Have we finally arrived at the pinnacle of cynicism? The use of torture is used as an excuse to keep detainees from speaking publicly about…the use of torture. From AP, Nov. 5, link added: Court Told It Lacks Power in… Read moreSecret “interrogation techniques” justify incommunicado detention
From the General Federation of Trade Unions-Iraq: To all labor unions and organizations of the world, On the General Federation of Trade Unions- Iraq (GFTU-Iraq) first convention Solidarity greetings: Our union GFTU-Iraq that was formed in June 2006 after a… Read moreIraq: labor federation holds first convention under fire
On Oct. 24 residents of the Ecuadoran town of Arenillas, on the border with Peru, began a peaceful blockade of the Panamerican highway to demand that the Chacra-La Palma pedestrian border crossing be officially reopened to allow local commerce. Customs… Read moreTwo killed in Ecuador-Peru border conflict
From El Universal, Nov. 7, via Chiapas95: OAXACA – A combative grandmother known as Doctor Berta has become the signature voice of the insurgents in Oaxaca, where radio airwaves have become an essential tool of protesters. With each day that… Read moreGrandma is radio voice of Oaxaca’s resistance
For all of the lurid propaganda about Islamo-fascism, you’d think these guys would at least know a little about Islam… From the Nov. 2 editorial page of the conservative Washington Times, link added: What they don’t know is frightening How… Read moreGWOT policy makers don’t know Sunni from Shi’ite
From Military Families Speak Out, Nov. 8: Military Families Speak Out (MFSO), an organization of over 3,100 military families who are opposed to the war in Iraq, welcome the resignation of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, one of the key… Read moreMilitary families applaud Rumsfeld resignation
In this Nov. 8 commentary for Truthout, Jason Leopold saves some salient facts about the incoming Defense Secretary from the Orwellian Memory Hole. It seems that like the outgoing Rumsfeld, he was instrumental in building US intelligence and military links… Read moreRobert Gates: another ex-Saddam symp takes helm at Pentagon
From AP, Nov. 7: ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A federal public defender who took on some of the nation’s most high-profile terrorism cases after Nine-Eleven has died at age 64. Frank Dunham Junior died Friday of brain cancer at his northern… Read moreFrank Dunham, terror war public defender, dead at 64
From Mexico’s El Universal, Nov. 7 via Chiapas95: GENEVA – The National Human Rights Commission (CNDH), embroiled in a conflict with the Attorney General’s Office (PGR), will present a report before the UN human rights officials on Wednesday saying that… Read moreMexico: torture up 300% under Fox
Amnesty International has officially called upon the Mexican government to release the names of those detained by federal police in Oaxaca, and the charges they face. The arrested now number above 80. Many are being held incommunicado and there are… Read moreTorture in Oaxaca; Amnesty demands info on detained
From the AP, Nov. 7: Hundreds protest border fence in Mexico CIUDAD ACUNA, Mexico — The mayor of a Mexican city on the Texas border led about 400 people on a 55-mile march Tuesday to protest U.S. plans for new… Read moreProtests against border wall both sides of the line
How ironic. We noted in August that ex-Israeli security chief Uza Dayan was warning the US against emulating Israeli strategies in securing the Mexican border. Now it appears that Elbit Systems, an Israeli firm which is building the “Aparthied Wall”… Read moreIsraeli firm gets Mexico border wall contract
