Day: September 14, 2007

George Soros: Move On – Move On!

DJ Gringo Loco’s Message to George Soros: Move On – Move On!

Don’t you think it’s past time to stop funding MoveOn.org? This website has become a tired and boring non- effective cliche’ for the “loony left”. For too long the right wing has been using the moveon.org website to dismiss progressive ideas as “more crap from those nuts on the left”. It’s gotten to the point where I cringe when I hear “and moveon.org said today…” on the radio. If you really think moveon.org is helping the left, then think again. Moveon.org is just preaching to the chior and doing way more harm than good.

North Africa

Mali: Tuareg rebels fire on US military plane

Tuareg guerillas opened fire with AK-47s on a US Hercules military aircraft flying in supplies for Malian troops pinned down at Tin-Zawatine near the border with Algeria Sept. 12. There were no casualties and the plane managed to return to… Read moreMali: Tuareg rebels fire on US military plane

Iraq

Abu Risha: war criminal?

First, the basic facts from the New York Times, Sept. 14: Sunni Sheik Who Backed U.S. in Iraq Is Killed BAGHDAD, Sept. 13 — A high-profile Sunni Arab sheik who collaborated with the American military in the fight against jihadist… Read moreAbu Risha: war criminal?

Iraq

Oil struggle: Kurds bet on no Iraq

Some very insightful words from Paul Krugman in the Sept. 14 New York Times on the Kurdish Regional Government’s unilateral oil deals. Fortunately, Ed Strong’s Best That’s Left blog rescues the column from the Times’ elitist pay-per-view policy. Relevant passages:… Read moreOil struggle: Kurds bet on no Iraq

Iraq

Cholera threatens Baghdad

And now for some bad news. From the Italian news agency AGI, Sept. 12: A cholera epidemic has affected at least 7,000 people in the northern provinces of Iraq and may reach Baghdad in the next few weeks. The accomplices… Read moreCholera threatens Baghdad

Iraq

Baghdad residents protest separation wall

Hundreds of Iraqis staged a protest against the building of a dividing wall being built by US forces between a Shi’ite and Sunni district of Baghdad Sept. 12. Residents of the Shula and Ghazaliya neighborhoods waved Iraqi flags and chanted… Read moreBaghdad residents protest separation wall

Palestine

ANSWER sells out Palestinians?

Part of a statement from al-Awda and other groups, online at NYC Indymedia, Sept. 13: We believe that it is critical, necessary and essential that the building of the antiwar movement in the United States take place in a manner… Read moreANSWER sells out Palestinians?