Remember all the “not-about-Iraq” spewing after the July 2005 London bombings? Nobody’s saying that this time around. From the Washington Post, July 6: LONDON — Bilal Abdulla, one of the two doctors arrested after a blazing Jeep Cherokee rammed into… Read moreUK terror scare: no way around Iraq connection
Cindy Sheehan announced July 3 that she is asking people to join her in a 10-day walk from Atlanta to Washington DC, starting July 13 for a “people’s accountability movement.” On her blog, she said “the straw that broke my… Read moreCindy Sheehan back in the game
The Iraqi Journalists Union said in statement last month that 227 journalists and media staff have been killed since the invasion of Iraq in March 2003, with an additional 15 missing. The Union demanded that the Iraqi government and US… Read moreIraq: 227 journalists killed under occupation
An urgent alert from the Iraq Freedom Congress informs us that at 3:00 AM Baghdad time on July 4, US and Iraqi government forces attacked the home of the head of IFC Safety Force, Abd-alhussein Saddam, causing serious injuries to… Read moreIraq: US attacks civil resistance
Ostensibly, its only a dispute about fishing rights, but it has far deeper implications. Mohamed Ahmed Iman, director-general of Somalia’s Ministry of Fisheries, has publcily dismissed as invalid ongoing talks between the governments of Yemen and Somalia’s autonomous enclave of… Read moreSomalia: transition government showdown with Puntland?
In a surprise development, the US Supreme Court agreed June 29 to hear an appeal they had refused to hear in April, asking whether “foreign citizens imprisoned indefinitely” by the US military can go to federal court and whether their… Read moreSupreme Court to hear Gitmo cases
The press is abuzz with the June 26 release of the CIA’s “family jewels,” nearly 700 pages of documents concerning domestic meddling, foreign assassinations and other real and potential violations of the Agency’s charter that then-director James Schlesinger ordered compiled… Read moreThe CIA’s “family jewels” and historical irony
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Meles Zenawi says he is strengthening his army in preparation for an attack by regional rival Eritrea. “Our defence forces have the capacity to deter aggression and to repulse it if it occurred,” Zenawi told Ethiopian members… Read moreEthiopia: ready for war with Eritrea
Ethiopia’s Federal High Court will hand down sentences to 38 imprisoned opposition leaders and journalists on July 9, the body has announced. Following reports that members of the opposition facing charges of “genocide” and attempted coup d’etat signed a document… Read moreEthiopia won’t budge on arrested activists, journalists
The Paris-based media watchdog group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) castigated the international community June 27 for “indifference” to a media crackdown in Eritrea. “Because of the world’s indifference, we are reduced to just watching, appalled and powerless, as the authorities… Read moreEritrea: press crackdown condemned
From Reuters, June 25: Man, 80, killed after round-Japan bike tour An 80-year-old man on the verge of completing a round-Japan cycling tour was struck and killed by a truck only a few hours ride from his home, police say…. Read moreWHY WE FIGHT
The Special Investigator (FiscalÃa Especial) for the Acteal massacre in Mexico’s southern state of Chiapas has announced the discovery in a cave of two AK-47 rifles which are believed to be those used in the Dec. 22, 1997 slaying of… Read moreChiapas: arms used in Acteal massacre discovered
