From the Regina Leader-Post, Feb. 16: A new chapter began this week in Canada’s relationship with the United States with new American regulations that require passports for air passengers entering the U.S. All non-Americans need a passport to enter the… Read moreNative nations protest US-Canada border restrictions
From Human Rights Watch via Reuters, Feb. 16: Dakar — The Guinean government has failed to control security forces responsible for rapes, robberies and more than 110 killings since mid-January, Human Rights Watch said today. After the imposition of martial… Read moreGuinea: rights abuses under martial law
President Bush has approved plans to create a Pentagon command for Africa, a move that reflects increasing US strategic interests in the continent. Bush said in a Feb. 13 statement that he had asked Defense Secretary Robert Gates to get… Read moreAfrica Command: “Follow the oil”
Canada is considering withdrawing its troops from Afghanistan, according to an interim report by the Canadian Senate committee on national security and defence. The report demands more money for the operation and a bigger commitment from other NATO countries within… Read moreCanada to withdraw from Afghanistan?
From AFP, Feb. 14 (links added): WASHINGTON – The Pentagon announced plans to maintain some 27,000 US troops in Afghanistan — the most since it went to war there more than five years ago — to try to crush a… Read moreMore US troops to Afghanistan
From AP, via the Carlsbad Current Argus, Feb. 15: Salt Lake City – Officials fear a backlash against the Bosnian community, while family friends suggested a Bosnian teen’s experiences as a refugee may have fueled his deadly rampage through a… Read moreBosnians fear backlash in Salt Lake City killings
Don’t say we didn’t warn you. From the The Missoulan, Feb. 8: WHITEFISH – British Columbia’s top mining minister stepped down this week amid outrage at his anti-American sentiments, and Montanans who have been negotiating with the province over controversial… Read moreMontana flashpoint for looming US-Canada war
It barely rates a headline these days, but things are sure looking good in the long aftermath of another US military adventure, eh? From the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network, Feb. 12: Hundreds gathered on Sunday, February 11, in the centre… Read moreDeadly riots in Kosova
We’ve noted before in the US anti-war movement’s factional jockeying, how the sectarian-controlled International ANSWER has used Palestine as a “wedge issue” against the more legitimate United for Peace & Justice (UFPJ) coalition—which really has been timid around the question…. Read moreUFPJ joins Palestine mobilization
From the Calgary Sun, Feb. 18: OTTAWA — A Liberal MP has accused the Conservatives of trying to keep the public in the dark about the state of three terrorist suspects on a hunger strike in a prison derisively known… Read moreHunger strike at “Canada’s Gitmo”
Five members of a Palestinian family jailed by immigration authorities in Texas since November were released on Feb. 3, a day after the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) accepted to reopen their asylum case. Salaheddin Ibrahim, his wife Hanan Ibrahim,… Read moreICE releases Palestinian family
In a decision received on Jan. 30, Los Angeles immigration judge Bruce J. Einhorn terminated deportation proceedings against Khader Musa Hamide and Michel Ibrahim Shehadeh, the last two members of the “Los Angeles Eight” (LA 8) group of Palestinian rights… Read moreJudge throws out LA 8 case
