab Emirates said on Sunday it has dismantled a group plotting against state security without identifying their affiliation or the number of arrests.  The prosecutor general, Salem Said Kabish, said an unspecified number of people wer…

Posted on July 15, 2012 by As'ad

Council on Foreign Relations

This is how the Council on Foreign Relations is described in an article in the Guardian:  ”with widely different views of the world, doing their own things.”  This is very much like describing Henry Kissinger as a man seeking world peace. &nb…

Posted on July 15, 2012 by As'ad

Jeff Coulter at Boston University

I have received from friends at Boston University correspondence that Sociology professor, Jeff Coulter, has been producing.  The man is urging people to call for NATO to bomb Syria.  I never ever have seen more sentimentalism and fake humani…

Posted on July 15, 2012 by As'ad

Jordan

It is amazing how the Western press has been ignoring the rising protests in Jordan.  The tone and contents of protests last Friday were quite new in their aims.  

Posted on July 15, 2012 by As'ad

I am guilty, I am guilty: Syria in 1976

Supporters of the Syrian regime have recently been leveling this charge on me on Facebook, Twitter and in print.  They said that I have not recovered from a complex: the Syrian military intervention in Lebanon in 1976 which crushed the Lebanese an…

Posted on July 15, 2012 by As'ad

Jihad Makdissi on Facebook: the sinking ship of the Syrian regime

Jihad Makdissi (the official spokesperson of the Syrian Foreign Ministry) wrote this on Facebook and a reader posted it on my wall.  It says:  ”One of the most difficult things is to have in your county a guest who is honored and welcomed to …

Posted on July 15, 2012 by As'ad