Some fairly amazing words of self-evident truth from Jack Straw, which it is impossible to imagine issuing forth from any figure in the US administration. But a consensus appears to be emerging on both sides of the Atlantic that there… Read moreJack Straw: “We are part of the problem”
Daniel Yergin, author of the Pulitzer-winning history of the petroleum industry, The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power, was recently invoked by New York Times columnist Bob Herbert to drive home the point that the Persian Gulf… Read moreYergin rains on “peak oil” parade
From yesterday’s Newsday: LONDON — Bombers in the botched July 21 attacks here were avenging the deaths of Muslim civilians in Iraq, one suspect reportedly told authorities, as British and Italian police seized eight more suspects yesterday and extended their… Read moreAccused London bomber: It’s Iraq, stupid!
John McCain—who knows a thing or two about what it is like to be a prisoner of war—steps up to the plate. And it is revealed that even Pentagon legal staff had warned that the current policy would invite abuse… Read moreCongress challenges White House on torture; Bush defiant
Is there a draft in your future? That is the obvious implication of this July 23 story from Economic & Political Weekly, tho the author does not mention it. Unravelling of the US Military Newspapers describe the US army as… Read moreU.S. military “unravelling”?
Riots and gunfire are reported in Sudan’s capital Khartoum following the death of the country’s vice-president, former rebel leader John Garang, in a helicopter crash as he was returning from Uganda. Garang had signed a deal to end 21 years… Read moreSudan: New VP killed in chopper crash —quick end to peace deal feared
This report from the July 31 Weekly News Update on the Americas on changes in top State Department positions on Latin America indicates that the White House is preparing to escalate its regime change offensive against Cuba: U.S.: NORIEGA OUT,… Read moreState Department launches Cuba regime change initiative
Osman Hussain, a Somali man believed to be one of the four suspects in the July 21 bombing attempts in London was arrested July 29 in Rome after police traced his cell phone calls across Europe after the attacks. The… Read moreFear in Italy
Pakistan’s Tribal Areas along the Afghan border seem to be slipping into all-out war. On July 29, militants launched missiles at the Tochi Scouts Fort, one of the government’s official paramilitary outposts in Miramshah, North Waziristan Agency. No injuries were… Read morePakistan’s Tribal Areas: headed towards war?
In an op-ed in the July 28 New York Times, “Oil and Blood,” Bob Herbert insists on looking at the glaringly obvious elephant in the room that so many on all sides of the Iraq debate are blinding themselves to:… Read moreBob Herbert: It’s the oil, stupid!
The Brownsville Herald reports that the US has temporarily closed its consulate in Nuevo Laraedo following a gunbattle the night of July 28 between drug traffickers armed with grenades, rocket launchers and heavy machine guns. US Ambassador Tony Garza said… Read moreRocket launchers in Nuevo Laredo
Its a little ironic. The Irish Republican Army has actually been portrayed since 9-11 as the “good terrorists,” in contradistinction to Islamic extremists who supposedly have no “grievances” and with whom there can be no dialogue. Henry Kissinger wrote in… Read moreIRA disarmament: irony and skepticism
