Authorities announced the arrest of four men in Beirut who they described as members of Fatah al-Islam, a radical Palestinian faction, in connection with the bombing of two minibuses in the city last month that killed three people and wounded… Read moreLebanon: Palestinians arrested in terror attacks
As we have argued, Washington has its own overriding imperatives for a war drive against Iran, which have to do with the global struggle for control of oil and maintaining US global hegemony. But, once again, the indefagitable if myopic… Read moreCongress caves on Iran war provision; AIPAC takes hit
Given all the reactionary prattle we have seen in the New York Times lead op-ed slot of late, it was quite a breath of fresh air to read something downright progressive and courageously iconoclastic: “Whose Oil is It, Anyway?” by… Read moreNYT op-ed: no to Iraqi oil “denationalization”
What does this mean? No extradition from Dubai? From the BBC, March 9: Halliburton, the oil services company formerly headed by US Vice-President Dick Cheney, is moving its headquarters from Texas to Dubai. The company said it hoped the move… Read moreHalliburton plans move to Dubai
Hey, fuck the polar bears. If they don’t have what it takes to survive in an unregulated free-market economy, why does the world owe them a living?* From the San Francisco Chronicle, March 9: U.S. accused of silencing experts on… Read moreWhite House censors scientists —again
A monument to the 191 victims of the March 11, 2004 terror attack has just been unveiled in Madrid. (AP) But that is not what’s dominating the headlines from Spain. Did the huge protest over the release of an ETA… Read moreSpain: ETA “overshadows” 3-11 remembrance
From the New York Post, March 12: Car Kills Woman on Birthday A Queens woman was struck and killed by a car on her 71st birthday yesterday as she crossed an Upper East Side street on her way to celebrate… Read moreWHY WE FIGHT
The UN Human Rights Council High Level Mission to Sudan has delivered a critical report, accusing the Sudanese government of orchestrating “gross and systematic” human rights abuses in Darfur, and decrying that the international response has been “inadequate and ineffective.”… Read moreUN report: war crimes in Darfur
Afghan drug lords linked to the Taliban get busted. Others get appointed to government posts. From AP, March 9: Afghan Anticorruption Chief Sold Heroin in Las Vegas in ’87 KABUL — When the deal went down in Las Vegas, the… Read moreAfghan corruption czar was smack dealer
Words of wisdom from an Iranian diplomat. Imagine. From the Chicago Tribune, March 11 (emphasis added): BAGHDAD — The United States and Iran traded blame for the violence engulfing Iraq at a conference of Iraq’s neighbors Saturday that was hailed… Read moreIran: “surge” is “vicious cycle”
From Ria Novosti, March 9: PETROZAVODSK — One man was killed in a brawl between locals and migrants from the Caucasus in northwestern Russia in the early hours of Friday, local police said. A 19-year-old local man was stabbed in… Read moreRussia: anti-“black” pogrom —again
Three weeks ago, the New York Times told us in a front-page story that there is more oil in Iraq than we ever dreamed of. Now comes another front-page story telling us that reserve estimates for the United States—and everywhere… Read moreNew technology outsmarting “peak oil”?
