The National Intelligence Estimate has reached such findings before. Yet more evidence of what an astonishing success the Global War on Terrorism has been. From McClatchy Newspapers, July 11: Calling al-Qaida the most potent terrorist threat to U.S. national security,… Read moreNational Intelligence Estimate: al-Qaeda stronger than ever since 9-11
In the wake of the third deadly suicide bombing to hit the country in four months, Algeria’s government has vowed to eradicate armed Islamist groups—but also warned of new attacks. Interior Minister Yazid Zerhouni called for “greater vigilance” from the… Read moreAlgeria pledges to crush Salafists, open energy sector
After two decades of silence, architect Rosa MarĂa Alvarado MartĂnez come forward July 9 to say that at least three bodies—likely the remains of student protesters killed by the army at Mexico City’s Tlatelolco Plaza in 1968—are buried under a… Read moreMexico: bodies found from Tlatelolco massacre?
Honda, Nissan, Hershey’s, Kellogg, Grupo Modelo and other multinational companies temporarily shut their plants in western Mexico after rebels attacked a key natural gas pipeline. The Popular Revolutionary Army (EPR) guerrillas claimed responsibility for the explosions. The government ordered an… Read moreMexico: guerillas bomb pipelines
A suicide bomber targeted a NATO patrol in a marketplace filled with children in Afghanistan’s Uruzgan province July 10, killing 13 elementary-school students and at least four other people. Eight Dutch soldiers and at least 35 Afghans were wounded. The… Read moreAfghanistan: the new Iraq?
July 11 marks the twelfth anniversary of the massacre of some 8,000 Muslims at the eastern Bosnian town of Srebrenica, and little has changed for the survivors who continue to wait for a modicum of justice. Up to 30,000 survivors… Read moreSrebrenica: 12 years later, still no justice
Gee, just what Musharraf needs—the State Department weighing in for his repression, augmenting the (accurate) perception that he is Washington’s toady. Don’t they have enough sense to keep quiet? This brings Pakistan one step closer to an Islamist coup, which… Read morePakistan: US-approved state terror
This reminds us of an old R. Cobb cartoon. From the New York Times, July 9: New York Plans Surveillance Veil for Downtown By the end of this year, police officials say, more than 100 cameras will have begun monitoring… Read moreNYC: “surveillance veil” for Lower Manhattan
Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari warned July 9 against a quick withdrawal of US troops. Zebari said Iraqis “understand the huge pressure that will increase more and more in the United States” ahead of the progress report by the US… Read moreIraq: foreign minister warns of civil war
Boy does this sum up everything which is wrong with the USA. Apart from the charming touch of cops brutalizing a woman old enough to be their grandma, is the absurdity of mandatory water-profligance in the middle of a desert…. Read morePolice brutalize elderly woman for conserving water
Jorge Noguera, former chief of Colombia’s secret police, was arrested on charges of colluding with illegal paramilitaries July 7. Noguera, freed from prison three months ago because of procedural errors, was ordered detained again by Colombia’s chief prosecutor, Mario Iguaran… Read moreColombia: ex-secret police chief re-arrested
Millions marched in cities across Colombia July 5 to demand the release of all the estimated 300 captives in the hands of the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) and other armed groups, and that the remains be turned over of… Read moreColombia: millions march to demand captives’ release
