Archive for August 6, 2012

Syrian prime minister in Syrian regime media

Akram, Angry Arab correspondent in Syria sent me this:”Ryiad Hijab, the defected Syrian PM, in the Syrian media:One day before the defection:His active field work hasn’t changed since he was the secretary of the Ba’ath Party in Deir-Ezzor (his native…

Posted on August 6, 2012 by As'ad

Bandar Bomb

Akram sent me this:”It’s not about Syria, not directly at least, but it made me laugh loudly and I would like to share it with your readers as being the dumbest explanation on why Bandar Bin Sultan has been appointed as intelligence chief in KSA:Band…

Posted on August 6, 2012 by As'ad

British government is teaching Syrian opposition leaders on how to speak to…the Syrian people

“”The supply of the latest generation of handsets is part of the Foreign Office’s mission to mould militias into a coalition capable of governing the country. The phones, used by the Ministry of Defence, are designed for rugged environments and a…

Posted on August 6, 2012 by As'ad

US and Bashir

Did I not tell you that I smell a dirty deal between the Obama administration and the Sudanese dictator?  “Frustrated by a year of setbacks and violence and a looming refugee crisis in a country whose birth it midwifed last summer, the Obama admi…

Posted on August 6, 2012 by As'ad

Qatari foreign policy

Here is an interesting take on Qatari foreign policy by Egyptian writer, Mustafa Al-Labbad.  He makes an interesting point that Qatar lost its ability to mediate in Arab conflicts. (thanks Sultan)

Posted on August 6, 2012 by As'ad

Real friends of Syria

Let us face it: those are the truly real and sincere friends of the Syrian people who have never ever wavered in their love for the Syrian people. (thanks Electronic Ali)

Posted on August 6, 2012 by As'ad

An Arab Zionist

Abbas sent me this:  “Look at this Arab Knesset member from the Labour party. He has signed an op-ed with the Hebraised version of his name, which is actually Ghalib / غالب. Since Israeli Hebrew speakers can’t distinguish between the sound o…

Posted on August 6, 2012 by As'ad

According to David Ignatius (friend of House of Saudi) protesters in Qatif just want the government to kill them

“The protesters may hope to provoke the Saudis into a bloody crackdown, which would leave scores dead and encourage much wider demonstrations and international outcry. So far, the Saudis have avoided such an escalation through relatively restrained …

Posted on August 6, 2012 by As'ad

detecting Arabs on occupied Palestinian beaches

“Six o’clock in the evening, last Thursday. The weather is pleasant. The Jerusalem Beach in Tel Aviv is full of swimmers. A perfect chance to escape the news. Two young inspectors dressed in orange with appropriate hats advance towards seven men who se…

Posted on August 6, 2012 by As'ad

Qatar and its role: Sons of Zayid media

“Qatar’s role in the Arab world was once hailed. In 2006, Abu Khalil called the arrival of Emir Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani in Lebanon a “PR coup for the Qatari government”.”   Here is the full post.  Yes, Hizbullah and the Syria…

Posted on August 6, 2012 by As'ad

a tip on defections

Karim sent me this: ” would like to join the syrian “revolution”… should i first jointhe syrian fascist regime, order a few hundreds dead and then take aplane to amman?I need a tip.Also an Italian daily newspaper – a (kind of) serious one – publis…

Posted on August 6, 2012 by As'ad

Interpol helps Saudi government arrest dissidents

Saudi newspaper Al-Riyadh said that Interpol will announce the names of wanted people in the protests in Qatif as internationally wanted people.

Posted on August 6, 2012 by As'ad

Another Barry Obama war

As soon as I read the headline (and before I read the article) i knew that this was a propaganda piece on behalf of a new US “covert” operation:  “Saying Mali ‘Is Our Country,’ Militias Train to Oust Islamists.”  Let me guess: and the reb…

Posted on August 6, 2012 by As'ad

Iranian hostages

Comrade Laure sent me this:  “Syrian rebels who captured 48 Iranians near Damascus over the weekend said three had been killed in government shelling and threatened to kill the rest if the shelling did not stop.”So they will kill the rest by gove…

Posted on August 6, 2012 by As'ad

The true nature of the Syrian regime

There were some supporters of the Syrian regime who were naive enough to think that the regime would really fight corruption.  Some even called on Bashshar to prosecute his cousin, Rami Makhluf (is he still devoted to charity work).  Of cours…

Posted on August 6, 2012 by As'ad

detainees

Aljazeera refers to the kidnapped Iranians in Syria as “detainees”. (muhtajazin)

Posted on August 6, 2012 by As'ad

Partition? Never

Comrade Joseph writes:  “While partition was the operative criterion of the workings of the settler colonial projects in all these settings (indeed the name of that strategy in South Africa was “partition” or “Apartheid”) and ending it was dete…

Posted on August 6, 2012 by As'ad

"Sikhs, Muslims, Drones, and Guilt By Association"

“This is how cultural racism operates: anyone who bears the markers of the “enemy” must necessarily be guilty. For members of the Sikh community, this bizarre attitude is baffling. Some have gone out of their way to insist that Sikhs are not Mus…

Posted on August 6, 2012 by As'ad

Sikhs are not Musilms

When the American media keep reminding (and “educating”) viewers and readers that Sikhs are not Muslims they seem to be telling them that gunmen are killing the wrong people?

Posted on August 6, 2012 by As'ad

This is how the New York Times refers to the mouthpiece of Prince Salman and his sons

“Asharq al-Awsat, a pan-Arab newspaper”.  Why not refer to it as a republican secular leftist Arab newspaper?  I mean, if the distortion is the purpose let us go all the way.

Posted on August 6, 2012 by As'ad