Border guards in Tajikistan report that they shot down a hang-glider carrying 20 kilogram of heroin being smuggled over the border from Afghanistan Aug. 23. Tajik officials said Afghan traffickers had been using the hang-glider for three years, and previous… Read moreAfghan heroin hang-glider downed
Aug. 24 commentary in MarketWatch takes Goldman Sachs to task for exploiting the chaos—as well as government largesse—over the Ground Zero redevelopment effort in New York City: For a Wall Street bank, Goldman Sachs plays the Main Street game of… Read moreGoldman Sachs exploits 9-11 redevelopment chaos —and public bonds
In a sure sign that the anti-war movement is finally starting to have some effectiveness, protesters are now coming under violent attack. Over the weekend, police in Pittsburgh, PA, used dogs and tasers against a group picketing a recuitment center… Read moreRepression in Pittsburgh
The new resident reactionary on the New York Times op-ed page, John Tierney, boasts in his Aug. 23 column, entitled “The $10,000 Question,” that he has made a five-grand wager with Matthew Simmons, author of Twilight in the Desert: The… Read moreOil shock: denial in the New York Times
Gary Milhollin, director of the Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control and publisher of IranWatch.org, has the lead op-ed in the Aug. 23 New York Times, “Don’t Underestimate the Mullahs,” warning that Iran could be much closer to having The… Read moreIran: nuclear paranoia in the New York Times
Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson has given Hugo Chavez ample reason for his paranoia, calling for the US to assassinate the Venezuelan president, calling him “a terrific danger” bent on exporting Communism and Islamic extremism across the Americas. “If he thinks… Read morePat Robertson: whack Chavez
Washington Post reported Aug. 21 that “US defense contractors are riding high these days, buoyed by rising Pentagon spending on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as the high cost of homeland security in the US-declared war on… Read moreWashington Post: war good for business
Subcomandante Marcos, spokesman for the Zapatista rebels in Mexico’s southern state of Chiapas, clarified that the group’s new political proposal does not support any candidate for the presidency in the 2006 elections, but neither does it encourage abstention. The masked… Read moreChiapas: Marcos clarifies stance on electoral contest
This one is so blatantly appalling that even the New York Times is aghast. What a sickening display we have to look forward to, and what an offense this political manipulation is to the victims of the attacks. Via TruthOut:… Read moreWhite House gears up for 9-11 hyper-exploitation
Anti-war protester Cindy Sheehan called her mother’s stroke a “devastating blow” that has forced her to leave “Camp Casey” temporarily. She left Crawford, TX, Aug. 18 to be by her mother’s side at a Los Angeles hospital. In a message… Read moreCindy Sheehan: truth and propaganda
With the following pithy statement, the two monoliths of the anti-war movement in the US have agreed to cooperate on a joint demonstration in Washington next month: The two major antiwar coalitions that have initiated and organized for a massive… Read moreJoint anti-war rally called for Sept. 24; Iraq’s secular left betrayed
1980s nostalgia fans should enjoy the political battle which is heating up in Nicaragua, even if the sides are more confused this time around. Hopefully, the situation will not come to armed conflict this time, but echoes of the war… Read moreEchoes of war haunt Nicaragua
