From the AP, Aug. 30: DAMASCUS, Syria — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez received a hero’s welcome in Syria, where he said Wednesday that the two countries will “build a new world” free of U.S. domination and vowed to one day… Read moreChavez does Damascus
From the New York Times, Aug. 30: Hit and Runs Leave 1 Dead and 13 Injured SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 29 — A hit-and-run driver careered through San Francisco and nearby Fremont on Tuesday, mowing down pedestrians and bicyclists, leaving at… Read moreWHY WE FIGHT
The below Aug. 30 AP account notes the growing use of the term “Islamic fascism” by the Bush administration and its amen chorus in recent days. The response has been predictable in the extreme, with lefties (e.g. The Huffington Post)… Read moreBush sees “Islamic fascism”; world misses irony
While highly dubious supposed terror plots in the US and UK continue to dominate the headlines, the Real McCoy in Afghanistan generates barely a flick of interest these days. This was buried in the inner pages of the New York… Read moreAfghan terror escalates —with media invisibility
Can somebody explain to us why this is legal? US citizens, who have not been charged with any crime, are denied entry into the US. Why should submitting to an FBI interrogation abroad be a prerequisite for being allowed back… Read morePakistani-Americans denied entry back into US
On Aug. 14, four Iranian immigrant brothers filed a lawsuit in US District Court in Los Angeles against former attorney general John Ashcroft, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Robert Mueller III, FBI Agent Christopher Castillo and other officials, charging… Read moreIranian exiles sue FBI; refused to inform on Mujahedeen Khalq
Just in case you missed this one. From the New York Times, July 7 (links and emphasis added): Hate Groups Are Infiltrating the Military, Group Asserts A decade after the Pentagon declared a zero-tolerance policy for racist hate groups, recruiting… Read moreNeo-Nazis infiltrate US military
Note that these two articles take seemingly opposite tacks. The first, from the UN’s news agency, raises fears that Chad’s move against Exxon and Chevron is aimed at weaseling out of World Bank-imposed commitments to put oil proceeds into social… Read moreChad boots Exxon consortium members
A big step closer to the destabilization of Pakistan. From Reuters, Aug. 29: QUETTA, Pakistan – Security forces and gunmen clashed on Tuesday in Pakistan’s Baluchistan province after prayers for a slain rebel leader and one policeman was killed, while… Read moreBaluchistan explodes
A radical offshoot from the PKK seems to be emulating al-Qaeda tactics. From Reuters, Aug. 29: Kurdish rebels warn of “hell” ANTALYA, Turkey – A shadowy Kurdish rebel group threatened on Tuesday to turn Turkey into “hell” after a two-day… Read moreKurdish Liberation Hawks take war to Istanbul
In the wake of the Lebanon aggression, Uri Avnery invokes the image of Israel as Washington’s attack dog—as he has before. Online at Gush Shalom, Aug. 26, emphasis added: America’s Rottweiler IN HIS latest speech, which infuriated so many people,… Read moreIsrael as “America’s Rottweiler”
From AP, Aug. 26: BEIRUT: Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah said in a TV interview aired Sunday that he would not have ordered the capture of two Israeli soldiers if he had known it would lead to such a war…. Read moreNasrallah chills out?
