The Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas Human Rights Center (Frayba) in Chiapas reports that it has received a document prepared by the Mexican government for the Inter-American Human Rights Commission (CIDH) concerning the November 13, 2006 slaying of four peasants… Read moreGovernment link to Viejo Velasco massacre; Chiapas violence continues
The government of Mexican President Felipe Calderón has issued a formal request to the US Congress for a huge increase in military aid to combat narco-gangs. The request came in a recent US-Mexico Inter-Parliamentary Meeting held in Austin, TX, and… Read moreCalderón seeks “Plan Colombia” for Mexico
From Long Island Press, June 8: Teen Drives Into Sunrise Mall On June 7, an Amityville teen was arrested for reportedly driving a car into the main entrance of Sunrise Mall at around 7 p.m. According to police, Dwight Thomas,… Read moreWHY WE FIGHT
The headquarters of the Iraq Freedom Congress, a civil anti-occupation coalition, were raided by US troops June 7. The premises were damaged when the soldiers forced down the door, and five of the office’s guards were arrested and their weapons… Read moreUS forces raid Iraq Freedom Congress offices in Baghdad
Bruce Riedel of the Brookings Institution has a piece in the May/June issue of Foreign Affairs, “Al-Qaeda Strikes Back,” which finds, “By rushing into Iraq instead of finishing off the hunt for Osama bin Laden, Washington has unwittingly helped its… Read moreAl-Qaeda to Bush: Nuke Iran!
Iraqi legislators passed a resolution June 5 requiring the government to seek parliamentary approval before asking the UN to extend the mandate for US-led forces in Iraq. The Sadrist-drafted resolution passed by a vote of 85 to 59. The members… Read moreIraq: parliament demands approval to extend occupation
Mansour Dadullah, new Taliban military commander since the death of his brother Mullah Dadullah in combat last month, told AlJazeera in an exclusive interview: “Sheikh Osama bin Laden is alive and active. He’s carrying out his duties. The latest proof… Read moreTaliban commander: Osama calls the shots
Intolerance and stupidity, it seems, are equal-opportunity employers. Since 9-11, Sikhs in the US have faced violent attacks from Ugly American types who are too dumb to know that they aren’t Muslims. Now a Sikh student has been attacked by… Read moreNYC: another Sikh attacked in Queens
From Reuters, June 4: Car Plows into D.C. Street Festival, Injuring 35 WASHINGTON – A woman plowed her car through several blocks at a crowded street festival in Washington, D.C. on Saturday night, injuring 35 people, police said. Seven people… Read moreWHY WE FIGHT
Just two days after a mass anti-G8 demonstration in Rostock turned violent, protestors skirmished with police June 4, this time in a part of town known for neo-Nazi attacks in the early 1990s. Nearly 1,000 staged a sit-down protest in… Read moreGermany: riots rock Rostock
As the Lebanese army continues to pound Fatah al-Islam positions at the Nahr el Bared refugee camp, fighting also broke out June 3 with a second Islamist faction, Jund al-Sham, at Ein al-Helweh, Lebanon’s largest refugee camp. Mediators from other… Read moreLebanon: new front opens at Ein al-Helweh refugee camp
A telling story in the June 2 New York Times, “Advocacy Group’s Publicity Campaign on Darfur Angers Relief Organizations,” reveals a rift between the Save Darfur Coalition and the aid agencies actually on the ground in Darfur. Save Darfur takes… Read moreSplit between activists and aid groups in Darfur campaign seen
