We sure hope this is just a couple of lone wackos and not the beginning of a destabilization campaign against Evo Morales. An AP report indicates suspect Triston Jay Amero of California “has been in and out of psychiatric hospitals… Read moreBolivia: bombing kills two
From Reuters, March 30: CANBERRA – An Indonesian cartoon depicting Australia’s prime minister and foreign minister as fornicating dingoes was “grotesque”, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said on Thursday as bilateral tension flared with Jakarta. Prime Minister John Howard acknowledged that… Read moreAustralia-Indonesia cartoon wars
From Earth First!, March 29: Environmental Activists Jailed as Grand Jury Indictments Increase San Francisco, CA—As attorneys argue in federal court in San Francisco on March 30 to quash a grand jury investigating a protest in San Francisco, activists point… Read moreGrand juries target eco-activists
From the technology news site CNET, March 29: Unmanned aerial vehicles have soared the skies of Afghanistan and Iraq for years, spotting enemy encampments, protecting military bases, and even launching missile attacks against suspected terrorists. Now UAVs may be landing… Read moreDrones to patrol US skies
The final results of Israel’s Knesset election are as follows: Kadima, the party created by Sharon and now led by Ehud Olmert has 29 seats, a disappointment considering polls had projected up to 43 seats at one point. Labor, led… Read moreIsraeli election roundup
File this under words-mean-whatever-we-say-they-mean. NYU “had not put any pressure on [the Objectivist Club’s] free speech”, but “said the panel discussion could not be open to the public if the cartoons were shown on stage.” Huh? It’s amazing how absolutely… Read moreObjectivists vs. Islamists at NYU
From the New York Times, March 29: Nanny Is Hit by Truck While Seeking Help to Save a Choking Baby An Upper East Side nanny trying to save a choking boy was struck by a truck yesterday after she wandered… Read moreWHY WE FIGHT
The latest shoot-out between US forces and the Sadr militia has prompted an alliance between Sadr and his longtime rival in the Shiite movement, the Iran-backed Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI), which controls the equally formidable Badr… Read moreIraq: US mosque attack sparks Sadr-Badr unity
We especially love the lip service to “freedom of religion” in the Afghan constitution. Of course, WW4 REPORT warned of this contradiction all the way back to the Bonn Accords, the consolidation of the interim Afghan government, the Loya Jirga,… Read moreAfghanistan: hundreds protest clemency for Christian
From Israel’s Haaretz, March 24: WASHINGTON – Harvard University has decided to remove its logo from a study that denounces the pro-Israel lobby’s impact on American foreign policy, in order to distance itself from the study’s conclusions. The university also… Read moreHarvard disclaims study on Israel lobby
A militia led by fundamentalist clerics challenges the lawless rule of warlords who have been tearing the country apart for the past generation. The warlords, meanwhile, band together in an “anti-terrorist” alliance in an obvious bid for support from the… Read moreTaliban for Somalia?
From the London Times, March 27: US TROOPS were accused of killing up to 22 Iraqis yesterday after becoming embroiled in a fierce battle with a powerful Shia militia at a Baghdad mosque, The reported clash, the circumstances of which… Read moreIraq: US in bloody clash with Sadr militia
