The killing of five African Union (AU) peacekeepers in Darfur—the deadliest single attack against the force since late 2004—is being widely condemned and has led to calls in the United Nations for deployment of a hybrid UN-AU force to the… Read moreDarfur: guerillas attack AU troops?
On April 1, the eve of Passover, the synagogue of the Neturei Karta congregation in Monsey, NY, was nearly burned to the ground. Threats had been mounting against the anti-Zionist Orthodox Jewish sect since congregation members, led by Rabbi Yisroel… Read moreNeturei Karta synagogue burns —arson?
From Newsday, April 4: Wife killed in hit-and-run after seder Maurichiu Burman, 73, struggled to his feet in the middle of the road, injured by a car that moments earlier had struck him and his wife as they returned from… Read moreWHY WE FIGHT
A new report claims the CIA and FBI operate secret prisons in Ethiopia to interrogate terror suspects. According to the Associated Press, which worked with Human Rights Watch in the investigation, the US has interrogated hundreds of suspects from over… Read moreSecret CIA prisons in Ethiopia?
Colombia April 3 denied a request from jailed paramilitary leaders to campaign for candidates in local elections. Fourteen of about 60 para bosses jailed near Medellin sought permission to campaign in their cental and northern hometowns on behalf of gubernatorial… Read moreColombia: jailed para leaders barred from politics
Oil prices fell from $68.38 to $66.93 hours after Iran decided to free 15 UK naval personnel it holds captive, easing fears that the international dispute could escalate and disrupt crude supplies. (Forbes, April 4) Meanwhile, it was revealed that… Read moreIran to release UK sailors; oil prices drop
According to investigative reports by ABC, the CIA has carefully maintained ties and links with the Pakistan-based insurgent group Jundallah, a band of Baloch separatists fighting for an independent Balochestan, a region which straddles southeast Iran and southwest Pakistan. Iranian… Read moreIran: US backing Baluch rebels?
Haaretz, citing Israeli military sources, reported April 2 that the Israeli Defense Forces are preparing for the possibility of a Syrian attack on the Golan Heights that will start as a result of a “miscalculation” on the part of the… Read moreIsrael planning Syria attack?
As Somali insurgents square off against Ethiopian and government troops in Somalia’s capital city of Mogadishu, bands of pirates have been making life increasingly difficult for ships coming in and out of the city’s harbour. An Indian cargo vessel was… Read moreSomalia: Mogadishu evacuated; pirates besiege harbor
Nine children were among 12 people killed when a suicide truck-bomber drove into a police station in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk April 2. A further 192 were injured in the blast, and many of the victims were children… Read moreIraq: more terror in Kirkuk
“As Al Qaeda rebuilds in Pakistan’s tribal areas, a new generation of leaders has emerged under Osama bin Laden to cement control over the network’s operations, according to American intelligence and counterterrorism officials.” Thus begins “New Generation of Qaeda Chiefs… Read moreAl-Qaeda: the next generation …based in US ally Pakistan!
Talli Nauman writes for Mexico’s El Universal, April 2: Environmentalists are rejoicing over the cancellation of a liquid natural gas (LNG) terminal project that the federal government had licensed Chevron Texaco to undertake adjacent to the Coronado Islands proposed protected… Read moreBaja California LNG terminal cancelled
