Masked men on a motorcycle opened fire on an army vehicle in the Bajaur region of Pakistan’s Tribal Areas March 26, killing five members of the military’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), including a major and an assistant director. Bajaur, one of… Read morePakistan: no peace in Tribal Areas
Gunmen rampaged through the Sunni and Turkmen district of al-Wihda in the northwestern Iraqi town of Tal Afar overnight, killing about 50 residents, apparently in reprisal for bombings in a Shi’ite area. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has ordered an inquiry… Read moreIraq: more sectarian massacres
Speaking to reporters after winning Mauritania’s first “free elections,” Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdalahi pledged to “transform” the nation and “build a country that conforms to the norms of justice and economic development.” In implicit reference to the early-’90s violence, in… Read moreMauritania: democratic transition …except for slaves
The April-May issue of the online alternative fashion magazine IMT Styles (for “I made that”) has a feature on WW4 REPORT—including an interview with WW4R editor Bill Weinberg by IMT Styles editor Tiffany Brown. We’re happy to make this unlikely… Read moreIMT Styles interviews WW4 REPORT
The New York Times‘ March 24 review of a new exhibit on the Abraham Lincoln Brigade at the Museum of the City of New York is a depressingly sinister and hypocritical piece of propaganda. Entitled “The Spanish Civil War: Black… Read moreNYT revisionism on Spanish Civil War
The aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis entered the Persian Gulf March 27, where it will conduct a joint exercise with the Dwight D. Eisenhower, which has been in the Gulf since October. The air wings of the two carrier… Read moreIran attack set for next week?
From the Center for Constitutional Rights, March 27: First Military Commission at Guantanamo Deeply Flawed The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) today released a statement on the military commission proceedings at Guantánamo Bay against Australian David Hicks that began yesterday…. Read moreFirst Gitmo military tribunal opens
Abdul Malik, an al-Qaeda suspect accused of involvement in terrorist attacks in Kenya in 2002 has been handed over to US custody by Kenyan authoirites and transported to Guantanamo Bay due to the “significant threat” he represented, said Pentagon spokesman… Read moreKenya suspect to Gitmo
Two suicide car bombs exploded near the home of a tribal leader in the Abu Ghraib district west of Baghdad March 27, killing the sheikh’s son and several other people. Sheikh Thahir al-Dari, whose home was targeted, is the head… Read moreIraq: more signs of Sunni civil war
More than 18,000 Afghan refugees in Pakistan have returned home since the UN High Commissioner foor Refugees (UNHCR) started this year’s voluntary repatriation to Afghanistan, officials announced March 23. “They have been given a grace period from March 1 to… Read moreAfghan refugees running out of time
South African and foreign intelligence agencies have been monitoring an alleged Islamist militant training camp at Greenbushes, Port Elizabeth, according to local press reports. One magazine has even published a report on the alleged training camp. The report—including photographs of… Read moreAl-Qaeda in South Africa?
Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee said March 26 that India intends to go ahead with a multi-billion-dollar gas pipeline from Iran via Pakistan despite objections from the US. “Talks on this pipeline are going on,” Mukherjee said in an interview with… Read moreIndia bucks US pressure on Iran pipeline deal
