The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda sentenced former priest Emmanuel Rukundo to 25 years imprisonment Feb. 27 after convicting him of genocide and crimes against humanity.
Security forces in Madagascar’s capital fired teargas to disperse looters after an anti-government protest. Civil unrest has left 125 dead since the protest campaign began in January.
Russia and Denmark met in Moscow to discuss rival claims to Arctic waters opened by the shrinking of the ice cap—with a estimated 13% of the world’s undiscovered oil and 30% of undiscovered gas.
Electronic Journal & Daily Report OBAMA, KYRGYZSTAN AND THE GREAT GAME The Struggle for Central Asia After the Bush Dynasty by Sarkis Pogossian, World War 4 Report PRISONS BEYOND GUANTANAMO Thousands of “Enemy Combatants” Held in Global Gulag by Matt… Read moreIssue #155, March 2009
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Continue ReadingPLEASE HELP WORLD WAR 4 REPORT SURVIVE!Low-Intensity War in Michoacán and Guerrero from Frontera NorteSur A glance at Mexico’s ongoing narco war reveals a low-intensity civil conflict that rises, subsides and then rears up again in various geographic locations. For example, the northern border city of… Read moreMEXICO’S SOUTHWESTERN FRONT
Continue ReadingMEXICO’S SOUTHWESTERN FRONTby Bill Weinberg, AlterNet A year-end report by the Pentagon’s Joint Forces Command names two countries as likely candidates for a “rapid and sudden collapse”: Pakistan and Mexico. The report, code-named JOE 2008 (for Joint Operating Environment), states: “In terms… Read moreOBAMA’S BIGGEST FOREIGN POLICY CHALLENGE: MEXICO?
Continue ReadingOBAMA’S BIGGEST FOREIGN POLICY CHALLENGE: MEXICO?The Struggle for Central Asia After the Bush Dynasty by Sarkis Pogossian, World War 4 Report In November 2001, as the US assembled a coalition to invade Afghanistan in the aftermath of the 9-11 attacks, the British Foreign Secretary Jack… Read moreOBAMA AND THE GREAT GAME
Continue ReadingOBAMA AND THE GREAT GAMEAfter Obama took office, the Washington Post announced: “Bush’s ‘War’ On Terror Comes to a Sudden End.” Does this mean World War 4 Report has outlived its mission?
