Archive for July 16, 2012
On fire in Israel
An Israeli set himself on fire to protest inflation. I call on all Israelis to protest inflation.
Posted on July 16, 2012 by As'ad
Israel mourns
“A senior Palestinian Authority official who was arrested recently on suspicion of collaboration with Israel committed suicide in Ramallah on Sunday. Osama Hussein Mansour, 49, was killed when he jumped from the third floor of a building that …
Posted on July 16, 2012 by As'ad
Here you go again
R. sent me this: ”You missed the latest on CNN. Apparently they found strong links between the Asad regime and and AlQaeda. The newscaster asked what can the US do about this? Don’t people ever learn? This is like Iraq all over again. And this…
Posted on July 16, 2012 by As'ad
Saudi Wahhabi liberals
To the Western press, those media puppets of Saudi princes (like Tariq Humayyid of Ash-Sharq Al-Awsat, the mouthpiece of Prince Salman) pose as “liberals”. Back home in Arabic, they show their true colors. Here, Humayyid refers to Shaykh Ni…
Posted on July 16, 2012 by As'ad
Saudi Arabis is for non-interference
“If you want to find proof of the rank hypocrisy and double standards that underlie international relations in general and the argument over Syria in particular, you could do an awful lot worse than to examine the recent spat between Saudi Arabia and R…
Posted on July 16, 2012 by As'ad
Mickey Mouse and US elections
Ahmet of Tunisia sent me this: ”Asad, your primary American voter from deep west virginia from the Economist article : ““People here”, he says, “would have voted for Mickey Mouse if he’d been on the ballot.” The fictional rodent was …
Posted on July 16, 2012 by As'ad
Syrian rebels–or some of them–threatening world Jihad
Abbas sent me this: ”Hi As’ad, see this alleged posting from the ‘Syrian Revolution 2011′facebook page (which has >500,000 members). It warns the world that Syria could turn into a stage for international Jihad. I checked the fb pa…
Posted on July 16, 2012 by As'ad
The revolution of Sufis, liberals, leftists, and feminists–or so we were told at first
“Near a Syrian camp in the Turkish border village of Bahsin, a fighter who asked to be identified as Abu Yassin said he and his 100 or so compatriots in an Islamic brigade known as the Revolutionary Shield had been receiving the equivalent of about …
Posted on July 16, 2012 by As'ad
Salafis for Hillary
The Salafite spokesperson in Egypt said that boycotting the US is “unreasonable.”
Posted on July 16, 2012 by As'ad
Not in the New York Times
Not a word in the Times about the pelting of Clinton’s convoy in Egypt with shoes and tomatoes and trash. Not a word.
Posted on July 16, 2012 by As'ad
The Economist justifies the crackdown in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain
“A warrant for his arrest was first issued in 2009 after he said that if Saudi Shias were not allowed to “live with dignity”, the eastern provinces should secede from the kingdom. Such talk is particularly inflammatory, since most of Saudi Arabia
Posted on July 16, 2012 by As'ad
occupation puppets, thieves, and beggars
“Saudi Arabia will give the Palestinian Authority $100mn to help alleviate a stinging budget crunch, the Palestinian prime minister’s office said yesterday. News of the cash was welcomed by Palestinian officials in the Israeli-occupied We…
Posted on July 16, 2012 by As'ad
Anniversary of the July 2006 war
Comrade Hanadi Salman on the anniversary of the war. We shall not forget, and we shall not forgive.
Posted on July 16, 2012 by As'ad
This is typical
The major story on Al-Arabiyyah website (a news station owned by King Fahd’s brother-in-law) is a lie and has been denied by Rustum Ghazaleh himself. This man Ghazaleh has done so much harm in both Lebanon and Syria. I bet many in both countries …
Posted on July 16, 2012 by As'ad
The Syrian regime fell already
According to Ash-Sharq Al-Awsat, the mouthpiece of Prince Salman and his sons, Syrian armed groups control 60 % of Syria. It is over, I guess.
Posted on July 16, 2012 by As'ad
An Israeli is trying to convince himself that Arab uprisings are good for Israel
“Every Arabic-speaking country is likely to be wracked with internal violence, conflict, disorder and slow socio-economic progress for years, even decades, to come.”
Posted on July 16, 2012 by As'ad
Syrian armed groups also kill Palestinians
“On Wednesday, 15 officers affiliated to the Palestinian Liberation Army in Damascus and their driver were found dead after they had been kidnapped en route to the Palestinian refugee camp Nairab near Aleppo several weeks ago, a Palestinian official sa…
Posted on July 16, 2012 by As'ad
Mustafa Abdul-NATO
Al-Arabiyyah (the politically sleazy news station of King Fahd’s brother-in-law–but what do you expect, really) continues to air the series of interviews with Mustafa Abdul-NATO. He is a worst liar than Clinton. He said that the anal rape …
Posted on July 16, 2012 by As'ad
Elections in Kurah
My latest blog post for Al-Akhbar English on the by-election in Kurah.
Posted on July 16, 2012 by As'ad
Contrast and compare
Egyptians today are circulating this contrasting picture. It says: “Discover the ten differences and similarities.”
Posted on July 16, 2012 by As'ad