A March 3 press release from the Lynne Stewart Defense Committee: Attorney Lynne Stewart now faces another battle for her life: the battle against breast cancer. Ms. Stewart’s sentencing is pending following her conviction last year on charges of aiding… Read moreLynne Stewart battles cancer
An ominous sense of deja vu. The US invasion of Iraq and rift with France immediately preceded new oil deals between Saddam and the French giant Total. (Seee WW4 REPORT #56) Now, just as Bush is rattling the sabre and… Read moreFrench oil giant in talks with Iran
From IndyBay.org, March 7: Pyeongtaek, South Korea – On March 6th, 2006, South Korean military riot police began an attack on the autonomous village of Daechuri. For over four years, Daechuri and the nearby community of Doduri have defiantly resisted… Read moreSouth Korea: army sieges “autonomous village”
From Human Rights Watch, March 9: Iranian police and plainclothes agents yesterday charged a peaceful assembly of women’s rights activists in Tehran and beat hundreds of women and men who had gathered to commemorate International Women’s Day, Human Rights Watch… Read moreIran: police attack Women’s Day march; crackdown on Sufis
A March 9 communique from the San José de Apartadó Peace Community in Colombia’s northern Urabá region (our translation): The Peace Community of San José of Apartadó denounces new abuses committed by the public forces against the civil population of… Read moreColombia: more state terror at Peace Community
From the International Middle East Media Center (IMEMC), March 11: Christian Peace Maker Teams (CPT) headquarters in Chicago in the United State has confirmed that CPT member kidnapped in Iraq Tom Fox, 54 was found dead in Baghdad on Saturday… Read moreIraq: Christian pacifist hostage killed
Immigrants and supporters marched and rallied in Chicago on March 10 to demand legalization for out-of-status immigrants and oppose anti-immigrant legislation currently being considered by the Senate. Organizers estimated the crowd at 130,000, while Chicago police estimated 75,000 to 100,000… Read moreThousands march for immigrants’ rights in Chicago, DC
On March 8, students at the National University of Bogota held a protest against the Colombian government’s Feb. 27 signing of the Andean Free Trade Treaty with the US, Peru and Ecuador. Agents from the Mobile Anti-Riot Squad (ESMAD), a… Read moreColombia: more ESMAD terror
From the UK Telegraph, March 12: An SAS soldier has refused to fight in Iraq and has left the Army over the “illegal” tactics of United States troops and the policies of coalition forces. After three months in Baghdad, Ben… Read moreSAS soldier quits over “illegal” US tactics in Iraq
A March 13 report from Pakistan’s Daily Times on the army-occupied town of Miranshah in North Waziristan: PESHAWAR: Authorities in Miranshah further eased an eight-day-old curfew on Sunday after soldiers killed dozens of militants in an operation last week. The… Read morePakistan: army occupies Waziristan villages
With all the global horrors in the headlines, this one barely grabbed any attention. Ironically, our attention is distracted precisely by the Middle East instability being used to justify the expansion of oil exploitation on Alaska’s public lands. From MarketWatch,… Read moreBP battles Alaska oil spill
A statement from an entity called the Iraqi National Resistance purports to put forth conditions for peace. It is said to represent both armed insurgent groups and supporters in civil society. From Tom Hayden’s blog in The Huffington Post: On… Read moreWho is the “Iraqi National Resistance”?
