Michel Aoun and the Sectarian Shadow by Bilal El-Amine The last round of the staggered parliamentary elections ended with a bang June 26 in the north of Lebanon. Most of the final results were predictable: the Harriri-Jumblatt alliance will control… Read moreLEBANON’S POST-ELECTORAL CROSSROADS
Continue ReadingLEBANON’S POST-ELECTORAL CROSSROADSWith all of the current horrors in the headlines, the world has paid little note to the tenth anniversary of the July 1995 massacre of 8,000 at the eastern Bosnian town of Srebrenica after it was overrun by besieging Serb… Read moreZ magazine supports genocide
UK memo says US, UK readying Iraqi withdrawal-report LONDON, July 10 (Reuters) – A leaked document from Britain’s Defence Ministry says the British and U.S. governments are planning to reduce their troop levels in Iraq by more than half by… Read moreUK, US plan Iraq withdrawal?
Protesters are starting to leave Edinburgh, but at least four were re-arrested for violating bail conditions banning them from the city while actually trying to get out of town. Human rights lawyer Aamer Anwar told the court: “The situation with… Read moreEdinburgh aftermath: police over-reach, Wolfowitz praises Geldof
Syrian forces have arrested two fugitives from Jordan who are believed to be former bodyguards of Saddam Hussein and linked to the Iraq insurgency. The manhunt followed a clash between militants and Syrian forces on Qassioun Mountain overlooking Damascus July… Read moreIraq war spills into Syria?
More glowing reports of freedom on the march in Iraq. This from the July 7 New York Times, reprinted the following day in the International Herald Tribune. Shiite theocracy takes hold in Iraqi oil city By Edward Wong The New… Read moreBasra: Shi’ite theocracy bans music
Following the July 5 attack by presumed Islamic militants at the disputed Indian holy site of Ayodhya, protests have broken out throughout India. Over 2,000 were arrested in Delhi, where police used tear gas, and critics charge the protests have… Read moreBJP exploits backlash violence in India?
A previously unknown armed group, the Fatherland is First Popular Revolutionary Command (Comando Popular Revolucionario La Patria es Primero), has claimed responsibility for the July 6 assassination of former Guerrero state government secretary Ruben Robles Catalan, whose driver was also… Read moreNew armed group attacks in southern Mexico
