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Author: Bill Weinberg

Watching the Shadows

Sy Hersh, Zbiggy Brzezinski embrace conspiracy theory?

Some recent gaffes or revelations (depending on your point of view) by Big Names in the media are providing more fodder for the always-eager conspiracy set. First is Seymour Hersh‘s latest in the March 5 New Yorker, “The Redirection: Is… Read moreSy Hersh, Zbiggy Brzezinski embrace conspiracy theory?

Africa

UN issues pseudo-indictments in Darfur genocide

As the Darfur genocide enters its fifth year, and nearly two years after UN Security Council Resolution 1593 of March 2005 referred violations of international law in Darfur to the International Criminal Court (ICC), on Feb. 27 ICC prosecutors formally… Read moreUN issues pseudo-indictments in Darfur genocide

Israel re-occupies Nablus, re-imposes siege, curfew

Israeli forces re-occupied Nablus Feb. 28 less than a day after withdrawing from the West Bank city. From the afternoon of Feb. 25 to the morning of Feb. 27, Israeli forces imposed a curfew, destroyed ancient structures in the Old… Read moreIsrael re-occupies Nablus, re-imposes siege, curfew

US ambassador wounded in Sri Lanka; near miss for Cheney in Afghanistan

The US and Italian ambassadors to Sri Lanka, Robert Blake and Pio Mariani, were slightly injured in an artillery attack by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) on an air force base at Batticaloa, in the island’s east Feb…. Read moreUS ambassador wounded in Sri Lanka; near miss for Cheney in Afghanistan

Europe

Serbs protest Kosova independence; Bosniaks protest Serbia genocide acquittal

Thousands of Serbs protested in front of the US embassy in Belgrade Feb. 27 against independence for Kosova, which has been under United Nations control since 1999. The protest, organised by the Serb National Council of Kosovo (SNV), drew some… Read moreSerbs protest Kosova independence; Bosniaks protest Serbia genocide acquittal

Oil prices rise as Iran nuclear deadline passes

Oil rose above $61 Feb. 26 as UN Security Council plus Germany met in London to discuss tightening sanctions on Iran, the world’s fourth largest exporter. Oil prices reached a high of $78.40 on the Lebanon fighting last July, and… Read moreOil prices rise as Iran nuclear deadline passes

Iran drops dollar for oil deals

In the last weeks of 2006, just before Washington’s new escalation of the propaganda offensive against Iran, the Tehran government announced it is shifting its foreign currency reserves from the dollar to euro—and switching to the euro for oil deals—in… Read moreIran drops dollar for oil deals

Iran: ecologists, archaeologists protest dam project

Archeologists warn that if the Sivand Dam in Iran’s southern Fars Province is completed, precious relics from antiquity will be lost. The dam is projected to flood a gorge and an archaeological area called the Tangeh Balaghi. By increasing humidity… Read moreIran: ecologists, archaeologists protest dam project

Rocket launches reveal Iran-Israel arms race

Iran’s successful launch of its first space rocket Feb. 25 made global headlines. Iran’s Space Research Center said the rocket returned to earth by parachute, and did from where in Iran it had been launched or where it landed. The… Read moreRocket launches reveal Iran-Israel arms race

Iraq: US troops raid journalists’ union

The International Federation of Journalists has condemned as “outrageous and inexcusable” an armed raid by US troops on the Baghdad offices of the Iraq Syndicate of Journalists. The soldiers ransacked the offices of the Syndicate—a member of the IFJ’s global… Read moreIraq: US troops raid journalists’ union

James Petras replies to FARC appeal

On Nov. 9, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) sent an “Open Letter to the People of the United States.” It was specially addressed to Hollywood figures Michael Moore, Denzel Washington and Oliver Stone; leftist academics Noam Chomsky, Angela… Read moreJames Petras replies to FARC appeal

Mexico

Mexico: narco gangs kill musicians

As Umberto Eco said about Salman Rushdie, “A death sentence is a rather harsh review.” From AP via the San Diego Union-Tibune, Feb. 19: MEXICO CITY – Gunmen shot to death four men identified as members of a musical group… Read moreMexico: narco gangs kill musicians

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