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Author: Bill Weinberg

Cindy Sheehan leaves Texas —for now

After 12 days camping out with supporters on the roadside near President Bush’s ranch in Crawford, TX, Cindy Sheehan announced Aug. 18 she was leaving because her mother in Southern California just suffered a stroke. “I’ll be back as soon… Read moreCindy Sheehan leaves Texas —for now

Watching the Shadows

Turkish intelligence: al-Qaeda a “secret service operation”?

Louai Sakra, a supposed al-Qaeda operative held responsible for the November 2003 bombings in Istanbul and plans to launch attacks against cruise liners carrying Israeli tourists in Turkish ports, was arrested by Turkish authorities in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir… Read moreTurkish intelligence: al-Qaeda a “secret service operation”?

Southern Mexico violence continues

With the northern border town of Nuevo Laredo occupied by Mexican federal agents following a wave of deadly violence between rival drug mafias, the resort city of Acapulco in southern Guerrero state may be headed in the same direction. Under… Read moreSouthern Mexico violence continues

Iraq

Cindy Sheehan: Mother Courage or “extremist”?

Cindy Sheehan‘s brave protest encampment down the road from the Bush ranch in Crawford, TX, where the commander-in-chief is vacationing as the corpses pile up in Iraq, has succeeded in grabbing national attention in a way that countless of unimaginative… Read moreCindy Sheehan: Mother Courage or “extremist”?

Oil shock: Goldman Sachs sees “super spike”

A New York Times business section story Aug. 14, “The Oil Price to Be Scared Of,” notes that the current price shock has significantly lowered the bar for what constitutes a crisis: Once upon a time, not too long ago,… Read moreOil shock: Goldman Sachs sees “super spike”

South Asia

Paramilitary terror, ethnic warfare in Nepal

In the last intallment of a series on the looming disaster in Nepal, Newsday‘s courageous reporter Matthew McAllester Aug. 17 highlights a little-noted ethnic dimesion to the conflict, which is usually portrayed soley in terms of fanatical Maoist guerillas versus… Read moreParamilitary terror, ethnic warfare in Nepal

Palestine

Gaza disengagement; West Bank “consolidation”

The Gaza disengagement is being completed, without the armed resistance from settlers that had been feared. Reports AP: “Israeli troops dragged sobbing Jewish settlers out of homes, synagogues and even a nursery school Wednesday and hauled them onto buses in… Read moreGaza disengagement; West Bank “consolidation”

Cindy Sheehan: America’s conscience?

Cindy Sheehan, the California mother of a young man killed in Iraq, has now been camped out for ten days in a ditch down the road from George Bush’s ranch in Crawford, TX, demanding the president meet with her to… Read moreCindy Sheehan: America’s conscience?

Mexico

Chiapas: Zapatistas host national meetings

As the paramilitaries in Mexico’s southern state of Chiapas are re-asserting their reign of terror, their Zapatista enemies, in contrast, are disavowing a return to arms and trying to draw support for their national political mobilization, announced last month. At… Read moreChiapas: Zapatistas host national meetings

Ecuador: Iraq mercenaries recruited

The US company Epi Security & Investigation says it has hired some 1,000 Colombian military and police veterans to work as mercenaries for the US occupation in Iraq. Epi is operating from a house near a US air base in… Read moreEcuador: Iraq mercenaries recruited

Palestine

Dov Hikind: international scofflaw

The Jerusalem Post reports Aug. 15 that New York State Assemblyman Dov Hikind is among the many infiltrators to have snuck into the Gaza Strip through the IDF roadblocks. “It was very easy to get in,” Hikind told the Post… Read moreDov Hikind: international scofflaw

Iran

US, EU at odds on Iran military option; Caspian oil route in background

President Bush refuses to rule out military action in response to Iran’s renewed nuclear operations. “As I say, all options are on the table. The use of force is the last option for any president and you know, we’ve used… Read moreUS, EU at odds on Iran military option; Caspian oil route in background

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