Two small explosions caused minor damage on the morning of Nov. 18 in branches of the BBVA Bancomer bank in Tlalnepantla and Atizapan de Zaragoza, cities in Mexico state just northwest of Mexico City. According to the Mexico state attorney… Read moreMexico: explosions at two banks; Venezuela dispute in background
All of a sudden, the right-wing blogs and pseudo-news sources (MichNews, PostChronicle) are rallying around bogus claims that WMD really were found in Iraq. One who has actually written a book arguing this transparently ridiculous case is Richard Miniter: WMDs… Read moreDittoheads grasp at WMD straws
From the UK Guardian, Nov. 19: The right to rule ourselves Faced with US torture, killing and collective punishment of civilians, support for the Iraqi resistance is growing by Haifa Zangana The photograph of an elderly Iraqi carrying the burned… Read moreWhich Iraqi “resistance” do we support?
Perhaps it is a sign of the turning of the tide, evidenced by Congressional demands for a timetable on troop withdrawals this week. Or maybe it was just the magnitude of the death toll. But after weeks of burying the… Read moreIraq carnage newsworthy again
From the LA Times, Nov. 19: Jewish Group Demands an Exit Strategy From Newsday NEW YORK — The largest grass-roots Jewish organization in the United States voted overwhelmingly Friday to demand the Bush administration develop a “clear exit strategy” from… Read moreReform Jews break ranks with war
Another leader of the Peace Community of San José de Apartado was killed by the Colombian army on Nov. 17. Arlen Salas David was working in his cornfield with his comrades when a unit of the 17th Brigade opened fire… Read moreAnother killing at Colombian “Peace Community”
Readers of WW4 REPORT will be aware that we hate David Irving’s filthy crypto-Nazi guts. But we oppose his imprisonment, just as we did that of the vile Judith Miller. We wish the Europeans would realize that locking up these… Read moreDavid Irving imprisoned in sado-masochistic political ritual
The first round of voting in Egypt’s parliamentary elections–much hailed as evidence of a democratic opening–has brought a big surprise. Candidates of the officially outlawed Muslim Brotherhood won an unprecedented 34 of the 164 contested seats, totaling more than 20%… Read more“Outlawed” Muslim Brotherhood wins record seats in Egyptian vote
This is the definition of chutzpah. Even after Memogate and Plamegate (or Nigergate or whatever they are calling it), Cheney thinks he will be believed in these outraged accusations against his accusers. This really is a textbook case of the… Read moreDick Cheney and the “Big Lie”
Spain has joined Italy in launching an investigation of claims the CIA is operating a “rendition fleet” to transfer detainees to facilities in a secret gulag maintained in various host countries. From the AP, Nov. 15: MADRID, Spain — The… Read moreSpain probes CIA “rendition” claims
In today’s headlines, up to 200 malnourished Iraqi detainees bearing signs of torture were found in a secret prison in the basement of a government building in Baghdad. The discovery came after US troops surrounded and took control of an… Read moreIraq: “Salvador option” revealed
A powerful blast outside KFC fast-food franchise killed three people and wounded at least 15 others in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi early Nov. 15. The Baluchistan National Army, a separatist guerilla group in restive southwestern Baluchistan Province, claimed… Read morePakistan: Baluchi rebels behind KFC blast?
