Archive for September 8, 2012
Robert Fisk
I have been saying this for years: that Robert Fisk is not reliable and that he is lazy and that his reports can’t be believed and that he has the tendency to make things up. I did not find him credible when he wrote articles against the Syrian r…
Posted on September 8, 2012 by As'ad
embedded journalists with the Syrian regime army
There is a new phenomenon now: there are now embedded journalists with the Syrian regime army. I saw a few of those “embedded” reports. They are as offensive and propagandistic as the embedded reports of US journalists with the US occupatio…
Posted on September 8, 2012 by As'ad
Hariri TV journalist describes his skills
“Deep knowledge in Middle Eastern affairs, especially in Levant region.” How deep? Very deep. (thanks Amir)
Posted on September 8, 2012 by As'ad
Arab liberals are consistent
Arab liberals are consistent: they always defended dictators: they were solidly behind Husni Mubarak and now they are solidly behind GCC potentates. If the Arab world loses all dictators, they would be orphaned. It would be sad for them.
Posted on September 8, 2012 by As'ad
The book by Akram Zu`aytir
Many asked me about the name of the book by Akram Zu`yatir that I mentioned below. Here it is.
Posted on September 8, 2012 by As'ad
US defeat in the war of ideas
Many people sent me reactions to my post on the US defeat in the war of ideas. Some wrote to me about various US cases of espionage where people spied for the USSR for money. Really? I did not know that? I was talking about the US defeat in…
Posted on September 8, 2012 by As'ad
Myths about the Palestinian responses to Zionism
I invite all of you to read the massive volume by Akram Zu`aytir, titled The Palestinian National Movement: Diaries of Akram Zu`aytir. It is available in Arabic but should be translated to every language. It merely covers a section of the 1…
Posted on September 8, 2012 by As'ad
This is a new line now: moderate versus extremist Jihadis
“Al Farouq Brigade, which is considered Islamist but is opposed to Mr. Absi’s hard-line ideology.”
Posted on September 8, 2012 by As'ad
Said Aburish
I considered writing something about Aburish. Having read his books, I feel hesitant to recommend them. I often tell students that they are not reliable. He uses speculation, and rumors and just general Arab public conversations to re…
Posted on September 8, 2012 by As'ad
Israeli governmet propaganda tour for Western press
So the Israeli government arranged for a propaganda tour for the press to a government building. The New York Times not only published a long article about the government arranged tour but felt the need to inform the readers of the kindness of th…
Posted on September 8, 2012 by As'ad
Fayyad: we are not a police state because we are not a state
”Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said Thursday that the protest movement focused on his economic policies could not be characterized as the arrival of the “Palestinian Spring”. Speaking to reporters at a conference broadcast on …
Posted on September 8, 2012 by As'ad
US Embassy Worker Owes $3.3 Million to Escaped Sex Slave
“A Virginia federal judge awarded $3.3 million to a Yemeni woman who was enslaved by a State Department employee and repeatedly raped by that worker’s husband. The 12-page decision does not name the woman who was kept in involuntary servitude for t…
Posted on September 8, 2012 by As'ad
money, money, money
“The SNC claims to draw legitimacy from the Syrian people. In reality, it sources of legitimacy are external: Arab money and western recognition. For now, Arab money still flows into its coffers but the West has grown impatient and is looking for alter…
Posted on September 8, 2012 by As'ad
so according to this dude, the problems of the SNC are purely technical
“The SNC has done nothing of the sort. Its control over the Free Syrian Army and other armed opposition groups remains tenuous, sustained only by payments of cash but little else. Repeated attempts to bring the armed opposition under its political wing…
Posted on September 8, 2012 by As'ad
They need your help: they have no one to suppor them
“TheSyrian National Council claims to be the largest, the best-financed, and the most well-organized of all the various Syrian opposition coalitions. According to its own books, it has received over $25 million from Libya, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the …
Posted on September 8, 2012 by As'ad
Akram reads the New York Times
Akram, Angry Arab’s chief correspondent in Syria, sent me this:”For me, reading NY Times follows a constant pattern: Each time, I start reading an article with a sincere will to continue to the last line… then on a particular point, I stop reading…
Posted on September 8, 2012 by As'ad
protesting against the Jordanian king
“Freedom from God, against your wishes, O Abdullah (it rhymes in Arabic–naturally).
Posted on September 8, 2012 by As'ad
"Liberal Sophistry About Drones"
Comrade Laleh on drone attacks: “Drones kill civilians, but far fewer civilians than other forms of kinetic warfare, and anyway, war is about killing. The drones’ ability to kill from a distance is no more unsavory than aerial bombing, and in…
Posted on September 8, 2012 by As'ad
Against Salam Fayyad: Thomas Friedman will be mourning him soon
This may hurt your feelings as Westerners: I know how much you love Salam Fayyad adn how many articles you published in his praise and about how he is beloved by Palestinians. A protest calling for the resignation of Fayyad. PS Electronic Al…
Posted on September 8, 2012 by As'ad
Muslim Brotherhood for sale
“Qatar said on Thursday it would invest $18 billion dollars in tourism and industry projects along Egypt’s Mediterranean coast over the next five years, the latest pledge of support to an economy hammered by a year and a half of political turmoil….
Posted on September 8, 2012 by As'ad