US and Iraqi officials are in contact with representatives of some Sunni insurgent groups to build an alliance against al-Qaeda in Iraq, outgoing US ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad announced March 26, saying he is cautiously optimistic that “success is possible.” Khalilzad… Read moreNext in Iraq: Sunnni civil war?
Followers of the People’s Front in Defense of the Land (FPDT) from the central Mexican village of San Salvador Atenco marched and blocked the Texcoco-Lecheria federal highway to demand the liberation of 31 of their comrades from Altiplano and Santiaguito… Read moreMexico: Atenco campesinos march for political prisoners
Amid a growing threat of paramilitary violence in Mexico’s conflicted southern state of Chiapas, Subcomandante Marcos, leader of the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN), reappeared in the highland city of San Cristobal de Las Casas to announce the resumption of… Read moreZapatistas announce second phase of “Other Campaign”
Amid a growing threat of paramilitary violence in Mexico’s conflicted southern state of Chiapas, the indigenous civil organization Las Abejas (The Bees), which was targeted in the December 1997 Acteal massacre, issued a statement urging Gov. Juan Sabines not to… Read moreChiapas: “low-intensity warfare” seen
Two Border Patrol agents examining a load of marijuana exchanged gunfire March 20 with unseen assailants from the Mexican side of the Rio Grande, near Donna, TX. Border Patrol spokesman Oscar Saldana said the agents were not hurt, and no… Read moreMore gunfire on Mexican border
In the March 25 Washington Post, Trilateral Commission ideological guru and former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski once again sounds like he was bitten by a radioactive Noam Chomsky. What’s really sad is that the remnants of the American left… Read moreBrzezinski disses GWOT —again
Did you happen to catch this one? What a sad story. This Miss Israel contest really does represent the culture of narcissism and objectification, as well as an oppressive colonialist state. But young Ms. Fares seems to have had few… Read more“Honor killing” threats prompt dropout from Miss Israel contest
The March 24 New York Times features a profile of Iraq war propagandist Kanan Makiya, with the somewhat misleading title “Critic of Hussein Grapples With Horrors of Post-Invasion Iraq.” Makiya was more than a “critic of Hussein,” which implies a… Read moreIraq war cheerleader humbled —but no apology
A suicide bomber in a truck with explosives hidden under construction materials was waved through a checkpoint in southern Baghdad, where he detonated his payload, killing at least 20 on March 24. The attack was the deadliest of a wave… Read moreIraq: suicide bombs reach record
John Dugard, a UN special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories likened Israel’s treatment of Palestinians in the occupied territories to “apartheid,” and said that failure to address the situation will make it hard to solve abuses elsewhere…. Read moreUN rights rapporteur on Palestine: Yes, it’s apartheid
During his unannounced visit to Baghdad, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon felt the shockwaves of a nearby rocket attack while giving a press conference. Ban and his staff left the press meeting shaken but unscathed. Iraqi deputy prime minister Salam… Read moreIraq carnage round-up
The Somali government says al-Qaeda has appointed a young militant as its commander of the resistance forces in Mogadishu. Deputy Defense Minister Salad Ali Jelle told a news conference the insurgency is being directed by Aden Hashi Ayro, an Afghanistan-trained… Read moreAl-Qaeda running Somali resistance?
