With the Middle East spinning out of control, few are taking note of how close the USA’s southern neighbor is to a social explosion. From the LA Times, July 17 (via Chiapas95), with annotation and corrections added, buzz-words in bold… Read moreMexicans march for recount
Hardly even making the headlines anymore. Meanwhile, the level of violence there is worse than at any time since the US invasion of 2001. This headline notes the suicide attack on a government target, but little information is given about… Read moreMeanwhile in Afghanistan…
Another heroic blow by the Iraqi “insurgents”… against Shi’ite civilians. From AP, July 17: Iraqi oil official kidnapped; 26 die in bombing BAGHDAD – A suicide bomber detonated explosives yesterday inside a cafe packed with Shias in northern Iraq, killing… Read moreMeanwhile in Iraq…
With all eyes on the horrific and escalating Lebanon crisis, Gaza has been forgotten. But things aren’t looking too good there. From Reuters, July 17: Aid agencies express concern about humanitarian crisis facing Gaza Christian Aid, Oxfam International and Save… Read moreMeanwhile in Gaza…
More sacrifices for the American way of life. From Newsday, July 14: Crash van driver had suspended license The ambulette driver who crashed into a tree on Broad Channel in Queens killing five passengers from an adult home had sped… Read moreWHY WE FIGHT
It is heartening that in this paranoid age even the Coptic Christians of Egypt see US-backed conspiracies in the challenges which are emerging to their own orthodoxy. As we recently noted, neocon groups like the Henry Jackson Society have been… Read moreUS behind Coptic church schism?
OK, here’s the big-ticket question. Is Lebanon a mere pawn in an Iran-Israel proxy war? Sound off, readers. Ori Nir writes for The Forward, July 14: Israel Seeks To Eliminate Iran’s Hezbollah Option WASHINGTON — In addition to securing the… Read moreHezbollah: Iran’s proxy?
From AP, July 15: PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Thousands of demonstrators demanding the return of ousted president Jean-Bertrand Aristide marched to Haiti’s National Palace on Saturday, pushing past riot police in a dramatic show of support for the exiled former leader…. Read moreHaiti: thousands march for Aristide
Its hard to imagine where this will end… From the Reuters, July 15: BEIRUT – Israel killed 35 civilians on Saturday, including 15 children, in air strikes meant to punish Lebanon for letting Hizbollah guerillas menace the Jewish state’s northern… Read moreLebanon: death toll mounts
Note the highlighted section and sound off, readers. From the CBC, July 14: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Friday that Pakistan is still harbouring “terrorist elements,” jeopardizing the peace process between the two countries as tensions remain high in… Read morePakistan’s ISI behind Mumbai terror?
Note the highlighted section and sound off, readers. From the New York Times, July 15: ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, July 14 — A suicide bomber struck in the southern port city of Karachi on Friday, killing a prominent Shiite leader, his 10-year-old… Read moreCIA behind Pakistan sectarian strife?
Tom Regan of the Christian Science Monitor provides this July 14 round-up of the fast-escalating Israel-Lebanon crisis and international reactions. We especially love Israeli Justice Minister Haim Ramon’s invocation (yet again) of US atrocities in Afghanistan, and Russia’s in Chechnya—as… Read moreLebanon carnage escalates; media silence on Israeli protests
