From EFE, March 16: Bolivia’s attorney general filed charges Thursday against three ex-presidents and eight former energy ministers for signing contracts with foreign petroleum firms that violated the laws of the Andean nation. The accusations are directed against Gonzalo Sanchez… Read moreBolivia: three ex-presidents charged in foreign oil deals
Just in time for Iran. Note the closing quote. From the AP, March 18: US President George W. Bush renewed his administration’s strike-first policy against terrorists and other US enemies and rebuked Iran over allegations it is secretly amassing nuclear… Read moreBush renews pre-emptive war strategy
March 16, the first day that Iraq’s fragile new parliament formally met, was met not only with a new US offensive in the Samarra area that the Arab press is already comparing to Fallujah (Khajeel Times, UAE, March 19) but,… Read moreIraq: It hits the fan in Kurdistan
A statement from the Iraqi Freedom Congress: An open letter to the anti-war and terrorism movement of the world on the third anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq Libertarian forces of the world, Anti-war and occupation movement of the… Read moreIraqi civil resistance statement to US anti-war forces
No kidding! From the Washington Post, March 13 The Big News: Shrinking Reportage An explosion of media outlets means we now have more coverage and carping about every conceivable event than ever before in history. But we also have less… Read moreMore news sources, less news: study
Iraqi civil resistance leader Houzan Mahmoud will speak in New York City on Tuesday March 21. Houzan Mahmoud is a co-founder of the Iraqi Freedom Congress, a recent initiative to build a democratic, secular and progressive alternative to both the… Read moreIraqi civil resistance leader Houzan Mahmoud to speak in NYC
From UPI, March 16: One of America’s most respected elder national security statesmen called for a full pull-out from Iraq Thursday. Delivering the keynote address at the Center for American Progress’ “Iraq; Next Steps for U.S. Policy,” Zbigniew Brzezinski, the… Read moreZbigniew Brzezinski: Bring the troops home!
There’s nothing new in this, except that it comes from scholars at Harvard, not cranks at Counterpunch. It’s publication shows that the worm may be turning in the US against the supposedly privileged Jews. It greatly emphasizes “the Lobby” (guess… Read moreWonks scapegoat Jews
India’s Maoist Naxalite rebels have been very busy lately, but the wave of attacks is going virtually unreported outside India. From PTI via The Hindu, March 14: Naxalites this morning released the passenger train that they had seized last evening… Read moreIndia: Naxalite rebels in new attacks
An ACLU press release, March 14: PITTSBURGH – The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Pennsylvania today released new evidence that the Federal Bureau of Investigation is conducting investigations into a political organizations based solely on its anti-war… Read moreFBI spies on peaceniks: documents
An ominous sense of deja vu. The US invasion of Iraq and rift with France immediately preceded new oil deals between Saddam and the French giant Total. (Seee WW4 REPORT #56) Now, just as Bush is rattling the sabre and… Read moreFrench oil giant in talks with Iran
A March 9 communique from the San José de Apartadó Peace Community in Colombia’s northern Urabá region (our translation): The Peace Community of San José of Apartadó denounces new abuses committed by the public forces against the civil population of… Read moreColombia: more state terror at Peace Community
