It seems the US has been inadvertently arming the PKK these past four years since the Iraq invasion—the same quasi-Maoist Kurdish separatist group that is seeking to secede from NATO ally Turkey and is on the State Department “foreign terrorist… Read moreUS arms to Iraqi Kurds slipping through to PKK?
300 police backed up by helicopters beseiging a small rural town? Starting to look like counterinsurgency in Calabria. From the New York Times, Aug. 31: Fears of Mob Feud Lead to Arrest of 32 in Italy ROME — The Italian… Read more’Ndrangheta wars militarize southern Italy
We got sick just reading about it. Good news the New Zealand cops turned it down. Bad news that it exists. From NZ’s The Press, Aug. 15: Police pass on acquiring ‘vomit torch’ It is enough to make you sick… Read moreSecurity industry unveils “vomit torch”
When Pfc. Lynndie England was convicted two years ago, we called her a scapegoat. Now, a military jury at Ft. Meade has found Lt-Col. Steven Jordan—the only officer to be court-martialled over the Abu Ghraib case—guilty of disobeying an order… Read moreAbu Ghraib decision reveals what flows downhill
Our August issue featured the story “Iran: The Anti-Imperialist Case Against Nuclear Power” by Reza Fiyouzat, a reprint from the online journal Dissident Voice, arguing that nuclear development under an undemocratic regime such as Tehran’s merely plays into Washington’s interventionist… Read moreNuclear development in Iran: our readers write
Two residents, including an 11-year-old boy, are dead following riots at the village of Cubulco in Guatemala’s Baja Verapaz department. Protesters torched the home of the mayor, Rolando Rivera, and the village remains occupied by a large detachment of the… Read moreTwo dead in Guatemala riots
From AP, Aug. 28: Mexico has broken its record for the most extraditions to the United States in a year, shipping a man north of the border Tuesday who is wanted in Georgia for drug trafficking. Hilario Larrago, who faces… Read moreMexico breaks extradition record
From Amnesty International, Aug. 23: Evictions crisis deepens for Palestinian villagers The Israeli army has increased efforts to force Palestinian villagers out of the Jordan Valley region of the occupied West Bank, by destroying villagers’ homes and restricting their movement… Read moreAI protests Jordan Valley evictions
From Amnesty International, Aug. 23: Iran: Authorities thwart campaign for gender equality Women’s rights activists in Iran face imprisonment. Activists campaigning for gender equality in Iran are unable to exercise their rights to freedom of expression and association, as shown… Read moreAI protests arrests of women activists in Iran
From Fox News, Aug. 28: Washington Post, Other Newspapers Won’t Run ‘Opus’ Cartoon Mocking Radical Islam A popular comic strip that poked fun at the Rev. Jerry Falwell without incident one week ago was deemed too controversial to run over… Read moreCartoon wars back on?
We recently posed the question of whether the relentless bloodshed in Iraq is fundamentally a national liberation struggle or a sectarian civil war. Which does it look like to you? From AP, Aug. 28: 31 killed at Iraqi religious festival… Read moreShi’ites clash in Karbala; Sunni mosque attacked in Fallujah
From the New York Times, Aug. 25: Head-On Collision in Connecticut Kills 4 Teenagers and Injures 3 Adults BRISTOL, Conn. — Four teenagers from nearby towns who had met on MySpace never made it home from an evening swim at… Read moreWHY WE FIGHT
