Al-Jazeera reported July 6 that Sheikh Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi, spiritual mentor of Iraq’s al-Qaeda leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, has been arrested in Jordan, after a brief period of being free under close surveillance. He was freed following his acquittal on… Read moreZarqawi breaks with mentor?
Just what we needed to hear. The world stands by as massive ethnic cleansing—perhaps genocide—continue in Darfur. Now we are told of a similar crisis in Mauritania, which hasn’t even come to the world’s atttention. This from Johannesburg’s Business Day,… Read moreEthnic cleansing in Mauritania
From today’s AP: Police are investigating whether four attackers died in last week’s London subway and bus bombings and have arrested one suspect after a series of raids Tuesday in Leeds, a northern city with a strong Muslim community. At… Read moreBritish army raids Leeds Pakistani community
From the London Mirror, July 8: WE CANNOT SURRENDER States which shelter these killers will know no peace by Christopher Hitchens SOMEWHERE around London at about a quarter to nine yesterday morning, there must have been people turning on their… Read moreChristopher Hitchens on the London attacks
Maryam Namazie of the Organization of Women’s Liberation in Iran (OWLI) gave the following speech, “Political Islam in the Heart of Secular Europe,” at the International Humanist and Ethical Union Congress in Paris the day before the London terror attacks:… Read moreIranian feminist decries “political Islam” in Europe
Protesters are starting to leave Edinburgh, but at least four were re-arrested for violating bail conditions banning them from the city while actually trying to get out of town. Human rights lawyer Aamer Anwar told the court: “The situation with… Read moreEdinburgh aftermath: police over-reach, Wolfowitz praises Geldof
Following the July 5 attack by presumed Islamic militants at the disputed Indian holy site of Ayodhya, protests have broken out throughout India. Over 2,000 were arrested in Delhi, where police used tear gas, and critics charge the protests have… Read moreBJP exploits backlash violence in India?
A previously unknown armed group, the Fatherland is First Popular Revolutionary Command (Comando Popular Revolucionario La Patria es Primero), has claimed responsibility for the July 6 assassination of former Guerrero state government secretary Ruben Robles Catalan, whose driver was also… Read moreNew armed group attacks in southern Mexico
A particularly chilling story from Iraq. From the UN news agency IRIN, and available on the website of the Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom (WILPF), July 4: IRAQ: Acid attacks on “immodest” women on the rise For Sumeya… Read moreIraq: acid attacks on “immodest” women
Meeting in Astana, Kazakhstan, July 5, the regional grouping known as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) issued a statement that called on the US to establish a timetable for withdrawal of its forces from Afghanistan and elsewhere in Central Asia…. Read moreCentral Asia alliance demands timetable for US withdrawal
Six were killed today as unidentified militants attacked the bitterly contested holy site of Ayodhya in India’s Uttar Pradesh. First, a likely suicide bomber in a jeep blew up an outer security wall; then a group of five others posing… Read moreNew violence at Ayodhya
Claims of civilians wiped out in US air raids, journalists detained by security forces, GIs missing in combat. My, things just look better and better in Afghanistan. Thanks to Lebanon’s Daily Star for this report which, while compiled from wire… Read moreUS kills more civilians in Afghanistan: provincial governor
