No “state of emergency,” eh? Just like there’s no civil war. These distinctions appear to be rather semantic. From Al-Arab, June 23: Iraq’s government will impose a curfew in Baghdad on Friday, from 2 p.m. (10:00 GMT) until 6 a.m.(02:00GMT)… Read moreBaghdad under curfew; no “state of emergency”
The Japanese constitution—ironically imposed at US behest after World War II—states that “land, sea, and air forces, as well as other war potential, will never be maintained.” Now Japanese warships participate in US military maneuvers in the Pacific. From AFP,… Read moreJapan participates in US Pacific missile test
From AFP, June 7 via Spacewar: A new world war involving nuclear weapons may have already begun, Malaysia’s former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad said Wednesday, warning that an attack on Iran would be disastrous. Mahathir said that bloodshed in Iraq… Read moreMalaysia’s Mahathir: “World War 4” looms
Having heretofore run only a photo with a caption, the New York Times today finally takes note of the labor strife and deadly repression in Oaxaca (albeit on page 6). Isn’t it interesting, though, that rare accounts in the mainstream… Read moreNYT notices Oaxaca strife —at last!
From Mexico’s El Universal, June 21, via Chiapas95: Arrest warrants issued for 23 officers A top State of Mexico judge issued arrest warrants for 23 police officers who stand accused of abuse and use of excessive force during unrest in… Read moreCrackdown widens in Atenco case
This Reuters story that ran in the Washington Post June 19 (online at Chiapas95) is typical of the hegemonic mainstream media line (north of the border, at least) that the Zapatistas have shot their wad and are forgotten. (Amazing that… Read moreReuters: Zapatista demands “forgotten”?
This online debate between John Ross and Al Giordano, two veteran alterno-journalists who have long covered the Zapatista movement in Mexico, is a bit incestuous (and certainly long-winded), as well as self-important and catty. But it does shed some interesting… Read moreGringo alterno-journalists debate Zapatista “Other Campaign”
From the New York Daily News, June 21: Schoolgirl killed by SUV A 5-year-old Brooklyn girl running to catch her school bus was rammed and killed by an SUV yesterday after darting out from behind two parked cars, police said…. Read moreWHY WE FIGHT
The US, it seems, barely has control of its own proxy forces in Iraq. From AP, June 22: Two California soldiers shot to death in Iraq were murdered by Iraqi civil-defense officers patrolling with them, military investigators have found. The… Read moreIraq: Yanks get fragged
The New York Sun (June 12) positively relishes in such reports, even as the federal judiciary contributes to the Muslim immigrant fears that fuel such a backlash. On May 27, days before these vandal attacks, the New York Times reported… Read moreNYC: Bay Ridge Intifada?
US troops carrying out an offensive against resurgent Taliban guerillas fought off an attack on their mountaintop camp in Helmand province’s remote Baghran Valley today. Later, US warplanes were called in to bomb a Taliban hideout. An A-10 Warthog bomber… Read moreTaliban escalates offensive; NATO to expand Afghan force
The worst environmental practices of the Saddam dictatorship (themselves a result of sanctions) are being revived under US occupation in Iraq’s oil industry. Thank goodness this report by James Glanz made the front page of the New York Times yesterday… Read moreNorthern Iraq oil waste dumping threatens Tigris River
