India’s Border Security Force remains on high alert after a two-day mutiny by the Bangladesh Rifles left scores dead. Unconfirmed reports in the Indian press link the mutiny to Pakistani intelligence.
A young Tibetan monk was shot by Chinese police after he set himself on fire on the third day of the Tibetan New Year, at a market in Sichuan province’s Ngaba prefecture. It is not known if he is alive or dead.
Suspected al-Qaeda operative Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri is to be tried in US federal court, following the unsealing of an indictment. Al-Marri’s habeas corpus petition is pending before the Supreme Court.
Resource Wars on Venezuela’s Indigenous Frontier from El Mundo/Libertario, Caracas The information glut regarding the February referendum on Venezuela’s Constitutional amendment has hidden serious events happening in the state of Zulia, in particular the Sierra de Perijá along the Colombian… Read moreTERROR IN PERIJÁ
Continue ReadingTERROR IN PERIJÁHemispheric Militarization in “Free Trade” Guise by Laura Carlsen, CIP Americas Program When the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was negotiated and signed in the early 90s, few people were thinking about its security implications. Environmentalists objected, fearing a… Read moreNAFTA’S DANGEROUS SECURITY AGENDA
Continue ReadingNAFTA’S DANGEROUS SECURITY AGENDAThousands of “Enemy Combatants” Held in Global Gulag by Matt Vogel, Catholic Worker Jan. 11, 2009 began the eighth year of operation for the prisons at the US naval base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. In the past few months, Guantánamo… Read morePRISONS BEYOND GUANTANAMO
Continue ReadingPRISONS BEYOND GUANTANAMOVenezuela and Bolivia condemned US State Department reports on human rights and narcotics that single out the two South American countries, saying Washington has no right to pass judgment.
