Iraqis protested the deaths of at least seven people during a US air strike in Ad Dawr, in northern Iraq’s Salahuddin province on Sept. 19—the same town where Saddam Hussein was captured in 2003. The US says the raid successfully… Read moreIraq: deadly US air-strike protested
At least six were injured and 15 arrested as far-right protesters clashed with police, threw stones and petrol bombs and damaged shops and cars along Andrassy Boulevard in Budapest Sept. 20. Police fired tear gas and water cannons on the… Read moreNeo-fascists riot in Budapest
The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) said Sept. 21 that its war would resume at the end of Ramadan if the Philippine military continues its offensive in Mindanao. Mohagher Iqbal, MILF chief negotiator, told Manila’s Daily Inquirer by phone that… Read morePhilippines: Ramadan offensive against Moro rebels
Eleven police officers and two insurgents were killed in a rebel attack in western Afghanistan’s Herat province Sept. 21. “We lost 11 policemen. They were attacked while on a patrol in a village near their headquarters in Salama Dam,” said… Read moreAfghanistan: 11 police dead in hydro-dam attack
Pakistan’s government is blaming al-Qaeda operatives for the deadly Sept. 21 blast at the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad. The attacker failed to get through a secondary barrier when he crashed his explosive-laden truck into the hotel’s security gates, killing 53… Read morePakistan blames al-Qaeda in Marriott blast
Mauritania’s government said Sept. 20 that 12 soldiers abducted in an attack claimed by al-Qaeda were found decapitated, and appealed for international support to fight terrorism. Col. Ahmed Bemba Ould Baya, secretary general of the High State Council which took… Read moreMauritania appeals for anti-terror aid after al-Qaeda attack
From Sept. 12 to 16, agents from ICE Fugitive Operations Teams arrested 59 immigrants in 14 Colorado cities. Only 30 of the 59 people arrested had failed to comply with deportation orders; the other 29 were people without legal immigration… Read moreICE “fugitive” raids in Colorado
From Sept. 12 to 15, agents from four ICE Fugitive Operations Teams arrested 144 people in Chicago and nearby areas in an operation targeting people who have failed to comply with deportation orders. (ICE calls such people “fugitives” or “absconders.”)… Read moreICE “fugitive” raids in Chicago area
On Sept. 18, ICE agents raided several homes and apartment buildings in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood in an operation targeting people who allegedly produce and sell fake identity documents. ICE agents executed search warrants simultaneously at five locations in the… Read moreICE raids Chicago neighborhood —again
On Sept. 17, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) special agents executed federal criminal search warrants at four sites in the northern California towns of Vacaville, Vallejo and Hercules—in the North Bay area northeast of San Francisco—as part of an… Read moreICE raids businesses across California
From Human Rights Watch, Sept. 19: Sao Paulo – The Venezuelan government’s expulsion of two Human Rights Watch staff underscores the Chávez administration’s increasing intolerance of dissenting views, Human Rights Watch said today. The government expelled José Miguel Vivanco, Americas… Read moreVenezuela: Human Rights Watch delegation expelled
Mexico’s military seized $26.2 million in cash believed to belong to members of the Sinaloa Cartel Sept. 14. The soldiers also found guns and two bags of marijuana in the weekend raid at the house in the city of Culiacán—as… Read moreMexican army seizes $26 million in Sinaloa raid
