The latest shoot-out between US forces and the Sadr militia has prompted an alliance between Sadr and his longtime rival in the Shiite movement, the Iran-backed Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI), which controls the equally formidable Badr… Read moreIraq: US mosque attack sparks Sadr-Badr unity
We especially love the lip service to “freedom of religion” in the Afghan constitution. Of course, WW4 REPORT warned of this contradiction all the way back to the Bonn Accords, the consolidation of the interim Afghan government, the Loya Jirga,… Read moreAfghanistan: hundreds protest clemency for Christian
From Israel’s Haaretz, March 24: WASHINGTON – Harvard University has decided to remove its logo from a study that denounces the pro-Israel lobby’s impact on American foreign policy, in order to distance itself from the study’s conclusions. The university also… Read moreHarvard disclaims study on Israel lobby
A militia led by fundamentalist clerics challenges the lawless rule of warlords who have been tearing the country apart for the past generation. The warlords, meanwhile, band together in an “anti-terrorist” alliance in an obvious bid for support from the… Read moreTaliban for Somalia?
From the London Times, March 27: US TROOPS were accused of killing up to 22 Iraqis yesterday after becoming embroiled in a fierce battle with a powerful Shia militia at a Baghdad mosque, The reported clash, the circumstances of which… Read moreIraq: US in bloody clash with Sadr militia
On March 21 Dominican vice president Rafael Albuquerque, US ambassador Hans Hertell and a number of Dominican and US officers officially launched the “New Horizons 2006” Dominican-US joint military operation in the southwestern Dominican city of Barahona. The operation’s stated… Read moreDominican Republic: protests against US troops continue
On March 17, the Heartland Alliance’s Midwest Immigrant & Human Rights Center (MIHRC) filed a federal lawsuit against the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to obtain public information about detained immigrants and asylum seekers. MIHRC sued DHS after the… Read moreImmigrants sue Homeland Security
Between March 20 and 25, tens of thousands of immigrants demonstrated in cities and towns across the US to protest anti-immigrant legislation being considered by the Senate and to demand legalization for out-of-status immigrants. On March 20, some 1,200 immigrants… Read moreNationwide mobilization for immigrants’ rights
The Zapatista “Other Campaign” continues to advance through central Mexico. On March 20 in the Jalisco city of El Salto, Subcommander Marcos convened the first National Worker Encuentro, attended by dissidents from Mexico’s official labor unions and what they called… Read moreZapatista tour advances; Mexican government claims “end” to Chiapas conflict
Tim Giago of the Native American Journalists Foundation writes for Native American Times March 20, online at Indianz.com: When Governor Mike Rounds signed HB 1215 into law it effectively banned all abortions in the state with the exception that it… Read moreOglala Sioux to defy South Dakota on abortion law
Things are more complicated than they look—in the world generally, and especially in Iran. As the intransigents in Iran and Denmark alike line up for a depressing and potentially apocalyptic “clash of civilizations,” conferences on inter-religious dialogue are held in… Read moreIran, Denmark host religious dialogue conferences
We always maintained Bush and his gang want high oil prices, not low. But Greg Palast, as usual, is long on hype and short on information and analysis. He won’t even quote the full sentance of his leaked document before… Read moreGreg Palast: Bush’s Iraq mission “accomplished” —high oil prices
