Thousands of Turkish troops backed by helicopters battled Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) insurgents near the Iraqi border April 8, in clashes that left 10 soldiers and seven guerillas dead. The fighting was centered in the provinces of Tunceli, Bingöl, Bitlis… Read moreTurks charge US betrayal on PKK; Barzani threatens Turkey
More than a dozen detainees have launched a new hunger strike at Guantánamo, and the military has responded by starting to force-feed the detainees, according to an April 8 New York Times report. Lawyers for the hunger strikers said the… Read moreJournalist force-fed in Gitmo hunger strike
Amado Ramírez Dillane, 50, Acapulco-based correspondent for Mexico’s Televisa network and host of the daily news program “Al Tanto” on local Radiorama, was shot to death near the city’s main square April 6. He had apparently just left Radiorama’s studio… Read moreMexico: journalist gunned down in Acapulco
When Italian journalist Daniele Mastrogiacomo was freed from Taliban captivity last month in exchange for prisoners, it made global headlines—if only as an opportunity to portray the Italians as weak-willed. The Afghan journalist he was abducted with was sold down… Read moreAfghanistan: Taliban behead journalist
We certianly hope that the expressions of Shi’ite-Sunni solidarity in this story are not exaggerated—or insincere. From AP, April 10 via Turkey’s Zaman: Tens of thousands draped themselves in Iraqi flags and marched through the streets of two Shiite holy… Read moreIraq: Sunnis join Moqtada’s march against occupation
Lawmen are warning that growing violence along the Mexican border poses a threat to national security. Chief Lynne Underdown, retiring Border Patrol chief for the Rio Grande Valley sector, told reporters at a press conference in Edinburg, TX, April 6,… Read moreMexican border violence: lawmen see homeland security threat
From AP, April 8: Mother’s high-speed chase leads to baby’s death 9-month-old ejected from SUV when woman crashes trying to evade police ALVARADO, Texas – A woman led police on a 25-mile high speed chase until she crashed into a… Read moreWHY WE FIGHT
Gunmen opened fire on Shi’ites April 6 in Parachinar, a remote town in northwestern Pakistan, triggering gunbattles between majority Sunni and minority Shi’ites that have left at least 40 dead and 43 wounded. Some Shi’ites retaliated, burning down Sunni-owned shops… Read morePakistan: sectarian warfare rocks Tribal Areas
Stepping up the assault on the Iraqi city of Diwaniya, believed to be a stronghold of Moqtada al-Sadr’s Mahdi Army, US occupation forces launched an air strike on a supposed safehouse April 7. At least six people, including two women… Read moreIraq: US bombs Shi’ites
Hilmi al-Asmar writes for the Jordanian newspaper Al-Dustur, April 7: Barzani accuses extremist Shi’i, Sunni forces of fuelling the conflict, welcomes hosting Palestinians residing in Kurdistan Arbil, Iraqi Kurdistan — Mas’ud Barzani, head of the Iraqi Kurdistan region and leader… Read moreIraqi Kurd leader: Palestinians welcome to live in Kurdistan
Since we officially closed our winter fund drive at the start of the month, we have made another $150. This brings our total to $1,555—just $445 short of our ambitious goal of $2,000. So even though the drive is “officially”… Read moreWW4 REPORT to change snail address …please keep the love coming!
From the New SPACE: The New SPACE (The New School for Pluralistic Anti-Capitalist Education) Presents The Case for DIS-unity in the Anti-War Movement: Why there must be a clear break between those who support Iraq’s genuine civil resistance and those… Read moreWW4 REPORT’s Bill Weinberg to speak: “The case for DIS-unity in the anti-war movement”
