From Pakistan’s Dawn, Sept. 24: RIYADH, Sept 24: The Saudi government has distanced itself from reports about Osama bin Laden’s death on or about August 23 somewhere in Pakistan. The news was carried by the French newspaper L’Est Republicain citing… Read moreSaudis: no evidence of Osama’s death
From AP, Sept. 24 (emphasis added): BAGHDAD – A crowd of Shias had gathered around a kerosene truck in Sadr City yesterday to stock up on fuel for Ramadan when a bomb went off, killing 38 people – mostly women… Read moreIraq: jihadis wish Shi’ites happy Ramadan
From AP, Sept. 24: WASHINGTON – Now the death toll is 9/11 times two. U.S. military deaths from Iraq and Afghanistan now surpass those of the most devastating terrorist attack in America’s history, the trigger for what came next. The… Read moreUS military deaths in GWOT surpass 9-11 toll
File this under “Duh.” The State Department just said the same thing, as we recently noted. From the New York Times, Sept. 24 (emphasis added): Terror threat higher since 9/11, report says WASHINGTON A stark assessment of terrorism trends by… Read moreNational Intelligence Estimate: Iraq war fuels terrorism
We generally agree with the thrust of leftist Israeli commentator Uri Avnery's argument here, but he makes a few glitches which are all the more embarrassing in a piece which attempts to set the historical record straight (and which actually… Read moreUri Avnery weighs in on papal controversy
From JTA, Sept. 24: A synagogue in the southern city of Astrakhan was vandalized twice within a few hours early Friday. In one attack, assailants threw a Molotov cocktail at the synagogue, setting its door ablaze. A guard at the… Read moreRussian synagogues attacked
Even as the administration of President Vicente Fox renewed its pledge to find a negotiated solution to the crisis in Oaxaca, some 4,000 protesters left the state capital Sept. 21 on a planned two-week cross-country march to Mexico City, where… Read moreOaxaqueños march to Mexico City
What are we to make of this? Iran’s ayatollahs have issued both fatwas for and against nuclear weapons in recent months, while the country’s National Orchestra performs a Nuclear Energy Symphony. Is Ahmadinejad saying what he really thinks here? Or… Read moreAhmadinejad: “the days of the atomic bomb are over”
Are domestic Islamophobes starting to emulate the tactics of their counterparts in India? Note that this comes on the heels of the atrocious mosque desecration in Maine. From AP, Sept. 23: Shots were fired at a mosque in Melbourne, Florida… Read moreGunmen open fire on Florida mosque
Tell us again how the anti-Semitic upsurge is all in our imagination. We keep forgetting. From KNBC, Los Angeles, Sept. 22: ENCINO, Calif. — Two flags depicting Nazi swastikas were draped over a freeway overpass in Encino on Friday, on… Read moreSouthern California neo-Nazis wish Jews happy Rosh Hashana
From the Mexican news agency APRO, Sept. 20 via Chiapas95 (our translation): JALAPA – Protesting the failure of authorities to indemnify hundreds of families left homeless by a flood this past June, and to complete public works in the region,… Read moreVeracruz: indigenous occupy dam
This report contains the usual condescension of mainstream (English-language) media accounts on the Zapatista movement. For instance, the Zapatista-led protests around the Atenco crisis earlier this year were quite significant, and dominated the news in Mexico before they were overshadowed… Read moreSubcommander Marcos declares Lopez Obrador legitimate winner
