On Oct. 10 interim Haitian prime minister Gerard Latortue announced that the first round of this year’s presidential and legislative elections will be rescheduled from Nov. 20 to a date several weeks later, probably the second week of December. “We’ve… Read moreHaiti: elections rescheduled
On Oct. 10 in Santiago, Chile, nearly 4,000 people took part in a “Dignity March” called by Meli Wixan Mapu and other Mapuche organizations. The marchers called for the release of Mapuche political prisoners, and for Mapuche unity in the… Read moreChile: Mapuches march
At midday on Oct. 16, Orlando Valencia, an Afro-Colombian representative of the Community Council of Curvaradó in the department of Chocó, was arbitrarily detained and “disappeared,” despite being protected by official measures of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. The… Read moreAfro-Colombian activist “disappeared”
Evidence of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre continues to emerge from the earth of Bosnia-Herzegovina, the BBC reports Oct. 17. Of course our resident Chetniks will tell us this is all more imperialist lies, while their neo-Ustashe rivals (whom they mirror… Read moreMore mass graves in Bosnia
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said at least 464 immigrants died crossing the border from Mexico into the US during the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30. The death toll was 43% higher than the previous year. “This total… Read moreBorder deaths hit new high
Phyllis Bennis of the Institute for Policy Studies reaches conclusions similar to those of WW4 REPORT’s recent commentary on Iraq’s pending consitution. Bennis writes in “The Iraqi Constitution: A Referendum for Disaster” (online at TruthOut): “The constitutional process culminating in… Read moreIraq constitution: referendum for disaster
Via TruthOut. Will approval (or rejection) of the new constitution similarly mark a further escalation of violence? 3,663 Iraqis Killed in Past 6 Months The Associated Press Friday 14 October 2005 Saturday’s vote on Iraq’s new constitution takes place nearly… Read moreAP: 3,663 Iraqis killed since new regime took power
Months after the fact, apparently, it is revealed that US troops have already engaged Syrian forces on the Iraqi border. Via TruthOut: GI’s and Syrians in Tense Clashes on Iraqi Border By James Risen and David E. Sanger The New… Read moreNYT: US troops clash with Syrians
Heavens to Murgatroid! Nuance in the pages of a contemporary left publication! Sasha Abramsky shows in the October issue of The Progressive that it is still, at least, possible. We at WW4 Report do have misgivings about some of what… Read moreThe left’s “al-Qaeda problem”
A review by former intelligence analysts concludes that the Bush administration “apparently paid little or no attention” to pre-war CIA assessments warning of major cultural and political obstacles to stability in post-war Iraq. The unclassified report, completed in July 2004,… Read moreReport: White House ignored CIA on Iraq chaos
How are we to read this one? Is the US conniving with the Sudan regime while trying to appear not to be? Or is the US gearing up for unilateral intervention in Sudan, and trying to make the UN appear… Read moreBolton bars UN testimony on Darfur
In an Oct. 9 interview with CNN, televangelist Pat Robertson—who recently got in hot water by calling for the assassination of Hugo Chavez—accused the Venezuelan president of giving Osama bin Laden $1.2 million after the 9-11 attacks and of trying… Read moreOsama bin Laden: football in US-Venezuela spat
