The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي الغاضب : 05/01/2013

Je vous traduis ce petit billet d’Angry Arab sur la couverture d’un vieux numéro d’As-Safir d’il y a 40 ans :
▻http://angryarab.blogspot.fr/2013/05/lebanese-politics-40-years-later.html

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J’étais en train de lire de vieux numéros du quotidien As-Safir. Celui-ci date de 1974. Cela m’a frappé : le titre parle de la nomination de Saëb Salam (le père de Tammam) comme Premier ministre, et cela mentionne Kamal Joumblatt (le père de Walid) et Tony Frangié (le père de Soleimane Jr). Ainsi les fils dominent toujours la politique libanaise 40 ans plus tard. Seuls les chiites ont été capables de se débarasser de leurs chefs traditionnels. Dans la seconde moitié de la même couverture du quotidien, cela parle du roi séoudien (le frère du roi Abdallah) et cela mentionne Hafez el-Assad (le père de Bachar). Il y quelque chose de mauvais, de très mauvais dans ce tableau.

Exclusive: first-hand report on Hizbullah fighters in Qusayr
▻http://angryarab.blogspot.fr/2013/05/exclusive-first-hand-report-on.html

Here is what I know: that the first two days of fighting was rather easy for the fighters but then they were slowed down. As they continued their advance, they were met by heavy resistance mounted mostly by Chechnyan fighters. The most deadly weapon used against Hizbullah fighters was the method used by Chechnyan fighters: they dig a hole in the ground at the doorstep of the house (as in the hole seen above in the picture), and then they shoot from below at the fighters as they enter. They then shoot them in the head when they fall down. Most Hizbullah casualties were suffered in those encounters (a stupid sleazy—literally in the case of this one—Hariri website did mention that oddly many Hizbullah fighters were shot in the foot, and it stupidly speculated that they were deliberately doing that to themselves to be pulled out from battle, while in reality the party has been receiving more volunteers than it can accommodate). Hizbullah fighters, I am told, were shocked at the state of the Syrian army: that they are so ill-equipped and ill-prepared and ill-supplied. They now say that matters improved for the “battle” and that they now control some 45% of the area.

Flash. Explosive. Sen. McCain poses with terrorists in Syria
▻http://angryarab.blogspot.fr/2013/05/flash-explosive-sen-mccain-poses-with.html

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New TV aired an explosive report. Its correspondent, Nawal Birri, who has covered the story of the kidnapping of Lebanese pilgrims in Syria, recognized the men standing with Sen. McCain in the picture. They are none other than the captors themselves. The families of the hostages, some of whom were kidnapped with them before being released, also recognized the men as the captors. The picture was taken in `A’zaz, where the hostages are being held.

As‘ad Abukhalil livre régulièrement des commentaires documentés et relativement longs sur des livres traitant du monde arabe. Pour le livre de Nicolas Beau et Jacques-Marie Bourget, Le Vilain petit Qatar, la mise à mort est… lapidaire.
▻http://angryarab.blogspot.fr/2013/05/le-vilain-petit-qatar.html

Let me say this: yes, Qatar is a leader of the Arab counter-revolution and heads with Saudi Arabia one of the most reactionary alliances in our contemporary history but the new French book, Le vilain petit: Qatar, is most silly and absurd in its theories about the Arab uprising. Let me just say that the authors subscribe to the theory of Gene Sharp, as the instigator of Arab uprising. When you read that, you know that the authors have nothing to say and are delusional.

À l’instant, Angry Arab se moque de Reuters, qui prétend qu’un combattant du Hezbollah lui téléphone direcement depuis Qusayr :
▻http://angryarab.blogspot.fr/2013/05/hizbullah-fighters-manage-to-call-in-to.html

A fighter from Hezbollah forces in Qusair told Reuters by telephone that advances were happening at a very slow pace.

Voir ma remarque précédente sur l’AFP :
▻http://seenthis.net/messages/141672

C’est tellement ridicule que j’ai voulu vérifier, et j’ai découvert que c’est encore plus amusant : il existe désormais au moins trois versions de cette phrase.

Sur ces sites :
▻http://www.trust.org/item/20130525133202-frtls
►http://www.unitedjerusalem.org/index2.asp?id=1688441
la mention « par téléphone » apparaît bien :

A fighter from Hezbollah forces in Qusair told Reuters by telephone that advances were happening at a very slow pace.

En revanche, sur ces sites :
▻http://www.dailynewscrunch.com/middle-east/hezbollah-syria-government-forces-push-for-advance-in-qusair
►http://www.oregonherald.com/news/story.cfm?bid=6009499
la mention du coup de bigophone a disparu :

A fighter from Hezbollah forces in Qusair told Reuters that advances were happening at a very slow pace.

Et la dépêche d’origine chez Reuters :
►http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/25/us-syria-crisis-qusair-idUSBRE94O05320130525
ça n’est plus par téléphone, et ça n’est plus un combattant mais « un officiel proche du Hezbollah » :

An official close to Hezbollah told Reuters that the fighters’ advances in Qusair were happening at a very slow pace.

L’explication est confirmée par le lien « United Jerusalem » ci-dessus : la version sur ce site contient la mention du téléphone, tout en indiquant que sa source est l’article de Reuters référencé ici, lequel ne contient pas la mention du téléphone et où le « combattant » est remplacé par « un officiel ». Il est donc clair que Reuters a sucré la mention.

Alors quoi, Reuters, tu trouves qu’écrire que tu obtiens les confidences d’un combattant du Hezbollah à Qusayr par téléphone, ça fait pingouin, donc tu changes la mention de ta source ; mais ça ne remet pas en cause l’« information » elle-même ?

Hizbullah in Syria
▻http://angryarab.blogspot.fr/2013/05/hizbullah-in-syria.html

One of my sources of amusement is reading US reporters commenting on Hizbullah. It is clear from reading their reports that they exclusively talk to enemies of the party in Lebanon. For example, they keep repeating the mantra in Saudi media that Hizbullah would face anger among its base for its military intervention in Syria. The truth? The base has been urging the party to get more heavily involved in Syria for months now.

C’est aussi l’axe systématique du libanais masqué qui écrit pour Al Monitor.

Al Jazeera management orders Joseph Massad article pulled in act of pro-Israel censorship | The Electronic Intifada
▻http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/al-jazeera-management-orders-joseph-massad-article-pulled-act-pr

Le dernier article de Joseph Massad sur Al-Jazeera english retiré.

Explication:

Although Qatar-based Al Jazeera receives much criticism, and often deserved for reflecting Qatar’s foreign policy, the censorship of Massad’s article for political reasons is unprecedented because the English-language website had, until now, enjoyed complete editorial independence.

It is well understood that Al Jazeera’s red lines have always been criticism of Qatar or its Emir, and yet, Massad has even published several articles on Al Jazeera English that harshly criticized both Qatari foreign policy (See here, here and here) and the Emir himself without ever being censored.

And Massad has written plenty of articles that have enraged Zionists.

This indicates, without doubt, that the decision to remove Massad’s article today was taken at the highest level.

But why would this happen now?

One reasonable interpretation would be that the removal of Massad’s article reflects a tightening of the editorial line as the Qatar-based network launches its new channel, Al Jazeera America, which will rely – for access to cable systems, and “mainstream” credibility – on forging good relations with US elites.

An illustration of what this process might look like was on display when Ehab Al Shihabi, executive director of Al Jazeera’s international operations and the official responsible for setting up Al Jazeera America, recently visited Chicago – which will be home to a major Al Jazeera bureau.

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Tsvetan Tsvetanov and Hezbollah
▻http://angryarab.blogspot.fr/2013/05/tsvetan-tsvetanov-and-hezbollah.html

You might remember that this Tsvetan Tsvetanov is the Interior minister that pretended to have “well-grounded reasons” to implicate Hezbollah in an attack against Israeli tourists:
▻http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/feb/05/bulgaria-hezbollah-bus-bomb-attack
“We have well-grounded reasons to suggest that the two were members of the militant wing of Hezbollah,” said Tsvetan Tsvetanov, Bulgaria’s interior minister

So, with 2 major political scandals on the Tsvetanov, I would bet that the accusation against Hezbollah is now dead.

Series on Syria: Angry Arab Interviews Rania Abouzeid of Time
▻http://angryarab.blogspot.fr/2013/05/series-on-syria-angry-arab-interviews.html

What is the most likely scenario that you see for Syria in the next year or years?

I truly, sincerely hope I’m wrong but I see a protracted, savage war. The fall of the regime will not be the end. There has long been talk of a “revolution after the revolution,” of infighting within rebel ranks, between warlords vying for power, territory, riches; between groups with ideological, sectarian or ethnic differences; of revenge killings; general lawlessness; a country that is a proxy battleground for the region’s many players. Some of these elements are already present. Inshallah, I am wrong. The Syrian people deserve better, much better.

On peut lire l’entretien en entier, c’est intéressant.

Et voilà Ziad Doueiri avec un nouveau costard, grâce à Angry Arab : Ziad Doueiri : prostration at the feet of Zionists (textes méchants et jubilatoires, que je trouve plus que mérités) :
▻http://angryarab.blogspot.fr/2013/05/ziad-doueiri-prostration-at-feet-of.html

Hell, any Arab or Muslim in the West can write a silly story about love between an Arab and an Israeli, and he/she would surely win Oscars, Nobel, and Pulitzer at the same time. And since this silly director is obsessed with awards and represents all that I mock about Lebanonese culture (he in fact claimed in an interview with BBC Arabic that “the president of Oscars” called him and told him to apply and told him that he has a good shot at winning. Kid you not), he should get the award for prostration before Zionists. You now can figure out what type of a person we are talking about. Look what he told this Israeli paper: “I hated Israel’s guts during the 1982 war and the 2006 war, but I have done my questioning too. I’ve changed.” So this buffoon has changed although Israel has not changed. He is willing to change some more in return for more Western awards from the Zionist white man.

Angry Arab occupe le terrain, d’ailleurs, puisqu’il publie en même temps sa longue tribune dans la version arabe du Akhbar sur le même sujet :
▻http://www.al-akhbar.com/node/182501

Enfin, la traduction en anglais de l’éditorial d’AbuKhalil que le Akhbar avait refusé de publier. (Je faisais remarquer alors que, certainement, aucun quotidien occidental ne publierait un tel article.)
▻http://angryarab.blogspot.fr/2013/05/my-letter-of-advise-to-saudi-king.html

I would’ve liked to address you as servant to the US and the Israeli enemy but I reconsidered. I thought about it until I remembered that you, king of the House of Saud, who gained his crown and throne from colonialism, are illiterate and ignorant and you cannot even pronounce correctly. How could I write to you when you can’t even read well? How could I write to you when you don’t read at all, and when you do read you trip and stumble more than once in a single sentence? Even if you pronounce correctly, you don’t understand what you read. How can I write to you while you are fixated on TV screens night and day, as Barbara Walters reported. Of course, to be fair to you, you read the obscene books and magazines you can get your hands on. This is your true library, “Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques.” However, you, like the rest of the House of Saud princes, are a graduates of the “Princes’ School,” so you can’t faulted. This Princes’ School has more pornographic movies than books. It’s the alma mater of Fahd, Muqrin, Nawwaf, yourself and the rest of your vile group. You, monarch of Saudi Arabia, and your brothers graduated from the Princes’ School where your teachers were unable to teach you, so you’ve spent your time on play and entertainment and a voracious appetite for pornography. You, sons of Abdulaziz - the founder as you call him, except that he founded a kingdom of oppression and enslavement, which has gained the pleasure of the west because he has offered his people’s resources to the colonizer to seize as it wishes at exorbitant prices unavailable to poor countries – not one of you has been educated. Your sons and grandchildren’s education is not much better. Some House of Saud members borrow poetry, i.e., they buy it with money and regurgitate it as if it was the product of their own dull intellects.