From the International Solidarity Movement: Palestinians United Again to Appeal for the Release of Peace Activists held Hostage in Iraq January 30th, 2006 ISM Following the recent release of new video footage of the four Christian Peacemaker Team (CPT) members… Read morePalestinians appeal for CPT hostages
Interview with Khaled Meshal, head of Hamas’ Politboro, from Jan. 27 print version of Italy’s La Repubblica: by Alix Van Buren “The Super-Most Wanted” Meshal DAMASCUS—The day of Hamas’ triumph, the supreme leader, Khaled Meshal, keeps his euphoria in check… Read moreInterview with Hamas chief Khaled Meshal
Hamas won 76 seats out of 132 contested in the Palestinian parliament. The Hamas victory surprised many, defying all polls. In the last few days, it was revealed the US pumped millions into Fatah’s campaign. A Palestinian commented that since… Read moreHebrew, Arabic press on Hamas victory
The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) carries this Jan. 25 report on Tehran’s accusations that the UK was behind the previous day’s bomb blast in Iran’s heavily Arab western district of Ahwaz. Of course, the NCRI’s armed wing,… Read moreTehran: UK behind terror blasts
Two Jordanian soldiers from the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) were shot dead and another was injured on Jan. 17 in clashes with unidentified armed assailants in the Drouillard neighborhood of Port-au-Prince’s impoverished Cite Soleil section. One soldier… Read moreHaiti: UN troops killed
The Associated Press reports Jan. 24 the arrest of police officers in Basra by British troops. What is not reported is that move has prompted an official protest from the Basra Governate. First, from the AP: British troops launched a… Read moreBrits arrest Basra police; governate protests
The trial of Saddam Hussein continues to get more problematic. From the London Times, Jan. 24: THE court trying Saddam Hussein has replaced its chief judge a day before the former dictator returns to the dock. The Iraqi Special Tribunal… Read moreSaddam’s new judge from Halabja
A victory for historical memory—doubtless motivated by the Turkish state’s desire to gain EU entry. But as this Jan. 23 press release from Amnesty International makes clear, the greater victory will be when the law under which Orhan Pamuk was… Read moreTurkey: court drops case against writer
A glimmer of hope. But will the Supreme Court uphold it? From the Jan. 24 New York Times, via Mediachannel: A federal judge has ordered the Pentagon to release the names and nationalities of hundreds of prisoners detained at Guantánamo… Read moreJudge orders US to release names of Gitmo detainees
You can almost feel blood pressures rising on Wall Street and in corporate board rooms. From Dow Jones Newswire, Jan. 23: Bolivia Pres Names Cabinet; Marxist In Energy Post Bolivian President Evo Morales on Monday announced his 16-member Cabinet, which… Read moreBolivia: Evo appoints rads to cabinet
Days before the historic inauguration of Evo Morales in Bolivia, the Andean nation scored another victory—in its struggle against Bechtel, the California engineering giant which had sued the impoverished nation before a World Bank trade court to demand compensation for… Read moreBolivia: Bechtel surrenders
Evo Morales was sworn in as Bolivia’s president before assembled foreign dignitaries at the congressional building in La Paz Jan. 22, dressed in a sports jacket and white shirt but no tie. One day before, he celebrated with his indigenous… Read moreBolivia: Evo celebrates inauguration at Tiwanaku ruins
