Well, more than 40 years after the damage is done, the government comes clean on the lies that got the US into the Vietnam War. We guess it must be official now that its in the New York Times. But… Read moreTonkin Gulf truth revealed —40 years too late
Another mass grave for the idiot left to deny the existence of or try to explain away—this time in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, near the Syrian border. From Reuters: ANJAR, Lebanon, Dec 4 (Reuters) – Lebanese forces excavated a suspected third… Read moreLebanon: mass graves and opium in Bekaa Valley
Recent reportage raises some disturbing questions about the abduction of the four activists from the Christian Peacemaker Teams now being held hostage in Iraq—Tom Fox, 54, of Virginia; Norman Kember, 74, of London; James Loney, 41, of Toronto; and Harmeet… Read moreIraq peace activist abductions: Pentagon “black op”?
The best-case scenario for the Bush administration in Iraq now is a modicum of stability under a Shi’ite-dominated regime more loyal to Tehran than Washington. In the January 2005 elections, voters trounced the US proxies, the secular Shi’ites of Iyad… Read moreIsraeli intelligence sets deadline for strikes on Iran
Schools and offices were shut down in Bangladesh Dec. 1 in a strike called by lawyers after suicide bomb attacks at court buildings killed nine people. Lawyers and police said the attackers are singling out the judiciary to sow fear… Read moreBangladesh: general strike against terrorism
Rather inconvenient news at a time when Bush is hailing a “clear strategy for victory” (Bloomberg, Dec. 1) and “real progress” (Guardian, Nov. 30) in Iraq. RAMADI, Iraq, Dec 1 (Reuters) – Iraqi militants attacked a U.S. base and a… Read moreIraq: al-Qaeda takes Ramadi?
This Dec.1 report (condensed here) from the Tico Times, Costa Rica’s English-language newspaper, notes a World Court case between the Central American country and its northern neighbor Nicaragua over the strategic San Juan River that forms the border: With historical… Read moreNicaragua-Costa Rica tensions over strategic canal route
Kudos to G. Peter Jemison of New York state’s Seneca Nation, for keeping this bit of history from going down the Memory Hole. Maybe this legacy says more about the political tradition the US is now exporting to Iraq than… Read moreEthnic cleansing of upstate New York remembered
Those traditional and bitter Caucasus enemies Armenia and Azerbaijan both appear to be headed for regime change at the moment. First Armenia. From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Newsline, Nov. 29: Armenia’s opposition supporters today took to the streets of Yerevan… Read more“Regime change” for Armenia, Azerbaijan?
Hugo Chavez must be grinning from ear to ear. As the White House assiduously tries to demonize him, a Boston popular tabloid hails him as a savior of the city’s working class: OUR VIEW: Heating aid just in the nick… Read moreChavez wins heart of Boston proles
This is too funny. Followers of this blog will be aware that we recently had to call out “World’s Greatest Intellectual” Noam Chomsky for loaning legitimacy to vile historical revisionism on the Bosnia war. The problem with having to diss… Read moreNimmo disses Chomsky —for wrong reason
Speaking with journalists in Brussels, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer emphasized the alliance’s relationship with Pakistan—espeically in terms of the mission in Afghanistan under the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). Scheffer said NATO contacts with Islamabad were growing… Read moreNATO sees greater Pakistan role for Afghan war
