Democracy
Bouteflika Re-elects Himself, Gets Love Letter from Al-Assad
Awww, isn’t that sweet? Assad congratulating Bouteflika on re-electing himself! That ought to mean a lot coming from someone who managed to pull off 97% in his re-election (whereas Boute only managed 90.24%). Congrats, Bouteflika! (Tarboush Tip: SANA)
And With this Finger, I Will Neek the Egyptians
Gamal Mubarak, the handsome-devil son of Egypt’s aging despot Hosni Mubarak, was in Washington, DC today for a “private visit” according to the Cable. His father partied it up with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at a Sharm resort earlier this week while he dipped his toes in the city’s power elite cesspool. Gamal [...]
More news from the only democracy in the Middle East
“Seven hundred protesters against the Israel Defense [sic] Forces operation in Gaza, mostly Israeli Arabs or residents of East Jerusalem, have been arrested since the operation began, and dozens have been indicted. The protesters, 226 of whom are still in custody, are suspected of involvement in disturbances, illegal demonstrations or stone-throwing, police said. Of the [...]
Weak and Corrupt: Abbas As The Israeli-Installed Dictator
Abbas’ acquiescence to Israel’s attack on Gaza was by no means a surprise: he’s a coward, he already played American and Israeli puppet against the outcome of the free elections. He is corrupt, his cronies continue to fill positions they are unqualified for, their relatives enjoy similar privileges, and he has been a useless political [...]
The Only Democracy in the Region Just Banned Arab Parties
A few days ago, Yaman wrote about the obvious contradiction between pro-Israeli propaganda proclaiming Israel’s belief in freedom of the press, while at the same time Israel denies journalists access to Gaza, killing journalists and bombing media building. The same propaganda campaign he cited faces another contradiction. Haaretz just reported that the Israel parliament, the [...]
Islamists at the Gate, But It’s Okay
The recent spate of piracy along the coast of Somalia around the Gulf of Aden has refocused international attention on Somalia and for good reason. Somalia is the latest example of how the West’s “Anything but Islamists” mantra has hurt Western interests and the wider Middle East region as well. The piracy off the coast [...]
CHINESE FUCKING DEMOCRACY!!!
Ten years in the making and Axel Rose, along with the new line-up of Guns N’ Roses, officially release Chinese Democracy. Say what you will about Axel and the boys, but they are without a doubt one of the greatest American rock groups of the 1980′s — if not all time. Best of all — [...]
We Spread Democracy. Just look at the map.
Click here for a chronological map of the imperial history of the Middle East for the past 5000 years. I find it interesting that even though it goes until 2006, there is no mention of occupation, either by the US or Israel. And that the only two cities the makers found worth mentioning on an [...]
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