Police arrested 11 men June 15 on charges of belonging to a Syrian-based group that recruits suicide bombers to attack U.S. troops in Iraq. Authorities said the recruiting network has ties to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. More than 500 heavily-armed police… Read moreSpain: al-Qaeda cell busted?
The conspiranoiacs are going to be salivating over this one. For all their relentless insistence that the entire government is controlled by The Conspiracy, nothing makes them giddier than a whiff of vindication from The Establishment. Too bad the poorly-named… Read moreConspiranoiacs go mainstream
Even as the White House is opposing measures to reduce emissions in the new energy bill (NYT, June 15) and stands accused of cooking science on global warming, comes this comforting news: ‘Record Volume Rise’ in World Energy Consumption By… Read moreWorld energy consumption surges
The Mexican daily El Norte reports June 15 that drug gangs in army-occupied Nuevo Laredo swapped insults this week with rival gangs and federal authorities over the police VHF channel. Hundreds of soldiers and federal police agents took over the… Read more“Zetas” vow defiance in army-occupied Nuevo Laredo
Kudos to Newsday, which (unlike the NY Times thus far) today notes the approaching one-year anniversary of Rasul v. Bush, the Supreme Court ruling that Guantanamo detainees are entitled to judicial review. It was hailed as a victory by civil… Read moreRasul v. Bush: one year later
Police in Zimbabwe fought running battles June 14 with residents of Makhokhoba, one of the oldest townships of the country’s second city, Bulawayo as they demolished illegal structures. One woman stripped naked in protest after police destroyed her shack (a… Read moreZimbabwe police demolish township
NY Times columnist Nicholas Kristof is something of a mixed bag: he makes frequent noises like a Terror War hardliner and quasi-Ashcroftian freedom-hater, but (even if, perhaps, for some bad Arabophobe reasons) he was among the first to raise the… Read morePakistan arrests rape victim
Mexican federal army troops have taken control of the border city of Nuevo Laredo, and detained 41 local police for questioning. The crackdown comes after local police opened fire on federal agents sent in to investigate the murder of the… Read moreFederal troops occupy Nuevo Laredo
Well, at least this makes the NY Times, even if they buried it on page 14. Thanks to TruthOut for forwarding it: Some Held at Guantánamo Are Minors, Lawyers Say By Neil A. Lewis The New York Times Monday 13… Read moreMinors held, beaten at Gitmo?
A suicide bomber crashed his car into a US military patrol just outside Kandahar June 13, killing himself and wounding four US soldiers, one seriously. The US ambassador in Kabul, Zalmay Khalilzad, condemned such attacks as “cowardly acts of desperation,… Read moreUS troops under attack in Afghanistan
David Horowitz’ website Discover the Networks: A Guide to the Political Left is pretty funny, evoking what Richard Hofstadter called “the paranoid style in American politics.” Its list of un-American “radicals” includes both George Soros and Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman… Read more“Anti-terrorist” website promotes terror
A top member of a banned Islamist group who predicted the fall of Morocco’s monarchy and called for the setting up of a republic will go on trial this month. “I’m accused of attacking the monarchic regime and face three… Read moreAnti-monarchist faces trial in Morocco
