Archive for July 21, 2012
15th bombing of the Egyptian gas pipeline to Israel
How many times has the pipeline to be bombed before Thomas Friedman is convinced that the Egyptian uprising HAS foreign policy goals??
Posted on July 21, 2012 by As'ad
Another defection?
From Akram in Damascus: ”Brigadier General Mohammad Al-Miflaeh is said to be disappeared. As always in Syria, there are two different stories:General Al-Mifleh is kidnapped (Arabic) General Al-Mifleh defected and fled to Turkey (Arabic)But who …
Posted on July 21, 2012 by As'ad
Damascus today:
From Angry Arab chief correspondent in Syria, Akram:”Damascus is recovering? Today (Saturday July 21st), the Syrian capital, Damascus lived an uneasy calm after eight days of fierce fighting that took place in several quarters. Traffic in the neigh…
Posted on July 21, 2012 by As'ad
Al-`Qa`idah flag
When gangs of the FSA overrun a border post at the Iraqi-Syrian border, they raised the Al-Qa`idah flag. I did not see any Western news source report that. If they do, I am sure it will be phrased thus: pro-Western Al-Qa`idah gang defeated anti-W…
Posted on July 21, 2012 by As'ad
This will never make it to the Western press
“Suo Yola, one of the Franciscan women religious who every day help the families of refugees, told Fides: “We are doing our best to help the displaced families. People cry and hope for better times. The cost of living is very high, there are no medi…
Posted on July 21, 2012 by As'ad
How US intelligence agencies collect intelligence in the Arab world
“One reason for the gap, Shedd said, was that spies were focusing on collecting information from power elites, not opposition groups.” This is hilarious. So the US intelligence agents would ask Mubarak and Sulayman about popular mood in E…
Posted on July 21, 2012 by As'ad
We missed that
“U.S. intelligence agencies missed evidence of the unrest across the Middle East and North Africa that exploded into popular uprisings last year during the so-called Arab Spring and are now trying to improve early warning systems, a senior U.S. intelli…
Posted on July 21, 2012 by As'ad
hallmarks of Hizbullah
““The attack does bear some of the hallmarks of Hezbollah, but we’re not in a position to make any final determination on who was responsible,” a Pentagon spokesman, George Little, told reporters.” I am not sure what the “hallmarks of Hozbo…
Posted on July 21, 2012 by As'ad
Titles of Mustafa Tlas
These are the titles of Mustafa Tlas from his website:Professor of Military Science. Doctor in Military Science. Doctor in history sciene. Doctor in humanities. MS in engineering science. Kid you not. (thanks Mohammad)
Posted on July 21, 2012 by As'ad
Justifications for genocide against all `Alawites: this time in the Economist
I am certain of this: if the Free Syrian Army wins the war and if it engages in wholesale extermination of all `Alawites, not a single voice will be heard in protest in the Western media. The Guardian and Economist are now like the rest on Syria:…
Posted on July 21, 2012 by As'ad
What Western media never dare to report on Syria
A Western reader sent me this: ”I wanted to briefly mention that I currently live in Jordan and the area I live in has almost a dozen Syrian families, mainly from Muhafazat Halab, outside of Aleppo. They are mainly working in textiles and shoe…
Posted on July 21, 2012 by As'ad
Al-Arabiyya: how House of Saud media works
So Al-Arabiyya (the news station of King Fahd’s brother-in-law and an example of political sleaze in Arab media) put a story that said this: ”about a plan to appoint Manaf Tlas as head of the provisional Syrian military council and that a represe…
Posted on July 21, 2012 by As'ad
Syrian opposition: inside and outside
“Perhaps most significant for the future of the uprising is the growing animosity between the exiled dissidents who have monopolized the narrative of the revolution internationally and the activists who have risked their lives to remain in Syria…E…
Posted on July 21, 2012 by As'ad
Voice of America:
Of all Western media Voice of America–to its credit–dared to report that, whether you like it or not, there are indeed “some” supporters for Asad in Syria: ”Many of the refugees who came over on Thursday were believed to be supporters of Syrian…
Posted on July 21, 2012 by As'ad
Saudi commentator
“”Bandar is quite aggressive, not at all like a typical cautious Saudi diplomat. If the aim is to bring Bashar down quick and fast, he will have a free hand to do what he thinks necessary. He likes to receive an order and implement it as he sees fi…
Posted on July 21, 2012 by As'ad
US assassinations
“In fact, US assassination and targeted killing, with presidential approval, has been going on covertly for at least half a century.”
Posted on July 21, 2012 by As'ad
Mossad’s dirty hands in Damascus
Just like in Iraq, Mossad’s terrorist agents were most likely behind the assassination of a Syrian scientist in Damascus today.
Posted on July 21, 2012 by As'ad
Alex Cockburn
I read on comrade Laleh Khalili’s Facebook that Alex Cockburn has died. I started reading him early after I came to the US in 1983. He started at the Village Voice and then moved to the Nation. I used to subscribe to the Nation (when …
Posted on July 21, 2012 by As'ad
a Lebanese child imitates Hasan Nasrallah
Posted on July 21, 2012 by As'ad
Hisham Bakhtyar: his torture accomplishments
Following is the translation of the torture account. By “Arwa.”As soon as I read about the death of Hisham Bakhtyar I remembered martyr Ridha Haddad and the story of his encounter with Hisham Bakhtyar and Ali Duba: “Brigadier Hisham took a flat ob…
Posted on July 21, 2012 by As'ad