WHY WE FIGHT
It was nice to see this story on the front page of the New York Times, Metro Section June 14. But the Times fails to grasp that this parking lot must be built. It is a moral imperative so that… Read moreWHY WE FIGHT
Abu Ayyub al-Masri: kinder, gentler jihad?
The US military has flown in two forensic specialists to examine the body of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi “to see how he actually died,” a US general said. The autopsy was ordered after it was made public that he survived an… Read moreAbu Ayyub al-Masri: kinder, gentler jihad?
Europe
UK honors anti-terror chief after shooting
Scotland Yard’s anti-terror chief is awarded “Commander of the British Empire”—in the wake of a controvesial shooting of a young Muslim man in a police raid that turned up nothing. From The Telegraph, June 17: There has been a storm… Read moreUK honors anti-terror chief after shooting
Marcos: “Another Latin America is possible”
Zapatista leader Subcommander Marcos told the Spanish TV show “El Loco de la Colina” in a special broadcast Mexico City that it is “possible to build another Latin America” based in popular movements and new political actors emerging in the… Read moreMarcos: “Another Latin America is possible”
The Andes
US revives Colombia bio-war plan
The dust is being blown off one of the more bizarre schemes to emerge from Washington’s so-called “War on Drugs”—which is really a war on plants, on biotic life. Jeremy Bigwood writes for In These Times, June 6: On April… Read moreUS revives Colombia bio-war plan
Jewish group supports Presbyterian divestment initiative
The Presbyterian church is currently meeting in Birmingham, AL, to decide the fate of its initiative to divest its holdings in companies directly involved in the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory. The following was received via e-mail: Open Letter to… Read moreJewish group supports Presbyterian divestment initiative
Palestine
Israeli artilleryman predicted Gaza beach carnage
While Human Rights Watch has revealed yet more evidence showing the Israeli army’s culpability in shelling an innocent family of Palestinian bathers in Gaza, Israel still officially denies its responsibility. An Israeli parliamentarian is calling for an outside investigation. The… Read moreIsraeli artilleryman predicted Gaza beach carnage
Iraq: another Shi’ite mosque blown up; more Zarqawi vengeance?
The Iraqi “resistance” strikes another heroic blow…against Shi’ite civilians. From Australia’s Special Broadcasting Service: A suspected shoe bomber targeting a Shi’ite imam who criticised Abu Musab al Zarqawi has blown himself up inside one of Baghdad’s most prominent Shi’ite mosques,… Read moreIraq: another Shi’ite mosque blown up; more Zarqawi vengeance?
WHY WE FIGHT
The New York Daily News (June 16) can make fun of the “pants-less pervert” all it wants. But the fact is that our heroic men and women in uniform are in the killing fields of Iraq to protect the American… Read moreWHY WE FIGHT
Watching the Shadows
Gitmo: reporters banned, questions raised in wake of suicides
Reporters Without Borders is protesting the Pentagon’s move to ban journalists from Guantanamo Bay, an ostensibly temporary measure. (Washington Post, June 15) The move comes on the heel of the suicide of three detainees at the prison camp, who the… Read moreGitmo: reporters banned, questions raised in wake of suicides
NYC: federal judge rules for indefinite detainment, ethnic profiling
Last year we a noted the public-relations efforts ofthe FBI to reassure Muslims in Brooklyn’s immigrant communities that their rights will be respected in the domestic War on Terrorism. This news story indicates just how cheap talk really is. For… Read moreNYC: federal judge rules for indefinite detainment, ethnic profiling
Acquitted Palestinian deported
On May 23, US government officials deported Palestinian native and Tampa resident Sameeh Hammoudeh by taking him to Jordan. Hammoudeh then crossed into the Occupied West Bank to be reunited with his wife and six children, according to his attorney,… Read moreAcquitted Palestinian deported