Archive for September 5, 2012
Destruction in Salah Ad-Din in Aleppo
I am no military expert but this picture of Hadd Salah Ad-Din in Aleppo tells me that much of the destruction is from the lousy defeated Syrian regime army which was humiliated in every confrontation with Israel. Where was your firepower when Isr…
Posted on September 5, 2012 by As'ad
Erdogan on Syria
Akram sent me this: ”The Prime Minister of the Kemalist Republic of Turkey said that he and his party members are going soon to visit Damascus to meet their “brothers” there. Those “men of God” are going to read Al-Fatiha (the first chapter of t…
Posted on September 5, 2012 by As'ad
FSA in Syria
Comrade Dirar sent me this:”In case you didn’t know, the OpenDemocracy article you linked to was also published on Jadaliyya ( ). I posted a comment there, but I actually thought the article has a lot of silly things, despite the fact that the tit…
Posted on September 5, 2012 by As'ad
sexism
“South Carolina Democratic chairman Dick Harpootlian compared his state’s Republican female governor, Nikki Haley, to Hitler’s mistress, Eva Braun this morning at a breakfast in Charlotte, North Carolina.” (thanks Michele)
Posted on September 5, 2012 by As'ad
US politics
I hate when US politicians and their wives tell us how much they love their children. As if it is a unique quality they posses. And why should we care? And how do we know if it is true? They could be abusers for all we know. A…
Posted on September 5, 2012 by As'ad
How many times have you read this?
“Syrian opposition unites” in the politically sleazy mouthpiece of Prince Salman, Ash-Sharq Al-Awsat.
Posted on September 5, 2012 by As'ad
Barry Obama is not Muslim after all: he is Jewish
“”At the risk of stereotyping us, he thinks like a Jew,” he said, likening Obama’s decision-making process to a Talmudic scholar. “I knew it before he was the president, and I’ve seen it every day since he’s been the president.” He …
Posted on September 5, 2012 by As'ad
an effigy of Fayyad with an Israeli flag above it
“In the southern city of Hebron, streets were closed and hundreds of people burned an effigy of Fayyad with an Israeli flag above it, an AFP photographer said. In Ramallah, seat of the presidency and the Palestinian government, traffic was held u…
Posted on September 5, 2012 by As'ad
Policy recommendations for Barry Obama in the New York Times
“[Obama] should have showered Israelis with more love and affection.” Do you think that the Times would publish such language on any other country in the world?
Posted on September 5, 2012 by As'ad
censoring Bahrain
“In late March 2011, as the Arab Spring was spreading, CNN sent a four-person crew to Bahrain to produce a one-hour documentary on the use of internet technologies and social media by democracy activists in the region. Featuring on-air investigative co…
Posted on September 5, 2012 by As'ad
still waiting to receive the honor of prostrating at the feet of Saudi King
““Jumblatt had made it clear among his circles that he intends to ally with the March 14 coalition during the upcoming elections,” said the source, adding that Jumblatt had recently sent a representative to the Lebanese Forces’ Martyrs Commemo…
Posted on September 5, 2012 by As'ad
Meet the new commander of the Free Syrian Army: move over Rommel
“”Gen. Haj Ali, the revolution’s new military top dog, hails from Hauran in southwest Syria. He was born in Khirbet Ghazaleh, Deraa Province, in 1954 and headed Syria’s National Defense College since 2008 when he defected to the opposition in …
Posted on September 5, 2012 by As'ad
Israeli education drops to 89th spot
“The World Economic Forum’s (WEF) 2012-13 Global Competitiveness report ranked Israel’s education system 53rd out of 144 countries. The report showed that Israel dropped 10 spots from 79th place to 89th in the quality of math and science educati…
Posted on September 5, 2012 by As'ad
FSA and its reputation in Syria
“A dangerous problem has emerged. The sound of gun-fire and mortars is the loudest voice on the ground. The voices of the diverse protest movements, which made up the opposition on the ground in Syria, have been drowned out by the FSA. Activists and …
Posted on September 5, 2012 by As'ad
Who killed in Munich?
“La journaliste s’étonnait en effet que les Allemands n’aient jamais rendu publics les résultats de l’autopsie des Israéliens, ni les examens balistiques, qui auraient révélé l’origine des projectiles les ayant tués. Seul un rapport« pr…
Posted on September 5, 2012 by As'ad
Refuting the New York Times
I was thinking: someone should start a small research center to refute and rebut every article in the New York Times. The center would have experts in various fields. I mean, I try to refute the Middle East coverage of the paper on daily ba…
Posted on September 5, 2012 by As'ad
Theories about Munich
“Most scholars of the Palestine Liberation Organization now agree that attacks like the one in Munich were designed by Yasir Arafat’s rivals to shift power away from moderates and into the hands of more radical factions.” No, Mr. Most sch…
Posted on September 5, 2012 by As'ad
California urges campuses to "crack down" on criticisms of Israel
“Last month, the California State Assembly passed a resolution urging state educational institutions to more aggressively crack down on criticism of the State of Israel on campuses, which the resolution defines as “anti-Semitism.” The anti-democ…
Posted on September 5, 2012 by As'ad
Democratic Platform on the Middle East: the Barry Obama years
The Democratic Platform has three paragraphs on the Middle East: two of them deal with Israel and partly says this: “President Obama and the Democratic Party maintain an unshakable commitment toIsrael’s security. A strong and secure Israel is v…
Posted on September 5, 2012 by As'ad