Another reason for Iraqis to be grateful. From Human Rights Education Associates, Jan. 16: Nearly 6,400 Iraqi civilians were killed in the November-December period, slightly less than in the preceding two months, as rampant and indiscriminate killings, sectarian violence, extra-judicial… Read moreIraq: 34,000-plus dead in 2006
Startling claims from Focus on the Global South. But WW4 REPORT was warning of this four years ago. From AP, Jan. 15: MANILA — U.S. troops, in possible violation of the Philippines’ constitution, have taken part in combat operations against… Read moreUS troops fight in Philippines?
Negroponte‘s comments on Cuba recall Rumsfeld‘s on Iraq four years ago, don’t they? From AP, Jan. 17 (emphasis added): Cuban President Fidel Castro, ailing and out of sight, has been meeting with a trickle of international guests in recent months,… Read moreNegroponte salivates for Cuba instability
From The Guardian, Jan. 9: One in eight Iraqis have left their homes in what is the largest long-term population movement in the Middle East since the displacement of the Palestinians in 1948, the UN’s refugee agency said today. The… Read moreUN: Iraq biggest Middle East refugee crisis since ’48
From the ITV News, Jan. 15 (emphasis added): US President George W Bush said Iraqi people should be grateful to the US for the 2003 invasion and the removal of Saddam Hussein. He accepted that the conflict, which has cost… Read moreBush: Iraq should be grateful
Boy, this says just about everything that needs to be said, doesn’t it? From Newsday, Jan. 10: Serviceman back from Iraq hit, dragged by cars NEW MILFORD, N.J. – A U.S. Army specialist who had just returned from Iraq was… Read moreWHY WE FIGHT
Never forget, this is what we’re fighting for in Iraq. It’s about our way of life, remember? From NY1, Jan. 10: Queens Man Arrested After Traffic Dispute Leads To Fatal Shooting The brother of a man fatally shot by an… Read moreWHY WE FIGHT
Mowing somebody down with an SUV is certainly a rather decisive way to win an argument. Note how this charming incident uniquely merges the respective pathologies of the USA, with its automotive death cult, and the Balkans, with their endless… Read moreWHY WE FIGHT
Here we go again. We take it for granted that Washington is pressuring Baghdad to execute these guys before they can be tried for the far greater crimes of the Kurdish genocide—because that would raise questions about US complicity. But… Read more“Undignified” death for Saddam buds; Casey: “no guarantees”
It’s a sign of the times that this fringe sect is on the front page of the New York Times Metro section Jan. 15. This story makes clear that Neturei Karta is distinct from the Satmars, an Hasidic sect which… Read moreNeturei Karta in the news
A telling story by Marc Perelman for New York’s Jewish weekly The Forward Jan. 12 (links and emphasis added): A campaign to convince Iran’s 25,000 Jews to flee the country has stalled, with most opting to stay in their native… Read moreIranian Jews resist outside pressure to emigrate
We’ve argued repeatedly that strategic imperatives related to global control of oil are propelling the US towards intervention in Iran. But it is looking more and more like Israel could throw the first punch. Tragically, the bellicose Israelis seem to… Read moreIDF officer calls for strikes on Iran
