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”?
Now they are openly calling some of these increasingly specious terror conspiracies “fictitious,” which they certainly are. Two guys are getting sent up the river for a plot hatched by an FBI informant, which had no independent basis in reality…. Read moreNYC: real sentence in “fictitious” terror plot
From AP, March 8: A marriage off to a rocky start: He’s jailed after hitting her with car SALT LAKE CITY – It wasn’t the most romantic of honeymoons. The groom was in jail yesterday, accused of trying to run… Read moreWHY WE FIGHT
As if the jihadis aren’t ticked off enough already. The opponents quoted in this story seem entirely legitimate, but this obviously serves as more grist for Osama’s propaganda mill. Talk about “jihad versus McWorld.” What can you say but a… Read moreStarbucks comes to Mecca
In a rare expression of dissent, a Libyan newspaper has sharply criticized a new government edict that bans women from traveling abroad without a legal male guardian. The state-controlled al-Jamahiriya daily wrote March 7 that “turning back women traveling alone… Read moreLibya: dissent over anti-woman measure
On March 7, some 250 Arab (Janjaweed) militiamen in West Darfur surrounded the Ardamata camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) after abducting two civilians from the camp, forcing the temporary suspension of humanitarian work there, the UN Mission in Sudan… Read moreDarfur: Janjaweed attack refugees —again
Voters in three dozen Vermont towns voted March 6 to call upon Congress to open an impeachment probe of President George Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney. Two towns, Clarendon and Dover, voted the measure down. Nearly a half dozen… Read moreVermont: 36 towns call for impeachment probe
In an obvious move to undercut the International Criminal Court, Sudan has announced that it will put three men on trial for atrocities in Darfur—including Ali Mohammed Abd-al-Rahman AKA Ali Kushayb, officially named as a suspect by the ICC. Sudanese… Read moreSudan: Darfur trial opens, guerillas attack AU troops, Qadaffi to mediate?
A disturbing consensus seems to be emerging in Europe that the best reaction to genocide denial is to ban it. In addition to the many European laws against denying the Nazi Holocaust, Bosnia is now considering such a law for… Read moreArmenian genocide denial on trial —in Switzerland
