An audiotape attributed to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the most wanted man in Iraq, has surfaced on an Islamist website claiming that he is only “lightly wounded.” The tape emerged after a week of speculation about the health of the man… Read moreAl-Zarqawi: I’m alive
Up to 11 British soldiers and officers are under investigation for alleged war crimes over the death of an Iraqi civilian in British custody, the UK Independent revealed May 29. Military lawyers are considering the charges as part of a… Read moreBritish officers face war crimes probe
New York City’s tabloids are having a field day today with the arrest of a Bronx martial arts instructor, Tarik Ibn Osman Shah, on charges of “providing material support” to al-Qaeda. The NY Post does not fail to emphasize that… Read moreFear in New York City
France has rejected the European Union’s constitution in a national referendum, in a blow to President Jacques Chirac and European integration. 56% voted against the treaty, Interior Minister Dominique de Villepin said, citing official results with 90% of ballots counted…. Read moreThe French “Non!”: goat-cheese or anti-Semitism?
Another Hit-and-Run in the City by Eyewitness News’ Carolina Tarazona (Elmhurst, Queens-WABC, May 29, 2005) — Another hit and run in the city–this morning’s collision is the latest in a string of recent hit and run incidents. But this time,… Read moreWHY WE FIGHT
In a depressing May 29 story in the London Times, “‘New Castro’ threatens to take his feud with America nuclear,” Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez is quoted saying: “We want to initiate nuclear research and ask for help from countries like Iran.”… Read moreChavez poses Venezuela-Iran nuclear cooperation
In a May 24 op-ed in the New York Times, Niall Ferguson–a history professor at Harvard, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and author of Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire–makes the case for a long-term… Read more“Cowboys and Indians” in Iraq
The UN conference on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty has closed with little accomplished in the way of new ways to enforce the fast-unravelling treaty. A May 28 report in the LA Times notes: The United States tried to keep the… Read moreNPT conference ends in discord
Well, after all the “Newsweek-lied-people-died” gloating, the Pentagon acknowledges Koran abuse at Gitmo (while denying the toilet incident). Pentagon Admits Five Acts of ‘Mishandling’ the Koran By Rupert Cornwell The Independent UK Friday 27 May 2005 The Pentagon admitted last… Read morePentagon admits Koran desecration
James Sensenbrenner (R-WI), the House Judiciary Committee chair, has introduced the Orwellianly named “Safe Access to Drug Treatment and Child Protection Act” (HR 1528) would compel people to spy on their family members and neighbors, and even go undercover and… Read moreBill would force you to narc on your kids
An Islamist prisoner, accused of involvement in the 2003 Casablanca bombings, has died in a Moroccan prison on hunger strike, al-Jazeera reports. The unidentified man died in Autaita prison in the city of Sidi Qasim, where about 1,000 inmates, members… Read moreMoroccan prisoner dead in hunger strike?
In recent weeks, we’ve been following Washington’s current regime change offensive, in which the White House is seeking to encourage–and, presumably, co-opt–opposition activists in countries which really are unhappily authoritarian, but (more to the point) insufficiently compliant with US interests…. Read moreEgypt next for “regime change”?
