From UPI, April 3: HANIA, Greece — The director of the Mediterranean Architecture Center in Hania on the Greek island of Crete is incensed that all the center’s security cameras have been stolen. Aris Papadoyiannis told the Kathimerini news service… Read moreGreece: anarchists steal security cameras
And this is the “stable” country and chief US ally in the region. Interesting how Pakistan’s internal conflicts have spun out of control since the US established it as a staging ground for destabilzing and then policing neighboring Afghanistan. From… Read morePakistan: army patrols strife-torn Karachi
The Taliban denies it. So who did do it? AP, April 12: ASADABAD, Afghanistan — A rocket exploded Tuesday in a schoolyard in eastern Afghanistan, killing seven students and wounding 34 other people in an attack possibly aimed at a… Read moreAfghanistan: rocket attack on schoolyard kills 7 kids
From Bloomberg, April 12: Iran Could Produce Nuclear Bomb in 16 Days, U.S. Says Iran, defying United Nations Security Council demands to halt its nuclear program, may be capable of making a nuclear bomb within 16 days, a U.S. State… Read moreIran could have a-bomb in 16 days …or ten years
We have received the following from a group calling itself A for Anarchy: V for Vendetta A for Action!!!! 4/17: International A for Anarchy Action Day! While V for Vendetta has been playing for a few weeks in the US,… Read moreAnarchists protest “V for Vendetta”
From AP, April 4: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – The only conscientious objector to receive a Medal of Honor in World War II has been buried at a national cemetery with a 21-gun salute, although he refused to carry a weapon while… Read moreWorld War II conscientious objector buried with honors
From the Jurist, April 11: A medical officer in the UK’s Royal Air Force has pleaded not guilty to charges that he failed to comply with a legal order for refusing to return to Iraq for a third tour of… Read moreUK: trial starts in Iraq conscientious objector case
Note the last line asserting that the release of the findings at this time is coincidental. Could be, but it certainly serves an important propaganda function as Bush prepares to play Churchill to Ahmadinejad’s Hitler. From Reuters, April 7: BERLIN… Read moreNazis planned Holocaust for Palestine: historians
Press release from the Israeli Coalition of Women for Peace: Israeli Women’s Action in Tel Aviv to ‘Stop the Bombing of Gaza’ April 11 Today at 18:00 the Coalition of Women for Peace will be washing their hands in blood… Read moreIsraeli Women’s Action to ‘Stop the Bombing of Gaza’
This is just about the most insidious thing the Bush boys are doing—because while plans to bomb Iran at least spark headlines and outrage, plans to bomb the Moon languish in the back pages of the newspapers, and even many… Read moreBush plans bombardment of Moon
Two US Black Hawk combat helicopters were observed flying over the border between the Dominican Republic and Haiti on at least two occasions in March: 4:00-4:30 AM on March 23 and 10 PM-12:00 AM on March 24. The flights, reported… Read moreHaiti: Domincan authorities probe US flights over border zone
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested 49 Mexicans and two Salvadorans on March 30 and 31 in Merced County in central California. ICE said all those arrested had prior deportation orders. In at least two cases, ICE seized… Read moreImmigration update: ICE pulls kids off school buses, Senate compromise falters
