Juan Gonzalez of the NY Daily News Sept. 6 calls out FEMA for promoting the newsworthy Rev. Pat Robertson’s private charity for Katrina disaster-relief donations—and recalls the group’s links to the sleazy African diamonds trade, unearthed by a law enforcement… Read moreFEMA promotes Pat Robertson’s charity —despite Congo diamond scandal
Saudi special forces overran a seaside villa in Damman Sept. 6 where Islamic militants had been holed up, ending three days of heavy fighting that left at least nine dead. For two nights, special forces pounded the villa with rocket-propelled… Read moreJihadis to take the war to Saudi Arabia?
A front-page story in Army Times Sept. 2, “Troops begin combat operations in New Orleans,” states: Combat operations are underway on the streets “to take this city back” in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. “This place is going to look… Read moreUrban “combat” in New Orleans —and ethnic cleansing?
The Navy has hired Houston-based Halliburton Co. to restore electric power, repair roofs and remove debris at three naval facilities in Mississippi damaged by Hurricane Katrina. Halliburton subsidiary KBR will also perform damage assessments at other naval installations in New… Read moreHalliburton gets hurricane reconstruction contract
If the uncorroborated quotes here are accurate, this reality is almost too horrific to comprehend. What is most alarming is that the refugees are effectively captives. This is turning into human warehousing of the same type practiced against the Japanese-Americans… Read moreNew Orleans: grave human rights violations reported
President Bush has ordered 7,000 active duty troops into New Orleans, including 2,500 from the 82nd Airborne Division in North Carolina, 2,700 from the 1st Cavalry Division in Texas, 2,000 from the 1st and 2nd Marine Expeditionary Forces. “I think… Read moreNew Orleans: Bush sends in the Marines
September 3, 2005 Don’t You Know Me, I’m Your Native Son… Notes from Inside New Orleans By JORDAN FLAHERTY I just left New Orleans a couple hours ago. I traveled from the apartment I was staying in by boat to… Read moreNotes from inside New Orleans
From New York Newsday: Toddler killed by SUV Girl, 3, pushed in stroller by her mother, is run down by driver entering crowded Harlem gas station BY MARLENE NAANES AND LUIS PEREZ September 2, 2005 A 3-year-old girl being pushed… Read moreWHY WE FIGHT
The US government has yet to respond to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s offer to send planeloads of aid, including 2,000 soldiers, firefighters, volunteers and other disaster specialists to Louisiana. Venezuela, the world’s fifth largest oil exporter, also pledged $1 million… Read moreChavez offers US disaster aid, warns of global energy disaster
The devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina may not be entirely the result of an act of nature. After a flood killed six people in 1995, Congress created the Southeast Louisiana Urban Flood Control Project. The Corps of Engineers strengthened and… Read moreEnvironmental policy roots of Katrina disaster
As looting and gunfire erupt in New Orleans, the authorities are shifting their attention from a humanitarian mission to what is starting to look like counter-insurgency. “They have M-16s and they’re locked and loaded,” Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco said of… Read moreNew Orleans: laboratory of counter-insurgency
In his Aug. 30 speech overwhelmingly focusing on his World War II analogy, Bush did let slip this one telling line at North Island Naval Air Station: “If Zarqawi and bin Laden gain control of Iraq, they would create a… Read moreBush admits: It’s the oil, stupid!
