Don’t say we didn’t warn you. From the The Missoulan, Feb. 8: WHITEFISH – British Columbia’s top mining minister stepped down this week amid outrage at his anti-American sentiments, and Montanans who have been negotiating with the province over controversial… Read moreMontana flashpoint for looming US-Canada war
It barely rates a headline these days, but things are sure looking good in the long aftermath of another US military adventure, eh? From the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network, Feb. 12: Hundreds gathered on Sunday, February 11, in the centre… Read moreDeadly riots in Kosova
We’ve noted before in the US anti-war movement’s factional jockeying, how the sectarian-controlled International ANSWER has used Palestine as a “wedge issue” against the more legitimate United for Peace & Justice (UFPJ) coalition—which really has been timid around the question…. Read moreUFPJ joins Palestine mobilization
From the Calgary Sun, Feb. 18: OTTAWA — A Liberal MP has accused the Conservatives of trying to keep the public in the dark about the state of three terrorist suspects on a hunger strike in a prison derisively known… Read moreHunger strike at “Canada’s Gitmo”
Followers of radical Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr insist their leader is still in Iraq, disputing claims by US officials that he has fled to Iran to avoid a new offensive against militants. Four Sadr aides said he was still in… Read moreWhere is Moqtada al-Sadr?
From the Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus, Feb. 14: MONTPELIER — Vermont’s Legislature became the first in the country Tuesday to pass a resolution calling for an immediate and orderly withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. Although the Senate passed the measure without… Read moreVermont passes anti-war resolution
A year ago, al-Qaeda issued a call for its followers to target oil infrastructure throughout the Islamic world. Now it threatens to take the campaign global, calling for attacks on US suppliers in the western hemisphere—especially invoking Canada, Mexico and… Read moreAl-Qaeda: target global oil infrastructure
The passing of Turkmenistan’s wacky despot Saparmurat “Turkmenbashi” Niyazov and the country’s first-ever multi-candidate (although not multi-party) elections have brought no surprises so far. In the weeks prior to the Feb. 11 vote, Turkmen officials announced that foreign journalists would… Read moreTurkmenistan: pseudo-elections bring no surprise
Explosions tore through two buses traveling on a highway Feb. 13 near Ein Alaq, a mountain town northeast of Beirut, leaving at least 12 dead and 10 wounded. Ein Alaq is near Bikfaya, the ancestral home of the Gemayel family,… Read moreGemayel presidential ambitions spark new Lebanon terror?
US military officials and Japanese police have confirmed an explosion near the Camp Zama base outside Tokyo, adding no one was hurt and there was no damage from the blast. A similar incident was reported near Camp Zama in 2002,… Read moreJapanese armed left re-emerges?
Michael R. Gordon‘s Feb. 10 New York Times story, “Deadliest Bomb in Iraq Is Made by Iran, US Says,” backs up some administration claims: “The most lethal weapon directed against American troops in Iraq is an explosive-packed cylinder that United… Read moreIran link to Iraq insurgents: more NYT jive?
Somalia’s transitional government has announced it will take tough measures against those behind the violence and killings that are increasing in the capital, Mogadishu. “The security forces of the government will double its clearing operation against the insurgents hiding in… Read moreDirty war in Somalia?
