On June 28, the US Senate defeated a measure that would have limited debate on immigration reform and cleared the way for final passage of a proposed “compromise” bill. The measure to end debate and move forward with the bill… Read moreImmigration bill fails
Our June issue featured the story “Resisting the New Euro-Missiles: Czech Dissidents Stand Up Again—This Time to the Pentagon!” by WW4 REPORT contributor Gwendolyn Albert, noting the emergence of popular opposition to US plans to build a radar base for… Read moreGeopolitics of the “missile shield”: our readers write
Sudan, Iraq and Somalia top an independent ranking of the world’s leading failed states by Foreign Policy magazine and the Fund for Peace. The annual “Failed States Index” ranks 177 countries according to 12 social, economic, political and military indicators…. Read moreSudan, Iraq, Somalia top “failed states index”
Speaking on the eve of an African Union summit in Accra June 30, Libyan leader Moammar Qadaffi called on the continent to unite under a single government. Declaring himself a “soldier for Africa,” Qaddafi said AU leaders had not yet… Read moreQaddafi calls for United States of Africa
Mauritania’s independent news agency Al-Akhbar reported June 26 that security forces had arrested four men supposedly linked to “al-Qaeda in the Maghreb” in raids on some Internet cafes in the the capital, Nouakchott. The detainees are said to be four… Read moreMauritania arrests al-Qaeda suspects?
From East Timor & Indonesia Action Network, June 28: The presence in Papua of a senior Indonesian army officer indicted on crimes against humanity charges in East Timor (now Timor-Leste) endangers human rights defenders and political activists and is a… Read moreIndonesia: indicted war criminal dispatched to West Papua
The Philippine military is waging a "dirty war" against leftist activists and journalists, Human Rights Watch charged in a June 28 report, "Scared Silent: Impunity for Extrajudicial Killings in the Philippines." Based on more than 100 interviews, the report details… Read moreHRW: Manila wages “dirty war” against leftists
Raúl Reyes, secretary of the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC), issued a call June 29 for the suspension of military operations in the southwest of Colombia to allow for the transfer of the bodies of 11 lawmakers who died in… Read moreColombia: did FARC kill hostages?
In response to years of activist pressure, Congressional Democrats have proposed amendments to the Bush administration’s annual foreign aid appropriations request for Colombia. If the Democrats have their way, overall funding will be cut by 10%, while 45% of the… Read moreCongress to cut Colombia military aid?
Thousands of Chileans clashed with police, blocked roads and set fire to buses on Monday to protest Chile’s state-owned mining company Codelco. “We are going to intensify the strike,” said Cristian Cuevas, a spokesman for the newly formed Confederation of… Read moreCopper strike rocks Chile
ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips have opted to abandon their heavy crude oil projects in eastern Venezuela’s Orinoco Belt rather than cede majority ownership and operating control to the state-owned oil company PDVSA, Venezuelan officials announced June 26. President Hugo Chavez had… Read moreExxon quits Venezuela
Eritrean state radio reports that fifty-three weyane (Ethiopian) soldiers, including officers, have defected to Eritrea over the last few months. The soldiers are said to include three lieutenants, a second lieutenant, a sergeant, four corporals and 14 lance-corporals, who all… Read moreSomali, Ethiopian defections to Eritrea?
