Saudi intelligence-controlled propaganda Satellite TV station Al-Arabiya hacked today. part of the growing sectarian Shiites vs Sunnis conflict [started the U.S.], the hacker left an Arabic and English message. Personally, I am not sure if this is true or Al-Arabiya faked the hack to boost the sectarian tension.
The reality is that the news about the U.S. lifting the sanctions on Syria is leaked by the Lebanese foreign minister Fawzi Sallouk. Naharnet reported today about the United States anger with Salloukh for leaked such confidential information describing it as: Violation of the diplomatic protocols, meant to comfort Syria.
Article on the Egyptian newspaper Dostor noticed the following on Biden-Palin debate: About the third of the debate time they talked about Islam and the Middle East; the war in Iraq, Iran nuclear threats, Israel security and the struggle in Darfur. If they talk about Europe then it was Bosnia and not Russia. He asks: Why Arab regimes do not take advantage of ...
Central News Agency quoted Syrian security officials that the exploded car last Saturday did not enter Syria from the Lebanese borders. Syria official reported says that the 4x4 GMC car entered Syria from a neighboring country. There are rumors that the car entered from Jordan.
Syria blocked the distribution of Saudi funded newspaper Al-Hayat. The newspaper published many reports lately about Syrian interference in north Lebanon such as the U.S. warning to Syria.
Elham Freiha chief editor of the Lebanese newspaper AL-Anwar says that the UN commissioner, prosecutor in Rafiq Hariri assassination tribunal, will reveal in his final report at 2 Dec. 2008 the names of 120 people participated in the assassination. The report will also reveal that the preparations for the assassination took about eight months. At the final stages there were three ...
The story of an explosion after a car accident is confirmed today by the Syrian media, added something new: Hours after the blast, the authorities were able to detect the cell planned to attack, arresting a number of people. The search is still underway for others, members of the group are Arab nationalities, there are no Syrians among them.
Al-Akhbar says that there are two reasons behind the Syrian military reinforcement on the Northern Lebanese borders. - To provide a geographic defense line for the Russian sea base in Syria's Mediterranean port of Tartus. - To confront armed groups oppose the regime in Syria, financed by some regional powers and the Americans. Syrian and Europeans want to act very fast before ...
AKI reported few minutes ago that a Syrian Brigadier Abdul-Karim Abbas, Vice-Chairman in the Syrian intelligence, is assassinated in yesterday's explosion. The Brigadier is questioned earlier and linked to Hariri assassination. Lebanese website Elnashra denied this report saying Brigadier Abbas is still alive, and an army Brigadier George Garbi is killed [with his son in the car], he was coincidentally driving ...
Saudi newspaper reported a different scenario than the official report released by the Syrian News Agency "SANA". Before we see the Saudi story you can read the Syrian official version in English here. Middle East travelers recognize such 4x4 cars mentioned in the above link used for long-distance passengers transport, from/to Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon. Saudi newspaper Al-Riyadh claims that it based ...
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Just listened to Zawahiri's speech after I read these reports say that he used "insult" words.
Zawahri uses the word "Abid" or "Abd" translated directly to English as "slave" but it also means "addicted" or "loyal".
You can find the same word in many Arabic names such as these of the King of Saudi Arabia or Jordan "Abd"dullah.
The English word "negro" transited to Arabic as "Zinji" is more racial and insulting than "Abd", because "Zinji" or even "Aswad" = "black" usually refers to an ethnic inferior minority.
According to Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida, Davis Miliband in his visit to Syria, had a letter from Israeli Prime Minister Olmert to Bashar Al-Asad assured him of Israel's willingness to continue the negotiations.
According to Al-Akhbar, Gadhafi's son visit to the U.S. aimed to promote the transfer of power and to approve father-son succession in Libya, especially that he will visit Jewish activists in the U.S.
As reported on Al-Akhbar:
Western countries intelligence services and particularly France started to accuse Saudi Arabia of arming the fundamentals in Lebanon after they found special guns and arms sold by France at the time of the former President Jacques Chirac to Saudi Arabia.
Good report on the Palestinian newspaper Al-Manar on Hamas options and the next move:
Sources close to Hamas said that the movement is in a very difficult position, reluctant to launch attacks on Israel and would prefer to wait until the U.S. political situation to stabilize.
Hamas leaders in exile want to exercise restraint, but they are unable to control the military commanders. Hamas has three options:
1- To go towards Egypt and continue the peace dialogue [with Fatah] immediately and unconditionally.
2- To continue the "calculated" escalation, without pushing the situation to the exploding point.
3- Its called the suicidal option:
A- Armed operation in areas surrounds Gaza strip, joined by other armed factions, but any direct confrontation will hurt Hamas heavily.
B- To confront the Israeli pressure with attacks outside the Gaza strip, in the West Bank or inside Israel, trying to boost its negotiations demands.
The story of the hijacked Saudi oil tanker "Sirius Star" is escalating but yet there are few confusing reports on the Saudi media.
The strange thing is what Saudi funded newspaper AL-Sharq AL-Awsat reported this morning:
The Saudi border guards denied the reports of a hijacked Saudi ship; they [border guards] did not receive any distress call from any ship or Saudi oil tanker exposed to a piracy operation.
The most confusing is what Saudi newspaper reported this morning:
[Saudi oil tanker] "Sirius Star" is liberated.
A Saudi source confirmed the release of "Sirius Star".
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