The Guardian reported Feb. 16 that the WHO has logged a sharp jump in polio cases in Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province after the parents of 24,000 children refused to allow health workers to administer the “infidel vaccine,” which local… Read morePakistan: jihadis target health workers
Days after bomb blasts and insurgent attacks in Iranian Baluchistan, more terror in Pakistani Baluchistan. To what extent is this a Baluch ethnic insurgency, and to what extent a Sunni fundamentalist jihad? Or is it both? One shudders to think… Read moreBaluchistan terror: Pakistan’s turn again
The rad left (e.g. the ever-predictable Counterpunch) loves to hate Elie Wiesel, and actually makes some strong arguments about his double standards on human suffering. But we would trust their intentions a lot more if they weren’t so intent on dismissing the reality… Read moreArrest in Elie Wiesel attack
Having last year arrested two of its own intelligence agents in the “rendition” scandal, Italy now indicts 25 CIA men. Extraordinary indeed. From AKI, Feb. 16: MILAN – A judge in Milan ordered on Friday the former head of Italy’s… Read moreItaly indicts 25 CIA agents
From the Santa Barbara Independent, Feb. 15: Ignoring the restrictions imposed by the mere geometry of UCSB’s curbs and sidewalks, students marching today in protest of the University of California’s involvement with military efforts stepped across the newly installed roundabout… Read moreWar protesters shut California’s Highway 217
From Military.com, Feb. 1: President Bush and his new military chiefs have been saying for nearly a month that they would “surge” an additional 21,500 troops to Iraq, in a last, grand push to quell the violence in Baghdad and… Read moreThe real “surge”: 48,000 troops?
We noted earlier this week signs of an emerging ethnic insurgency in Iran’s eastern province of Baluchistan. Now news reports make reference not only to bombs, but “insurgents.” We didn’t expect to vindicated so quickly. From AP, Feb. 16: TEHRAN… Read moreBlast, clashes in Iran’s Baluchistan
We’ve noted before that the laws against Holocaust denial are counter-productive, as they muddy the moral waters, showing “democracy” as the “real” totalitarianism. They serve as effective propaganda precisely for those they seek to silence. Unfortunately, here we go again…. Read moreZundel gets five years for Holocaust denial
President Bush has approved plans to create a Pentagon command for Africa, a move that reflects increasing US strategic interests in the continent. Bush said in a Feb. 13 statement that he had asked Defense Secretary Robert Gates to get… Read moreAfrica Command: “Follow the oil”
Canada is considering withdrawing its troops from Afghanistan, according to an interim report by the Canadian Senate committee on national security and defence. The report demands more money for the operation and a bigger commitment from other NATO countries within… Read moreCanada to withdraw from Afghanistan?
From AFP, Feb. 14 (links added): WASHINGTON – The Pentagon announced plans to maintain some 27,000 US troops in Afghanistan — the most since it went to war there more than five years ago — to try to crush a… Read moreMore US troops to Afghanistan
From AP, via the Carlsbad Current Argus, Feb. 15: Salt Lake City – Officials fear a backlash against the Bosnian community, while family friends suggested a Bosnian teen’s experiences as a refugee may have fueled his deadly rampage through a… Read moreBosnians fear backlash in Salt Lake City killings
