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
From the International Middle East Media Center (IMEMC), March 11: Christian Peace Maker Teams (CPT) headquarters in Chicago in the United State has confirmed that CPT member kidnapped in Iraq Tom Fox, 54 was found dead in Baghdad on Saturday… Read moreIraq: Christian pacifist hostage killed
Immigrants and supporters marched and rallied in Chicago on March 10 to demand legalization for out-of-status immigrants and oppose anti-immigrant legislation currently being considered by the Senate. Organizers estimated the crowd at 130,000, while Chicago police estimated 75,000 to 100,000… Read moreThousands march for immigrants’ rights in Chicago, DC
On March 8, students at the National University of Bogota held a protest against the Colombian government’s Feb. 27 signing of the Andean Free Trade Treaty with the US, Peru and Ecuador. Agents from the Mobile Anti-Riot Squad (ESMAD), a… Read moreColombia: more ESMAD terror
A March 13 report from Pakistan’s Daily Times on the army-occupied town of Miranshah in North Waziristan: PESHAWAR: Authorities in Miranshah further eased an eight-day-old curfew on Sunday after soldiers killed dozens of militants in an operation last week. The… Read morePakistan: army occupies Waziristan villages
With all the global horrors in the headlines, this one barely grabbed any attention. Ironically, our attention is distracted precisely by the Middle East instability being used to justify the expansion of oil exploitation on Alaska’s public lands. From MarketWatch,… Read moreBP battles Alaska oil spill
A statement from an entity called the Iraqi National Resistance purports to put forth conditions for peace. It is said to represent both armed insurgent groups and supporters in civil society. From Tom Hayden’s blog in The Huffington Post: On… Read moreWho is the “Iraqi National Resistance”?
