Ayoon wa Azan (My Opinion about Israel and Its Supporters is a Professional One) Mon, 26 September 2011 Jihad el-Khazen I can say, with no false modesty, that the middle finger of my right hand has entered history. How? Here’s how: I stood at the General Assembly of the United Nations and turn[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Arabs World’
September 26th, 2011 - 12:47 pm § in Politics
BREAKING NEWS: Gaddafi’s last stand?
By Peter Parker … Reuters NORTH OF BANI WALID, Libya, Sept 25 (Reuters) – The hilltop desert badlands of Bani Walid could be where Muammar Gaddafi’s supporters make their final stand. They could hardly have picked a better place. With its severe geography exposing any attacker to[...]
BREAKING NEWS: Women to vote in Saudi Elections
Women get the vote in Saudi Arabia[...]
September 20th, 2011 - 9:10 am § in Politics
FREE SPEECH: Censorship to topple Aljazeera?
The Guardian: Al-Jazeera boss Wadah Khanfar steps down to be replaced by Qatari royal TV channel head quits after revolutionising Middle East broadcasting for past eight years, especially during Arab Spring Wadah Khanfar, director general of the al-Jazeera network Qatar‘s government has replac[...]
September 18th, 2011 - 5:18 pm § in Politics
BREAKING NEWS: Libya
BANI WALID/SIRTE, Libya, Sept 18 (Reuters) – Libyan interim government forces fled in chaos on Sunday from Bani Walid and pulled back from Sirte after yet more failed attempts to storm Muammar Gaddafi’s final bastions and take control of the entire country. Sunday’s failed attempt [...]
The covert commander in chief
Over at the Washington Post David Ignatius, has a great essay on Obama’s political faults vs. Obama’s management style. I agree with Ignatius on most of this but suggest that the word “covert” is misplaced. Dick Chaney was a covert commander in chief. Barack Obama is [...]
BREAKING NEWS: Libya: Berber rebels embrace “Udai ugrauli” the Jewish Libyan revolutionary
David Gerbi to meet with National Transitional Council chairman. Jerusalem Post ROME – David Gerbi, the international relations representative of the World Organization of Libyan Jews, is called “Udai ugrauli” (“the Jewish revolutionary”) by the Amazigh rebel leaders on the Libyan Nat[...]
September 5th, 2011 - 7:17 pm § in Politics
BREAKING NEWS: Where is Gaddafi?
* Convoy may be part of Burkinabe exile offer to Gaddafi – source (Adds details, background) AGADEZ, Sept 6 (Reuters) – A large convoy of Libyan armored vehicles escorted by the Nigerien military arrived in the northern Niger desert town of Agadez late on Monday, a French military source[...]
September 4th, 2011 - 10:03 am § in Politics
BREAKING NEWS: The Gaddafi Clan in Exile
By DAVID ROSENBERG / THE MEDIA LINE , 09/04/2011 18:36 . Jerusalem Post Gaddafi is missing as Seif Al-Islam wages war from Sirte; Saadi wants to negotiate; Aisha, Hannibal, Mohammad, wife Safiya flee to Algeria. One son is offering to negotiate with the transitional government. Another is vowing t[...]
September 1st, 2011 - 10:09 am § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: The New Libya and a New Kind of Hero
From jihadist to Libyan war hero A lot of hand ringing controversy is going on about the outcome in inLibya. Will this be a much worse version of Pakistan? Afghanistan or .. Allah forbid .. IRAN? I believe something far more promising is going to happen. Like the American Revolution, thi[...]