The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي الغاضب: Dia Hadid of the New York Times
▻http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2015/06/dia-hadid-of-new-york-times.html
So this token Arab correspondent at the Times is allowed to cover Palestinian suffering but only when the suffering can be blamed on Palestinians themselves. That is her gig.
The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي الغاضب : Saudi war on Ahmadiyyah
▻http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2015/06/saudi-war-on-ahmadiyyah.html
The Ahmadiyyah sect in Pakistan has been subjected to persecution and terrorism. This Saudi cables directly implicates the Saudi government in the war on Ahmadiyyah. Sultan in Pakistan sent it to me with this note: "RE: Saudi foreign policy over the decades was a liberal one based on the premise of “noninterference” in the affairs of others.
The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي الغاضب : US and Iraq : a chronology
▻http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2015/06/us-and-iraq-chronology.html
From an alert reader: "In 2010, Iraqi government asked U.S. occupiers to leave Iraq, “Mr. Maliki: I do not care about what’s being said. I care about what’s on paper and what has been agreed to. The withdrawal of forces agreement [Status of Forces Agreement or SOFA] expires on Dec. 31, 2011. The last American soldier will leave Iraq.”
A few months later in 2011, destabilization of Syria began, which soon spread to Iraq, “Reports were cited that MI6 had cooperated with the CIA on a “rat line” of arms transfers from Libyan stockpiles to the Syrian rebels in 2012 after the fall of the Gaddafi regime.”
After four years of death and destruction in Syria and Iraq by the same jihadis that the west and its allies created; U.S. has now succeeded imposing on Iraqis that if they don’t obey their occupier and tormentor, then, the west and its allies will continue arm and finance jihadis for years to come. And this is what the U.S. wanted from the beginning, "The expanded footprint for U.S. troops in Anbar province was part of a strategy to set up a series of “lily pad” operations".
The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي الغاضب: Anne Barnard is very amused and tickled: Hizbullah’s press tour
▻http://angryarab.blogspot.fr/2015/05/anne-barnard-is-very-amused-and-tickled.html
@assalam12 ;-)
The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي الغاضب: According to the US government, you are guilty if you are ever held as a prisoner by the state of Israel
▻http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2015/04/according-to-us-government-you-are.html
“Allouche failed to disclose that he was held as a prisoner of war by Israel.”
The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي الغاضب: This would never be in the New York Times or the Washington Post
▻http://angryarab.blogspot.fr/2015/04/this-would-never-be-in-new-york-times.html
Les deux Nasrallah: trop bien !
This would never be in the New York Times or the Washington Post
The only people who are protecting us are the resistance of Hezbollah,” Nasrallah said. “The only one standing with the army is Hezbollah. Let’s not hide it anymore.” “They accept us as we are,” Nasrallah said. “They do not impose on us anything. When there’s an occasion, they come to our children’s birthdays. The people here accept that Hezbollah comes and helps.” One of the minor ironies in this profoundly divided country is that the chief of the Christians of Ras Baalbek and the head of Hezbollah share the same last name. The Christian Nasrallah, a big and bearded man, even looks strikingly like the Muslim one, Hassan Nasrallah.”
The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي الغاضب: How to assess the Huthi Movement
▻http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2015/04/how-to-assess-huthi-movement.html
...there is a rule in Arab politics: no matter how much you hate a regime or a movement the Saudi regime will prefer a WORSE alternative to it...
La #règle_du_pire #Saoud
The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي الغاضب : War in class terms
▻http://angryarab.blogspot.fr/2015/03/war-in-class-terms.html
War in class terms
Basically, the richest Arab countries, supported by the richest countries of the world, are launching a war on the poorest Arab country—oh, and in the name of democracy for sure.
Angry Arab ou l’art de la synthèse !
(Cela concerne bien entendu le bombardement du Yémen.)
The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي الغاضب : Caesar’s pictures about Syria and Abu Ghraib
▻http://angryarab.blogspot.fr/2015/03/caesars-pictures-about-syria-and-abu.html
Caesar’s pictures about Syria and Abu Ghraib
Let me explain the US government positions on pictures: the US government is fully in support releasing the gruesome pictures of the Caesar’s collection that allegedly show the images of victims of the Syrian regime but is categorically and firmly opposed to releasing pictures of Abu Ghraib. As for the US media? Pretty much in support of the US position.
(Caesar se présente comme un photographe ayant opéré - contre sa volonté bien entendu - dans les chambres de torture du régime syrien.)
The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي الغاضب : U.S. position on overthrow of Yemeni president vs. Ukrainian president
▻http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2015/02/us-position-on-overthrow-of-yemeni.html
Question posée à la porte-parole du Département d’Etat étasunien ▻http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2015/02/237795.htm
“QUESTION: Frankly, I had another subject. On #Yemen, how come if this president when he left his capital is still technically president in his country?
MS. PSAKI: That’s —
QUESTION: How come the Ukrainian president was not in the same position?
MS. PSAKI: That’s the Yemeni constitution and what the Yemeni constitution says, so I encourage you to take a look at the Yemeni constitution if you’re interested.
QUESTION: And the Ukrainian constitution said the same thing.
MS. PSAKI: Well, I think —”
The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي الغاضب: #Nicholas_Blanford on Israeli humanitarianism
▻http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2015/02/nicholas-blanford-on-israeli.html
“Whether Israeli support for the Syrian rebels is greater than mere humanitarian assistance is unclear. However, the current relationship mirrors then Israeli Defense Minister Shimon Peres’ “Good Fence” policy in 1976 when the Israeli army began providing humanitarian aid to the Christians of south Lebanon whose towns and villages were besieged by Palestinian militias.” Blanford does not mention that the same Israel was funding and arming the death squads of the Phalanges from before 1975. (thanks Basim)
The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي الغاضب : Father of Jordanian pilot blames another UAE jet for downing the plane of his son
▻http://angryarab.blogspot.fr/2015/02/father-of-jordanian-pilot-blames.html
Angry Arab signale cette vidéo où le père du malheureux pilote jordanien accuse un chasseur des Emirats d’avoir abattu, par mégarde on imagine, l’avion de son fils. Et aux commandes, nulle autre que Miriam al-Mansouri, la désormais célèbre femme-pilote !
1) trop beau pour être vrai !
2) mysogynie significative
3) pas de risque que ça se produise avec un avion saoudien, on en est pas encore aux voitures pour les femmes !
TRANSLATED: Did Israeli technical limitations on Jordanian planes lead to greater danger, less stand-off firepower?
▻https://mideastwire.wordpress.com/2015/02/06/translated-did-israeli-technical-limitations-on-jordanian-pla
An interesting emerging issue: The US sells hundreds of billions of dollars (over the years) in military hardware to Arab states… and we know from the public record that often the equipment comes with technical limitations as a result of Israeli objections and US law that mandates a QME for Israel (superiority etc.). In this case, it seems anger is boiling that the Jordanians and others are now suffering acutely from such limitations, and that a specific technical
limitation MAY have been the reason why Arab pilots are being put in greater danger to IS SAM capabilities etc.
Translated from Al-Quds al-Arabi:
“It did so, according to a prominent Arab diplomat who spoke to Al-Quds al-Arabi, in protest against the misleading coordinates provided by the operations room managed by the Americans, the weak readiness of the Arab airplanes compared to the American ones and the non-existence of exit plans for the Arab pilots to face an emergency. These Emirati objections were also adopted by Amman behind the scenes, pushing prominent officials during closed meetings held prior to the execution of pilot Al-Kasasbeh, to speak about the “courage” of the Arab and Jordanian pilots, who have to fly at low altitudes due to the lack of the necessary equipment. The general impression, four days after the execution of pilot Al-Kasasbeh, is that the political decision was taken to carry out a series of military responses, which will not stop at the level of the air raids…”
The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي الغاضب: How #Charlie_Hebdo treated Islam and how it treated other religions
▻http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2015/01/how-charlie-hebdo-treated-islam-and-how.html
One series entitled ’One Commandment A Day: The Torah Illustrated by Charb’ coarsely depicts Jews as contradicting their religious values in their interactions with Palestinians."" Exactly. That is the key point in how this lousy magazine of hate treated Islam and how it treated other religions. In the case of Judaism, it ruled that what violent Israelis do it is in contradiction with the tenets of Judaism, but in the case of Islam it always decides that any act of violence by any Muslim anywhere in the 21st century was ordered directly by Muhammad himself. That is the difference. (thanks Laura)
The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي الغاضب
►http://angryarab.blogspot.fr
If Westerners insist on the right to mock Islam and its prophet, then they should tolerate Muslim mocking of Judaism and Christianity is they wish; similarly, if Muslims object to mocking of Islam and its prophet, they should then refrain from mocking Judaism and Jews—qua Jews. You decide. Either be consistent or be explicitly inconsistent.
The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي الغاضب: The occupation of Mahmoud #Abbas' son is: “son of the president”
▻http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2014/12/the-occupation-of-mahoud-abbas-son-is.html
#Profession: fils du président
▻https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/1453267_10152501671313372_5120540140427719348_n.jpg?oh=7
The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي الغاضب : Kobani in Le Monde
▻http://angryarab.blogspot.fr/2014/12/kobani-in-le-monde.html
Kobani in Le Monde
From John: "Look at this “reportage”: Not a single mention of the YPG/PKK, it implies that the only defenders of Kobani are Iraqi peshmerga and the FSA. By the way the other week Le Monde’s Syria blog denounced a rally in support of Kobani because it was defended by the regime-allied YPG. Le Monde basically took a Turkish attitude of “let the Kurds and Daesh kill each other”.
Vous pourrez aller vérifier, de fait, c’est affligeant.
The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي الغاضب: Chronology of violence in Palestine: what the US media does not cover
▻http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2014/11/chronology-of-violence-in-palestine.html
Chronology of violence in Palestine: what the US media does not cover
From Fatima: "18 Nov Palestinians kill 4 Israelis in synagogue in Jerusalem
17 Nov Evening Israelis hanged Palestinian bus driver in Jerusalem
16 Nov Morning Israeli settlers storm Aqsa mosque
13 Nov Israel allows prayer in Aqsa with restrictions
11 Nov Israelis strip Palestinian women of her head scarf on a bus
9 Nov Israel police assassinates Kheir Aldeen after hitting police car -Israeli soldiers enter the Aqsa with guns and gas bombs
5 Nov Israel attacks moslem women worshippers entering the mosque
4 Nov Israel opens Aqsa with many restrictions
30 Oct Israel closes Aqsa mosque to all prayers
24 Oct Israeli soldiers kill Orwa 14 year old in Silwad
19 Oct Israeli settlers take control of 2 Palestinian residential building in Silwan
16 Oct Israeli soldiers kill Bahaa 13 year old in Bet Liqia
14 Oct Israeli settlers set Mosque in Aqraba on fire".
The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي الغاضب: Who will win in Kobane (Ayn Al-Arab)?
▻http://angryarab.blogspot.fr/2014/10/who-will-win-in-kobane-ayn-al-arab.html
"Kobane: A win-win for US. Nobody still puts finger on this obvious fact, but really what have IS, Turkey or Syrian Kurds gained from IS surprise attack on Kobane except US, that has been carrying out its political agenda under the motto of what Obama said “degrading and destroying IS”…
Décapant !
Turkey confirms it helps KRG Peshmerga reinforcements reach besieged Kobane
By Jonathon Burch 5 hours ago
▻http://rudaw.net/english/middleeast/20102014
The announcement by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu appeared to mark a dramatic shift in position by Ankara, which had so far refused to come to the aid of Kobane’s Kurdish defenders despite sustained pressure from Washington
(...)
On Sunday, the YPG released a statement saying it was coordinating and fighting alongside FSA units in Kobane and other areas and said it was committed to helping the whole of Syria and not just the Kurdish region.
The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي الغاضب : Saudi-Qatari rivalry
▻http://angryarab.blogspot.fr/2014/08/saudi-qatari-rivalry.html
Saudi-Qatari rivalry
From a reader: “Has there been a more disgusting, murderous manifestation of the Saudi-Qatari rivalry — at the cost of thousand of innocent lives — than the creation of ISIS and Jabhat an-Nusrah respectively? I can’t think of one.”
The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي الغاضب : ISIS and the Syrian « revolution »
▻http://angryarab.blogspot.fr/2014/08/isis-and-syrian-revolution.html
Utile rappel : c’est la « romanticisation » de la « révolution » syrienne qui a produit Isis/Daesh
ISIS and the Syrian “revolution”
Of all the theories and the explanation about ISIS none are admitting the obvious: that it is the product of the Syrian “revolution” and its romanticization. There would not have been thousands of people flocking from the West to join the cause if ISIS if the West didn’t glamorize the Syrian “revolution” and invented the notion that a moderate Syrian command is leading the fight against Asad. A person on Twitter reminded me how the Syrian “rebels” (the so-called moderates among them) used to brag about the power of ISIS and they raised the slogan داعش_عرأس_الأسد (Stepping on Asad’s head—it is a pun in Arabic).
I understand why Westerners are joining jihadi movements like ISIS. I was almost one of them.
►http://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2014/09/03/i-understand-why-westerners-are-joining-the-islamic-state-i-was-almo
My imagined scenario of liberating Chechnya and turning it into an Islamic state was a purely American fantasy, grounded in American ideals and values. Whenever I hear of an American who flies across the globe to throw himself into freedom struggles that are not his own, I think, What a very, very American thing to do.
And that’s the problem. We are raised to love violence and view military conquest as a benevolent act. The American kid who wants to intervene in another nation’s civil war owes his worldview as much to American exceptionalism as to jihadist interpretations of scripture. I grew up in a country that glorifies military sacrifice and feels entitled to rebuild other societies according to its own vision. I internalized these values before ever thinking about religion. Before I even knew what a Muslim was, let alone concepts such as “jihad” or an “Islamic state,” my American life had taught me that that’s what brave men do.
The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي الغاضب: ISIS: the movie
▻http://angryarab.blogspot.fr/2014/08/isis-movie.html
Arabs are circulating this on social media. It says: “ISIS, the movie. Genre: horror. Starring: Qatar and Saudi Arabia. Written by: Israel. Director: UK and US. Set design: Turkey. Scenes shot: Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Yemen, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, and Egypt. Film proceeds: oil and theft of people’s resources and strengthening Israel in the Middle East.”
Juste pour le sourire :-( du matin.
The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي الغاضب: So will Arab regimes intervene in Gaza?
▻http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2014/08/so-will-arab-regimes-intervene-in-gaza.html
The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي الغاضب: Muhammad Qurayqi, 13, lost his house in Shujaiyyah and made this painting
▻http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2014/07/muhammad-qurayqi-13-lost-his-house-in.html
si tu ne veux pas des pseudo codes informatiques déclenchés par le ‘ain, tu dois saisir une apostrophe ronde à la place du backtick :
Muhammad Qurayqi‘, 13, lost his house in Shuja‘iyyah
The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي الغاضب: the only ideology that counts against Israel
▻http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-only-ideology-that-counts-against.html
Let me tell you this: for Arabs, the nature of the ideology against Israel, does not count. Those who fight Israel and who fight it well will be wildly popular.
The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي الغاضب: Syria conflict and Western media
►http://angryarab.blogspot.fr/2014/04/syria-conflict-and-western-media.html
Long extrait d’une correspondance d’Angry Arab qui mérite d’être lu en entier. Pour les pressés, voir tout de même l’extrait ci-dessous qui permet de constater que le même climat intellectuel règne aux USA comme en France (je le sais pour avoir essayé de faire passer dans des médias dits indépendants, Orient XXI en l’occurrence, un point de vue différent de celui qui est adopté le plus souvent).
When the US has “faked” a revolution against Mosaddeq in Iran in 1953, and when the Zionists have controlled through cash payments Middle East monarchs, and when the US faked evidence of WMDs in Iraq to justify an invasion and an occupation, and when the political map of the Middle East was created through a secret agreement in 1916, it would be unreasonable and irrational to dismiss conspiracy theory out of hand in Middle East analysis. It is more wise than to rule out conspiracy theories but one has to weigh the evidence carefully on a case-by-case basis.
And as to the facts about Syria, the leak of a taped meeting between high Turkish officials about Syria, in which a fake attack by Syria is proposed to justify Turkish military action in Syria, was never questioned and its veracity has been basically verified. So what was shameful about that conspiracy theory or other conspiracy theories? That Western governments lie and cheat and fabricate to justify their military action? That the US and its Saudi ally invoke democracy (and the love of democracy as motive) is not shameful—to use that word?