The below Aug. 30 AP account notes the growing use of the term “Islamic fascism” by the Bush administration and its amen chorus in recent days. The response has been predictable in the extreme, with lefties (e.g. The Huffington Post)… Read moreBush sees “Islamic fascism”; world misses irony
While highly dubious supposed terror plots in the US and UK continue to dominate the headlines, the Real McCoy in Afghanistan generates barely a flick of interest these days. This was buried in the inner pages of the New York… Read moreAfghan terror escalates —with media invisibility
Can somebody explain to us why this is legal? US citizens, who have not been charged with any crime, are denied entry into the US. Why should submitting to an FBI interrogation abroad be a prerequisite for being allowed back… Read morePakistani-Americans denied entry back into US
On Aug. 14, four Iranian immigrant brothers filed a lawsuit in US District Court in Los Angeles against former attorney general John Ashcroft, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Robert Mueller III, FBI Agent Christopher Castillo and other officials, charging… Read moreIranian exiles sue FBI; refused to inform on Mujahedeen Khalq
Note that these two articles take seemingly opposite tacks. The first, from the UN’s news agency, raises fears that Chad’s move against Exxon and Chevron is aimed at weaseling out of World Bank-imposed commitments to put oil proceeds into social… Read moreChad boots Exxon consortium members
A big step closer to the destabilization of Pakistan. From Reuters, Aug. 29: QUETTA, Pakistan – Security forces and gunmen clashed on Tuesday in Pakistan’s Baluchistan province after prayers for a slain rebel leader and one policeman was killed, while… Read moreBaluchistan explodes
A radical offshoot from the PKK seems to be emulating al-Qaeda tactics. From Reuters, Aug. 29: Kurdish rebels warn of “hell” ANTALYA, Turkey – A shadowy Kurdish rebel group threatened on Tuesday to turn Turkey into “hell” after a two-day… Read moreKurdish Liberation Hawks take war to Istanbul
In the wake of the Lebanon aggression, Uri Avnery invokes the image of Israel as Washington’s attack dog—as he has before. Online at Gush Shalom, Aug. 26, emphasis added: America’s Rottweiler IN HIS latest speech, which infuriated so many people,… Read moreIsrael as “America’s Rottweiler”
From AP, Aug. 26: BEIRUT: Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah said in a TV interview aired Sunday that he would not have ordered the capture of two Israeli soldiers if he had known it would lead to such a war…. Read moreNasrallah chills out?
From the AP, Aug. 26: YAMOUN, West Bank – They were struggling in a boy band, working the West Bank wedding circuit and dreaming of stardom. Now the five singers who make up the Northern Band have come a little… Read moreNasrallah makes Palestine pop charts
From the Mehr News Agency, Aug. 24: TEHRAN — Iran’s National Orchestra will be performing the symphony “Nuclear Energy” composed by Kambiz Roshanravan at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall on August 27 in a program which President Mahmud Ahmadinejad is scheduled to… Read moreIran National Orchestra performs “Nuclear Energy Symphony”
As we noted in the case of Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Europe’s xenophobe right is appropriating the causes of feminism and secularism. Through the proverbial looking glass. From the New York Times, Aug. 24 (emphasis added): BRESCIA — A series of… Read moreItaly: xenophobes make hay from (apparent) honor killing
