Foreign troops and not Haitian demonstrators killed Spanish journalist Ricardo Ortega in Port-au-Prince during a protest on March 7, 2004, according to the reporter’s family. Haitian judge Bernard Saint-Vil has dismissed charges against the Haitian suspects in the killing, Ortega’s… Read moreHaiti: US blamed in reporter’s death
In a piece ominously entitled “The Oil Nonbubble,” Paul Krugman in the New York Times May 12 astutely calls out both right-wing optimism that the “oil bubble” would burst—and right-wing scapegoating now that it hasn’t: “The Oil Bubble: Set to… Read moreKrugman weighs in for “peak oil”?
Turkish warplanes bombed several border areas near the towns of Neroye and Rekan in Dahuk province of northern Iraq May 11, the website of the website of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) reported. Jabbar Yawar, spokesman for Iraq’s Kurdish… Read moreTurkey still bombing Iraq
On May 11, the Asuda women’s shelter in Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan, came under attack by unidentified gunmen. One woman housed at the shelter, a mother of three, was seriously wounded, hit by three bullets. According to the hospital reports, the… Read moreIraq: gunmen attack women’s shelter
Israeli troops attacked a peaceful march commemorating the 60th year of the Nakba in the West Bank city of Tulkarm May 10, injuring ten, including a journalist who was hit with a bullet in his hand. Participants, including international activists,… Read morePalestinians get repression at Nakba commemoration
From Democratic Voice of Burma, May 10: The Burmese military regime held its national referendum in most of the country today, despite criticism from those who said it should be prioritising assistance for the victims of Cyclone Nargis. The junta… Read moreBurma referendum illegitimate: opposition
Back in February, rebels in Chad penetrated N’Djamena, the capital, after driving across hundreds of miles of desert from the east in a fleet of armed pick-up trucks. Chad’s government quickly accused Sudan of supporting the operation. On May 10,… Read moreNew battle of Omdurman: Sudan-Chad war next?
Award-winning journalist and World War 4 Report editor Bill Weinberg will present a video and discussion on the Iraq Freedom Congress (IFC), a new alliance of trade unions, women’s organizations, neighborhood assemblies and student groups opposed to both the US… Read moreBill Weinberg to speak in NYC on Iraq’s civil resistance
Juan Antonio Román García, second highest ranking police commander in Ciudad Juárez, was killed May 10 when his car was sprayed with bullets outside his home. The attack came months after his name appeared at the top of a hit… Read moreMexico: open season on police commanders
From Reporters Without Borders, via AllAfrica, May 7: Egypt: TV Agency Boss Facing Charges Over Food Riots Reporters Without Borders has voiced concern about legal action against Nader Gohar, owner of the Egyptian TV news agency Cairo News Company (CNC),… Read moreEgypt: from food crisis to censorship
Get this. The Senate fails to pass the new FAA reauthorization bill—because of “non-aviation provisions” that would have doubled the tax on oil spills, using the revenues to replenish the strapped Highway Trust Fund! And this is deemed so un-newsworthy… Read moreNo increase in oil-spill tax
Never mind the silly Canadian angle. The really sinister thing here is the embryonic hybridization of man and machine—a phenomenon we have already predicted. From the Canadian Press, May 5: Canadian military looking for Iron Man-type suits for overburdened soldiers… Read moreIron Man lives again —in Iraq?
