Archive for July 26, 2012
Two wars for Israel, at least
So if you read statements by Israeli terrorist leaders, they basically would like a war on Iran, a war on Syria, and other wars on Hizbullah and Hamas. Does Israel want a beverage with that?
Posted on July 26, 2012 by As'ad
Syrian refugee in Lebanon
Al-Akhbar published this picture of a Syrian refugee in Wadi Khalid who is seen carrying her Iftar.
Posted on July 26, 2012 by As'ad
riff-raffs
Saudi Mufti describes protesters in Qatif as “riff-raffs”. (ghawgha’)
Posted on July 26, 2012 by As'ad
meet the Syrian exile opposition
“”Sieda is the not real decision-maker,” complained Khalaf Dawood of the NCB. “He and [predecessor Burhan] Ghalioun are just pawns. The Islamists control the SNC even though there is no democratic basis for that. The Turks and the Saudis are running th…
Posted on July 26, 2012 by As'ad
Great Arab Revolution
Lately, I have been reading the documents and accounts about the Great Arab Revolution–so called–of WWI. Here were the Europeans promising Arabs full support for their freedom and independence if they revolt against the Turks. The rest is…
Posted on July 26, 2012 by As'ad
Under the auspices of US and Germany: the Syrian day after
Joerg in Berlin sent me this:”today the German weekly “DIE ZEIT” reports, that for months round about 50 Syrian dissidents met in Berlin to discuss the future constitution of Syria. They were invited by “Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik” (SWP), a Ge…
Posted on July 26, 2012 by As'ad
picture of Ahwaz hanging
Jari tells me that the picture I posted yesterday alleging recent hanging in Iran was from 2006.
Posted on July 26, 2012 by As'ad
colonialism with a humanitarian face
“”Given that America has used its vast armoury to cause more destruction around the world than any other nation over the past 10 years, it is bizarre that Amnesty should be pleading with it to lead the way on restricting the flow of guns to the ‘wro…
Posted on July 26, 2012 by As'ad
Russian-Israeli alliance
“”Moscow pursues a hypersensitive approach toward arms supplies to the Middle East and is constantly in consultation with Israel and the United States on what it should or should not deliver to countries in the region, and when,” he added.”
Posted on July 26, 2012 by As'ad
the civil republic that is promised by Muslim Brothers and their tools
“Thousands of Syrians are fleeing into neighboring Lebanon — not entirely due to fear of the Assad regime. The country’s minority Christian population is suffering under attacks waged by rebel troops. In the Beqaa Valley in eastern Lebanon, Christian …
Posted on July 26, 2012 by As'ad
Mr. Cigar Tlas
Akram sent me this: “Q: What Are the plans of Mr. Cigar Tlas?A: To live in safety with his family [he meant his wife, but as a devoted Muslim who already accomplished Al-Oumra, he can't say it explicitly] and children.Q: Why?A: Because he cannot acc…
Posted on July 26, 2012 by As'ad
speaking in Saudi Arabia
I have accepted an invitation from Saudi protesters in `Awamiyyah in east Saudi Arabia to address a rally against the Saudi regime next Saturday. I shall be arriving to the kingdom via video.
Posted on July 26, 2012 by As'ad
another proof that exile Syrian opposition is a tool of Saudi Arabia
Saudi cleric, Shaykh Nimr An-Nimr, was unequivocal in his public remarks. He equally denounced the regimes of Bashshar Al-Asad and the Bahraini royal family. He was clear in his stance against tyrants. Yet, there was not one voice fro…
Posted on July 26, 2012 by As'ad
What Thomas Friedman demands of Arabs
“Thomas Friedman dreams of a Syrian/Arab/Sunni/Shiite/Egyptian/Tunisian/Libyan Mandela, a short history: ” (thanks David)
Posted on July 26, 2012 by As'ad
It is about memory training
“Prayer is a custom in which thought is invested”. How so? it is mere recitation? If you recite poetry by heart, you probably achieve the same results. Since George W. Bush prays regularly it proves that thought is not involved at all…
Posted on July 26, 2012 by As'ad
I doubt that Feminist Majority which championed a war on Afghanistan will champion a war on Israel
“Jerusalem police commander Niso Shaham has been placed on leave by his boss, as has been Shaham’s deputy. The unofficial Israeli police forum Hashotrim reports that he’s been charged with raping a woman. He responded to the charges by claiming t…
Posted on July 26, 2012 by As'ad
The Illogic of Thomas Friedman
“Just on the level of basic cogency, this makes absolutely no sense. Friedman says that a country will be “stuck in Hobbes — a war of all against all — unless” it has America there. But Iraq did have America there, and — as Friedman himself p…
Posted on July 26, 2012 by As'ad
A Lebanese summoned to fight secularization
“Pope Benedict XVI appointed Boulos Matar, the Maronite bishop of Beirut, Wednesday to the Pontifical Council for the New Evangelization, a department aimed at countering growing secularization.” (thanks “Ibn Rushd”)
Posted on July 26, 2012 by As'ad
Wahhabi court
“A court in Khobar Governorate in eastern Saudi Arabia will hear the case against two people who allegedly helped a Saudi woman convert to Christianity. The defendants are a Saudi citizen and a Lebanese national. Proselytizing by non-Muslims…
Posted on July 26, 2012 by As'ad
foreign fighters in Syria
“Regardless, foreigners are coming across into Syria. One prominent Syrian smuggler in a border town near Turkey said that he ferried 17 Tunisians across the night before. It was a marked uptick in his business. He said he hadn’t seen many foreign fi…
Posted on July 26, 2012 by As'ad