A car bomb exploded outside a Guardia Civil barracks in the town of Durango in the Basque region of northern Spain Aug. 24, wounding two officers and causing considerable damage to the building and vehicles. Authorities said the attack was… Read moreETA back in action?
Way to go, guys. From The Guardian, Aug. 25: Three British troops killed by US jet An urgent investigation was under way last night into why a US fighter plane killed three British soldiers, and seriously injured two others, after… Read moreAfghanistan: US bombs Brits
Reports The Guardian, Aug. 24: An American military commander in Iraq today said a senior Republican senator’s call for a troop withdrawal would represent “a giant step backwards” in one of the country’s most precarious regions. Major General Rick Lynch,… Read morePentagon divided on Iraq withdrawal?
The sad—and frightening—thing is that Americans generally have such a poor sense of history that many will get taken in by Bush’s warped Vietnam analogies, delivered to applause at a National Veterans of Foreign Wars Convention in Kansas City Aug…. Read moreBush draws wrong lessons from Vietnam
From Newsday, Aug. 23: Drunk driver kills Good Samaritan On the day he planned to go house-hunting with his family, an immigrant livery driver from Azerbaijan was killed in Brooklyn while trying to assist a colleague with a stalled car… Read moreWHY WE FIGHT
Note the last sentence of this Aug. 19 AFP account. Do you think Hamid Karzai grasps the irony? Afghanistan celebrates independence from Britain President Hamid Karzai led Afghanistan’s Independence Day celebrations on Sunday with a call to the country’s young… Read moreOccupied Afghanistan celebrates “independence”
Remember back in March when the Brits pulled out of southern Iraq, citing “progress“? Looks like the only thing which has “progressed” is a violent internecine Shi’ite struggle for political control. From the LAT, Aug. 21 (links and emphasis added):… Read moreIraq: Sadr-Badr struggle for the south
A glimmer of hope that the ADL capitulated, but what a profound disgrace that they had to. And note that they are still taking a reactionary position on the Congressional resolution recognizing the Armenian genocide. Does Elie Wiesel, whose name they invoke… Read moreADL caves on Armenian genocide —but still opposes Congressional resolution
Bolivian President Evo Morales has announced he and his cabinet will donate part of their pay to families left homeless by the devastating earthquake that hit neighboring Peru last week. “Peru has always shown solidarity toward us, and the first… Read moreBolivian solidarity with Peru quake victims
After last month’s deadly Con Ed blast, another eerie sense of deja vu for jittery New Yorkers—this one cutting even closer to home. From AP via Newsday, Aug. 20: Investigators probe cause in fire that killed 2 NYC firefighters NEW… Read moreNYC: new health threat at Ground Zero
Freedom’s on the march. From Reuters, Aug. 18: BAGHDAD — Rare footage from inside a Baghdad prison camp shows hundreds of inmates packed into wire-mesh tents, protesting their innocence. “I have been jailed for two years and have never been… Read moreImages show pleading inmates at Iraq prison camp
On Aug. 16, a Miami federal jury convicted Jose Padilla on charges of aiding terrorist operations abroad, together with co-defendants Adham Amin Hassoun and Kifah Wael Jayyousi. “We are so pleased with the verdict,” said acting Deputy Attorney General Craig… Read morePadilla convicted —Bush justice system indicted
