The National Rifle Association is urging the Bush administration to withdraw its support of a bill that would prohibit people on terrorism watch lists from buying firearms. In a letter to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, NRA director Chris Cox said… Read moreNRA defends terror suspects’ gun rights —as milita terrorists rearm
One year after the confrontations between inhabitants and Mexico state police at the village of San Salvador Atenco, 174 of the 204 originally detained still face charges, mostly of “attack on the means of communication” (road blocks), and 25 on… Read moreAtenco: one year later, still no justice
The May 3 attempted hijacking at the Havana airport by two conscripts who killed an officer they had taken hostage may have been a CIA-sponsored adventure, or merely evidence of desperation to get out of Cuba. (A month earlier, three… Read moreCuba: who are the “terrorism sponsors”?
We’ve noted speculation that the paramilitary scandal in Colombia will do in Bogotá’s prospects for a free trade deal with Washington. When Uribe was in Washington yesterday to petition for the deal (and continued economic and military aid), he was… Read moreDemocrats dress down Colombia’s Uribe —sort of
First-time author Margaret Ajemian Ahnert’s May 1 appearance at a Barnes & Noble store on New York’s Upper East Side to promote her new memoir on survivng the Armenian genocide, The Knock at the Door, was disrupted by hecklers who… Read moreNYC: Barnes & Noble imbroglio over Armenian genocide
Tehran has expelled tens of thousands of Afghans from Iran since mid-April, with authorities saying they will repatriate 1 million unregistered Afghan refugees over the next years. The UNHCR says it is powerless to intervene as those being forcibly repatriated… Read moreIran expels Afghan refugees; protests in Kabul
A White House press release, April 30: Loyalty Day, 2007 A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America America was founded by patriots who risked their lives to bring freedom to our Nation. Today, our citizens are… Read moreBush: May Day now “Loyalty Day”
Don’t apologize, Gov. Corzine. Americans are dying in Iraq for your right to be an anti-social speedfreak. From Newsday, May 1: Corzine apologizes upon hospital release CAMDEN, N.J. – An emotional Gov. Jon S. Corzine was discharged from a hospital… Read moreWHY WE FIGHT
A US-led raid on a suspected militant cell in Bati Kot district, Nangarhar province, killed as many as six Afghans April 30, including a woman and a teenage girl, sparking protests by hundreds of angry Afghans chanting “Death to Bush!”… Read moreAfghanistan: US kills civilians —again
Abd al-Malik al-Houthi, the Shi’ite rebel leader in Yemen, speaking to reporters in the northern city of Saada, accused government forces of “genocide” in their campaign against the insurgents: “Cities and villages are being subjected nowadays to the most dreadful… Read moreYemen: Shi’ite rebels charge “genocide”
Syria has built a secret fortified complex buried deep underground to manufacture and store ballistic missiles capable of striking Israel, the Israeli newspaper Yediot Aharonot quoted “foreign experts” as saying April 30. The complex supposedly includes 30 reinforced concrete bunkers,… Read moreSyria: fortified missile city?
The April 28 suicide car blast in Karbala occurred at a checkpoint on an approach to the city’s golden-domed Al-Abbas shrine, amid crowded shops and restaurants near the Shi’ite holy site. “Once again the dark forces and terrorists have targeted… Read moreKarbala carnage escalates factional strife
