From the Washington Post, Aug. 21:. BAGHDAD, Iraq – Sunni Arab insurgents armed with rifles and mortar shells killed 20 pilgrims and wounded 300 others who thronged the capital Sunday for one of Shiite Islam’s most important holidays, authorities said…. Read moreBaghdad: Shi’ite pilgrims massacred —again
This comes, of course, in response to activist pressure. On Aug. 17, a lively grassroots “public hearing” on the proposed regulations was held at St. Marks Church in the East Village, where at least three City Council members spoke out… Read moreNYC: another victory in Critical Mass struggle
Former Mexican president Carlos Salinas de Gortari (1988-1994), top officials in the government of current Mexican president Vicente Fox Quesada and a leader of Fox’s center-right National Action Party (PAN) were involved in a conspiracy in 2004 to remove Andres… Read moreMexico: pre-election plot confirmed?
Helicopter-borne Israeli commandos raided a supposed Hezbollah stronhold in the Bekaa Valley Aug. 20 in what Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora called a “naked violation” of the UN-backed truce. Three Hezbollah guerrillas were reportedly killed in a dawn firefight with… Read moreFighting in Bekaa Valley—despite Lebanon ceasefire
India’s pro-secular website “Citizens for Justice and Peace” carries the following story on a July 27 fatwa jointly issued by a Muslim mufti (revered scholar) and a Hindu mahant (temple leader) in response to the Mumbai bombings. Chief Mufti issues… Read moreIndia: Muslim moderates declare jihad on terrorism
From EFE, Aug. 14 via Chiapas95 (our translation): MEXICO — Mexico’s Federal Preventative Police (PFP) today used blows and tear gas to break up a group of legislators who support leftist candidate Manuel Lopez Obrador at one of the gates… Read moreMexico: police attack PRD legislators
On Aug. 9 the US Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released a 237-page report on the killing of Puerto Rican nationalist leader Filiberto Ojeda Rios in the western town of Hormigueros on Sept. 23, 2005, by agents… Read moreFBI cleared in Ojeda Rios assassination
On Aug. 3, some 600 demonstrators, including many people of Palestinian and Lebanese descent, marched in Bogota to protest Israel’s military aggression against Lebanon. The march was called by the Platform of Colombians in Solidarity with Palestine and Lebanon, a… Read moreColombia: police attack march for Lebanon
From La Jornada, Aug. 10 via Chiapas95 (our translation, links added): Iguala, Guerrero — During the term of Vicente Fox, the Mexican government has not complied with recommendations of the UN to instate consitutional reforms on the rights of indigenous… Read moreUN: Mexico does not comply on indigenous rights
Online at Media Monitors, but forwarded to us from Gush Shalom (which we like a lot better): What the Hell has happened to the Army? So what has happened to the Israeli army? This question is now being raised not… Read moreUri Avnery on Lebanon aggression: “defeat can be a blessing”
From Scripps Howard, Aug. 12: The vast ice cap that covers Greenland nearly three miles thick is melting faster than ever before on record, and the pace is speeding year by year, according to global climate watchers gathering data from… Read moreSatellite data: Greenland ice cap melting fast
Received from The Other Israel (although it appears not to have been posted to their website): So, it goes on. For the past week and more we had lived under the illusion that when the UN Security Council solemnly resolves… Read moreDespite ceasfire resolution, aggression continues in Lebanon —and West Bank
