On July 21, Israeli reserve officer Yonatan Shapira, a helicopter pilot and signer of the pilots’ letter refusing to perform assassinations in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories, spoke out against Israel’s attack on Lebanon on Democracy Now! The following quote is… Read moreIsraeli refuseniks oppose war on Lebanon
Another sacrifice for the American way of life. From the New York Post, July 20: ‘3-TIME DWI’ MOM KILLS PRIEST, 79 July 20, 2006 — A beloved Long Island priest taking an evening walk was killed by a hit- run,… Read moreWHY WE FIGHT
As if the facts in the headline aren’t bad enough, note also the armed attacks on the Sunni religious establishment. It is starting to seem more and more like Bush’s blundering into Iraq will have only succeeded into plunging the… Read moreIraq moves closer to genocide
From CNN, July 20: Lebanese refugees pour across Syrian border YABOSS, Syria — As many as 50,000 refugees from Lebanon poured through one border crossing into Syria alone Thursday, officials said, as the desperate and displaced fled to escape Israel’s… Read moreLebanon: 500,000 displaced
We have already noted the deep denial about the reality of sectarian civil war in Iraq which pervades both the pro-war right and the anti-war left. Finally, we are beginning to see the limits of willful self-delusion in the painfully… Read moreIraq: Rwanda revisited?
From La Jornada, July 18, translation via Chiapas95: Government prevents Subcomandante Marcos’ radio appearance by Hermann Bellinghausen Subcomandante Marcos’ appearance on the airwaves of Radio 620 this Monday was prevented “by the pressures of the Mexican Presidency, the Secretariat of… Read moreSubcommander Marcos censored from DF airwaves?
From La Jornada, July 17, translation via Chiapas95: Torture and harassment of political prisoners in El Amate prison denounced by Hermann Bellinghausen Civil organizations in Chiapas denounced the torture and harassment of “political prisoners” in the prison El Amate, in… Read moreTorture in Chiapas
“¡Farouk Vive! ¡La Lucha Sigue!” Vigil Commemorating the Life of Farouk Abdel-Muhti New York-based Palestinian activist Farouk Abdel-Muhti died suddenly of a heart attack on July 21, 2004, three weeks before his 57th birthday and 100 days after he was… Read moreNew York activists remember Farouk Abdel-Muhti
From the LA Times, July 18: Masked gunmen kill 42 in attack at Shiite market in Mahmoudiya BAGHDAD — Masked gunmen wielding rocket launchers and grenades swarmed a predominantly Shiite market in a town south of the capital Monday morning,… Read moreIraq: more sectarian slaughter
From Lebanon’s Daily Star, July 19: Latest targets of air blitz: milk and medicine BEIRUT: Israel switched gears in its military campaign against Lebanon Monday and Tuesday, launching a series of debilitating air strikes against privately owned factories throughout the… Read moreIsrael targets Lebanon’s infrastructure; Deep Purple unawed
From the International Middle East Media Center (IMEC), July 18: Troops invade Nablus, occupy a building belonging to its municipality Israeli soldiers operating in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus broke into a building belonging to the Nablus municipality… Read moreMeanwhile on the West Bank…
Press release from Congresswoman Cynthia Mckinney’s campaign, July 18: DIEBOLD ELECTRONIC MACHINES MALFUNCTION, VOTE FOR OTHER CANDIDATE (Decatur) After one hour of voting, the McKinney campaign has received numerous calls that the voting machines are malfunctioning. Voters casting votes for… Read moreMcKinney campaign claims Diebold vote-switching
