From the Boston Herald, Sept. 7, emphasis added: Oil companies came under new fire yesterday when it emerged that ExxonMobil’s profits are likely to soar above $10 billion this quarter on the back of the fuel crisis. That’s $110 million… Read moreExxon reaps Katrina windfall
A Sept. 5 interview with Charmaine Neville, a member of the third generation of New Orleans’ legendary Neville musical family, contains a first-hand account of how she helped many of her neighbors escape the stricken city—first with a flat boat,… Read moreNew Orleans: ethnic cleansing revisited
Juan Gonzalez of the NY Daily News Sept. 6 calls out FEMA for promoting the newsworthy Rev. Pat Robertson’s private charity for Katrina disaster-relief donations—and recalls the group’s links to the sleazy African diamonds trade, unearthed by a law enforcement… Read moreFEMA promotes Pat Robertson’s charity —despite Congo diamond scandal
Saudi special forces overran a seaside villa in Damman Sept. 6 where Islamic militants had been holed up, ending three days of heavy fighting that left at least nine dead. For two nights, special forces pounded the villa with rocket-propelled… Read moreJihadis to take the war to Saudi Arabia?
A front-page story in Army Times Sept. 2, “Troops begin combat operations in New Orleans,” states: Combat operations are underway on the streets “to take this city back” in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. “This place is going to look… Read moreUrban “combat” in New Orleans —and ethnic cleansing?
The Navy has hired Houston-based Halliburton Co. to restore electric power, repair roofs and remove debris at three naval facilities in Mississippi damaged by Hurricane Katrina. Halliburton subsidiary KBR will also perform damage assessments at other naval installations in New… Read moreHalliburton gets hurricane reconstruction contract
The Jerusalem Post reports another incident of a pious Jew spitting at Christian clergy or symbols in the Israeli-occupied Old City of Jerusalem. According to Holocaust survivor Dr. Israel Shahak, in his book Jewish History, Jewish Religion, this practice has… Read moreJerusalem: pious Jew spits on Christians again
If the uncorroborated quotes here are accurate, this reality is almost too horrific to comprehend. What is most alarming is that the refugees are effectively captives. This is turning into human warehousing of the same type practiced against the Japanese-Americans… Read moreNew Orleans: grave human rights violations reported
Depending on who you ask, God sent Katrina either to punish the US for supporting Israel’s disengagement plan: On August 14, citizens in the United States, like people around the world, heard about the issuing of an order for the… Read moreKatrina, the wrath of God
President Bush has ordered 7,000 active duty troops into New Orleans, including 2,500 from the 82nd Airborne Division in North Carolina, 2,700 from the 1st Cavalry Division in Texas, 2,000 from the 1st and 2nd Marine Expeditionary Forces. “I think… Read moreNew Orleans: Bush sends in the Marines
September 3, 2005 Don’t You Know Me, I’m Your Native Son… Notes from Inside New Orleans By JORDAN FLAHERTY I just left New Orleans a couple hours ago. I traveled from the apartment I was staying in by boat to… Read moreNotes from inside New Orleans
From New York Newsday: Toddler killed by SUV Girl, 3, pushed in stroller by her mother, is run down by driver entering crowded Harlem gas station BY MARLENE NAANES AND LUIS PEREZ September 2, 2005 A 3-year-old girl being pushed… Read moreWHY WE FIGHT
