Reporters Without Borders is calling for the immediate release of Nosir Zakirov, a correspondent for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in Uzbekistan’s eastern province of Namangan, who was convicted of “insulting a government official” and sentenced to six months on prison… Read moreReporter gets prison in Uzbekistan
From Halliburton Watch: Army demotes senior official who exposed Halliburton cronyism 29 August 2005 WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 (HalliburtonWatch.org) — The top civilian contracting official at the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) was demoted after exposing cronyism between Halliburton and… Read moreUS Army “reprisal” against Halliburton whistle-blower
Raymond Bonner reports for the New York Times Aug. 28 that a new grass-roots political movement here has gathered more than 7,000 names of supporters on its web site in a campaign to free David Hicks, an Australian citizen being… Read moreCampaign to free Aussie in Gitmo
Oil prices hit new record highs, crossing $70 a barrel in Asian trading, as Hurricane Katrina threatened the Gulf of Mexico region and Bush urged residents of New Orleans to comply with a general evacuation order. A state of emergency… Read moreKatrina hikes oil over $70 mark; National Guard police New Orleans
Violence continues to escalate in Haiti, with the world paying very little note. In a grim irony, the latest massacre—carried out with the complicity of police forces—took place at a football match organized to promote peace. UN “peacekeeping” forces are… Read moreNew massacre in Haiti; Dominican Republic steps up deportations
Henry Kissinger, a key architect of the US war in Vietnam told CNN‘s “Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer” Aug. 28 that he has “a very uneasy feeling” that some of the same factors that damaged support for the war in… Read moreIraq: Kissinger “uneasy,” has Vietnam deja vu
From Iraq scholar Juan Cole’s Informed Comment website. While we share Prof. Cole’s concern about civil war in Iraq, we question whether the US troop presence is forestalling or hastening it… Monday, August 22, 2005 Ten Things Congress Could Demand… Read moreJuan Cole weighs in on Iraq withdrawal
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is investigating allegations that several Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deportation agents assaulted and tortured Nigerian detainee Daso Abibo at the ICE office in Oklahoma City on June 14, 2004. FBI spokesperson Gary Johnson… Read moreFBI probes ICE torture case
On Aug. 13, New Mexico governor Bill Richardson declared a state of emergency for counties along the Mexico border. Governor Janet Napolitano did the same for Arizona on Aug. 15. The states of emergency allow the two governors to spend… Read more“State of emergency” in Southwest border states
It will certainly be an edifying sight. Instead of Israeli military bulldozers destroying modest Palestinian homes to make way for garish and profligate suburban-style Jewish settlements, it’ll be the other way ’round. In the Gaza Strip, the world will witness… Read moreDe-suburbanification of Gaza: model for West Bank —and USA?
You can add your very own John Hancock to this following bit of levity at PetitionOnline. So far they have 726, which seems pretty insufficient for something so self-evident, so we thought we’d help spread the word: To: President of… Read morePetition: George Bush is a horse’s ass
“Robertson Apologizes for Chavez Remark” reads the Fox News headline Aug. 24. Actually, what he did was lie about what he said. From Blog for America, Aug. 25: Pat Robertson announced yesterday that his comments on last weekend’s “700 Club”… Read morePat Robertson: liar
