Archive for September 12, 2012
Woe to a nation
Woe to the nation that it is outraged and inflamed over a bigoted hateful internet film but not outraged and inflamed over occupations, bombings, inequality, and the theft of natural resources. It has always pained me that Muslims were more upset…
Posted on September 12, 2012 by As'ad
Me and my brother and the sectarian war
“”If my brother does not leave the Army, I swear I will kill him,” says Abu Saddam, who asked to use his nickname for security reasons. “We are fighting people who are fighting against our Sunni religion and supporting a criminal regime that doesn’…
Posted on September 12, 2012 by As'ad
Leftist suicide bomb in Turkey
“An Istanbul police station was rocked by a bomb that was set off by a militant belonging to a far-left extremist organization, killing one officer, Turkish police said.” So it is not all about religion.
Posted on September 12, 2012 by As'ad
Israeli dirty hands
“The film was produced by a California filmmaker who identifies himself as both American and Israeli, though Israeli officials said Wednesday they had no record of him as a citizen. The film was being promoted by an extreme anti-Muslim Egyptian Chri…
Posted on September 12, 2012 by As'ad
Israeli filmmaker behind the movie that enraged Muslims
“The protests in both countries were sparked by outrage over a film produced by an Israeli filmmaker living in California and being promoted by an extreme anti-Muslim Egyptian Christian campaigner in the United States.” “Sam Bacile, a 56-year-…
Posted on September 12, 2012 by As'ad
Against another US war
“Note any pattern? Yes, Sunni vs. Shiite. The United States is now engaged nearly completely in a sectarian, region-wide conflict pitting anti-American, Shiite powers and their allies against a Sunni bloc, including the Muslim Brotherhood. In Syria, th…
Posted on September 12, 2012 by As'ad
Mini-Hariri in Le Monde
Of course, it says something about the deterioration of this once great newspaper that it would publish an interview with Sa`d Hariri. Bachar sent me this:”This is from an interview with Saad Hariri that appeared today in Lemonde: “… Il faut une…
Posted on September 12, 2012 by As'ad
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood
Is it true that Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood supported protests in Cairo in Arabic and condemned them in English? Any evidence?
Posted on September 12, 2012 by As'ad
Pat Roberston on wife’s obedience
“On Monday’s broadcast of Robertson’s television show “The 700 Club,” he answered a question from a viewer named Michael about how to repair his marriage to a woman who “has no respect for me as the head of the house.” Robertson’s response: “W…
Posted on September 12, 2012 by As'ad
Trash oil media: a sample from sons of Zayid media
Look at this piece of trash propaganda. Tell me if this does not “read” like a paid advertisement:”Hence – and as surreal as this sounds – Rupert Murdoch’s welcome addition to the Arabic media world. Whether Sky News Arabia is viewed as “di…
Posted on September 12, 2012 by As'ad
Hillary, again
Did you notice that Hillary today spoke on behalf of the Libyan people? That is what is called imperialist hubris.
Posted on September 12, 2012 by As'ad
attacks in Libya
I will write later in details about this but have I (among a few) not warned about US intervention in Libya: that the US is repeating the scene from an earlier movie in Afghanistan? A movie where fanatics who were previously armed and supported b…
Posted on September 12, 2012 by As'ad
Jordan radio and chauvinism
A comrade in Jordan sent me this: “There is a very famous radio morning show in Jordan that instils Jordanian chauvinistic sentiments amounting to blunt anti-Palestinian racism sometimes. The radio station is called “Iza’at al qouwwat al mousa…
Posted on September 12, 2012 by As'ad
My aplogies for linking to Alex Jones
Several people wrote to me about Alex Jones: never heard of him before I received a link. I asked my source and she did not know who he was. Robert wrote to me this about him:”Hey As`ad, I saw that you used Alex Jones as a source today, whi…
Posted on September 12, 2012 by As'ad
The Clintons
I watched the remarks of Hillary Clinton a few minutes ago: they confirm my view that the Clintons have no emotions whatsoever. Don’t get me wrong: Bill Clinton can feign emotions for political effect, but Hillary is incapable of evoking any emot…
Posted on September 12, 2012 by As'ad
DFLP
I receive Al-Huriyyah (the mouthpiece of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine) from Damascus. IT is rather quite disturbing: not one word in a publication about what is happening in Syria. Not one word. It is like the …
Posted on September 12, 2012 by As'ad