On Sept. 21, the House of Representatives voted 328-95 to approve HR 6094–the “Community Protection Act of 2006”–an anti-immigrant bill which would allow indefinite detention, overturning the Supreme Court’s June 2001 Zadvydas v. Davis ruling. The bill would also allow… Read moreHouse passes more anti-immigrant bills
From Shared Responsibilites, a Colombia-led international initiative to find solutions to the global problem of narcotics trafficking, Sept. 25: A recently dismantled cocaine and heroine trafficking ring tricked indigenous people into transporting drugs within Colombia. Colombian Antinarcotics Police, in a… Read moreColombia: narco gang exploits indigenous people
Fox is a savvy one. We recently noted that the UN’s Special Rapporteur for indigenous peoples has singled out his government for criticism. Yet he casts a vote for the Universal Declaration of Indigeous Peoples to win support from Mexico’s… Read moreMexico votes for UN indigenous rights declaration
Yeah, but they’ll probably have their own website. From BBC, Sept. 24, emphasis added: Internet’s future in 2020 debated The internet will be a thriving, low-cost network of billions of devices by 2020, says a major survey of leading technology… Read moreArmed Luddite resistance to Internet foreseen
C’mon Bernard, don’t you think they’re just waiting for Yom Kippur? Baruch Kimmerling writes for Haartez, Sept. 25: Thus spoke Bernard Lewis On September 22, 2006, Iran was supposed to attack Israel and perhaps the entire Western world. And why… Read moreRajab 27 passes without Iranian attack on Israel
From the International Federation of Iraqi Refugees, Sept. 17: An open letter to Mr. Kofi Annan United Nations Secretary-General Re: Deportation of Kurdish asylum seekers from Britain Dear Mr. Annan, In violation of the Geneva Convention of 1951 and Human… Read moreKurdish refugees protest forced UK-Iraq deportations
From the Iraq Freedom Congress, Sept. 17: IFC Statement On Kidnapping And Raping Of Women In Iraq: We Must Stand Against Sectarian Barbarism The dirty sectarian war has launched a new phase in Iraq. A few days ago a sectarian… Read moreRape becomes weapon in Iraq sectarian war
From Pakistan’s Dawn, Sept. 24: RIYADH, Sept 24: The Saudi government has distanced itself from reports about Osama bin Laden’s death on or about August 23 somewhere in Pakistan. The news was carried by the French newspaper L’Est Republicain citing… Read moreSaudis: no evidence of Osama’s death
From AP, Sept. 24 (emphasis added): BAGHDAD – A crowd of Shias had gathered around a kerosene truck in Sadr City yesterday to stock up on fuel for Ramadan when a bomb went off, killing 38 people – mostly women… Read moreIraq: jihadis wish Shi’ites happy Ramadan
From AP, Sept. 24: WASHINGTON – Now the death toll is 9/11 times two. U.S. military deaths from Iraq and Afghanistan now surpass those of the most devastating terrorist attack in America’s history, the trigger for what came next. The… Read moreUS military deaths in GWOT surpass 9-11 toll
File this under “Duh.” The State Department just said the same thing, as we recently noted. From the New York Times, Sept. 24 (emphasis added): Terror threat higher since 9/11, report says WASHINGTON A stark assessment of terrorism trends by… Read moreNational Intelligence Estimate: Iraq war fuels terrorism
We generally agree with the thrust of leftist Israeli commentator Uri Avnery's argument here, but he makes a few glitches which are all the more embarrassing in a piece which attempts to set the historical record straight (and which actually… Read moreUri Avnery weighs in on papal controversy
