We noted in March 2005, when US troop levels in Iraq were boosted to around 150,000 ahead of the elections, that they were up from 123,000 a year earlier, and were supported by some 26,000 more coalition troops. This was… Read moreMore US troops to Iraq
A communique from the Federation of Worker Councils and Unions in Iraq (FWCUI), July 27: Killers of the employees of the Tasloja Cement Factory must be brought to justice On July 27,2006, the police and security forces of the Patriotic… Read moreIraq: PUK opens fire on striking workers
Andrés Manuel López Obrador of the left-populist Democratic Revolution Party (PRD) raised the stakes in Mexico’s electoral standoff July 26 by declaring himself “the president of Mexico.” Cesar Nava, a spokesman for candidate Felipe Calderón of the ruling National Action… Read moreMexico awaits ruling on vote; dissidents threatened
From Mexico’s La Jornada, July 24, via Chiapas95, our translation: The Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) and the narco-traffic in Chiapas “are factors that affect the national security,” says an internal document of Superior Center of Naval Studies (CESNAV) of… Read moreMexico: Naval intelligence calls EZLN “national security threat”
From Mexico’s El Universal, July 24, via Chiapas95: OAXACA, Mexico – Gunmen attacked a university radio station that has backed efforts to oust the Oaxaca state governor, as violence flared once more in protests that has driven many tourists from… Read moreOaxaca: student radio station attacked by gunmen
Here we go again. Israel’s envoy to Norway complains that a cartoon goes “beyond free speech.” What the hell does that mean? Beyond good taste? Beyond acceptable discourse? Beyond what should be permitted in a free society? Where are these… Read moreIsrael v. Norway: cartoon wars redux
Shades of the USS Liberty affair. Ian Williams writes for his blog, Deadline Pundit July 26: Accidentally on Purpose With the Israeli bombing of a UN camp and the killing of four UN peacekeepers, we really do seem to be… Read moreIsraeli attack on UN post: “accidentally on purpose”?
Just remember, the private automobile stands for freedom, and if you’re not with us you’re with the terrorists. From Newsday, July 24: Hummer driver pled guilty to loan-sharking charges The Lloyd Harbor man who fell asleep and accidentally drove his… Read moreWHY WE FIGHT
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) continued the second phase of its “Return to Sender” interior enforcement operation July 12-20 with raids through the state of Oklahoma and the metropolitan areas of Chicago, Illinois; Louisville, Kentucky; and Kansas City, Missouri…. Read moreOperation “Return to Sender” sweeps Midwest; border deaths hit high
Another sacrifice for the American way of life. From the New York Post, July 20: ‘3-TIME DWI’ MOM KILLS PRIEST, 79 July 20, 2006 — A beloved Long Island priest taking an evening walk was killed by a hit- run,… Read moreWHY WE FIGHT
As if the facts in the headline aren’t bad enough, note also the armed attacks on the Sunni religious establishment. It is starting to seem more and more like Bush’s blundering into Iraq will have only succeeded into plunging the… Read moreIraq moves closer to genocide
We have already noted the deep denial about the reality of sectarian civil war in Iraq which pervades both the pro-war right and the anti-war left. Finally, we are beginning to see the limits of willful self-delusion in the painfully… Read moreIraq: Rwanda revisited?
