Archive for August 10, 2012
Fareed Zakaria
To be honest with you: I much rather read the plagiarism of Fareed Zakaria than his actual work.
Posted on August 10, 2012 by As'ad
Emir of Qatar
Emir of Qatar will be visiting Egypt next week: he will pay Muhammad Mursi his salary.
Posted on August 10, 2012 by As'ad
our poor students in US colleages and universities
Our students are rightly punished for plagiarism: but celebrity writers, journalists, and academics easily get away with such acts. How shameful. (thanks Sultan)
Posted on August 10, 2012 by As'ad
"C’est pire qu’un crime, c’est une faute"
This saying (about the killing of the Duke d’Enghien) attributed to Talleyrand applies to what pro-Syrian regime politician, Michel Samahah, is accused of–if true. But then again, the Syrian regime can be that criminal and that dumb, I have to s…
Posted on August 10, 2012 by As'ad
The New York Times, yet again, justifies war crimes crimes by the Free Syrian Army
“The shabiha’s behavior, some activists said, contributes to the kind of rage that led rebels to summarily execute several people suspected of being shabiha members in a video from Aleppo that emerged last week.” And the article does not men…
Posted on August 10, 2012 by As'ad
pissibly hundreds
Do you notice this on Saudi and Qatari news stations? They would be talking to a source in the Free Syrian Army and then the source would make a typical claim: and we killed 8 soldiers of the criminal battalions of Asad. The anchor then ask…
Posted on August 10, 2012 by As'ad
NYT disclaimer
“The government’s purpose behind the claims of foreign involvement — which could not be verified because of restrictions on independent reporting…” Wait. You can’t verify the presence of foreign fighters in Syria because the government re…
Posted on August 10, 2012 by As'ad
Western media rarely before allowed criticisms of the Free Syrian Army to air
““They don’t admit their defeats,” said Ammar, 22, an activist from Aleppo. “Everything is tactical, and all their operations are always about high expectations.” A woman from Homs, who would not give her name, said that residents en…
Posted on August 10, 2012 by As'ad
Qatari royal propaganda in the Guardian
“For what it’s worth, I do believe that Qatar sees both the Syrian and Libyan interventions in a moral light. Many Qataris are deeply angry that Syrians are being shot and shelled by their own government and don’t possess the means to defend themsel…
Posted on August 10, 2012 by As'ad
Partition plan
Comrade Joseph writes on the partition plan.
Posted on August 10, 2012 by As'ad
Hasan Turabi having lunch
There is no story here but I liked the picture. I would like to know what each plate contains.
Posted on August 10, 2012 by As'ad
Free Syrian Army
The Free Syrian Army is to progressiveness what the Syrian regime is to fighting Israel, or what House of Saudi is to feminism or what Obama is to principles or what George W. Bush is to Palestinian nationalism.
Posted on August 10, 2012 by As'ad
This is the most profound statement of the day, week
“”Hezbollah has got to weigh contingencies and how it could make the transition to a region without Assad,” said David Schenker, a Syrian affairs analyst at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.” You can thank him for vomiting his insi…
Posted on August 10, 2012 by As'ad
when cyber terrorism is cute
“A new cyber weapon believed to be linked by code to the infamous Stuxnet worm has been discovered stealing banking information in Lebanon, according to Moscow-based cyber security firm Kaspersky Labs. The new malware, dubbed Gauss for an in-c…
Posted on August 10, 2012 by As'ad
Trotskyists for Free Syrian Army
I am not surprised with some Trotskists who are supporting the Free Syrian Army. I knew some Trotskyists in my youth with whom I argued intensely about the Iranian revolution. I was (as a Marxist-Leninist at the time) strongly against Khoma…
Posted on August 10, 2012 by As'ad
How Saudi foreign intelligence is run
A concise description of the management of Saudi foreign intelligence. (thanks “Ibn Rushd”)PS Translation: “The crux is that the intelligence [apparatus] was and is run according to “let things pass” [or muddling through], as Muqrin was busy with his r…
Posted on August 10, 2012 by As'ad
US protects democracy
“”That is not to say that the missile shield as such can be used as a tool against a possible revolution. But having invested so much in the military infrastructure of the “model democracies of the Gulf”, the US will not let all the “toil and spoil”…
Posted on August 10, 2012 by As'ad
NBC covers Syria
Abdallah sent me this: ”I open MSN news and found this headline with a picture of frightened women and children:”Syrian troops targeting Sunnis, witnesses say” (screenshot attached) Clicking the link lead me to this short 2min…
Posted on August 10, 2012 by As'ad
The democratic alliance of oil and gas
“”Al-Jazeera and Al-Arabia cover non-stop pro-revolution news as their patrons Qatar and Saudi Arabia are arming the rebels.”" (thanks Sultan)
Posted on August 10, 2012 by As'ad
We need to post a link to the website
“A pro-Palestinian website likely based in California posted 100 photos of what it claims are high ranking Israeli Air Force pilots suspected of war crimes. The website also noted each pilot’s rank, date of birth and ID number. Among the 100 was t…
Posted on August 10, 2012 by As'ad