From BBC, Jan. 19: France ‘would use nuclear arms’ French President Jacques Chirac has said France would be ready to use nuclear weapons against any state which launched a terrorist attack against it. Speaking at a nuclear submarine base in… Read moreFrance threatens nuclear strikes
From the AP, Jan. 19: Al-Jazeera on Thursday aired an audiotape purportedly from Osama bin Laden, who says al-Qaeda is making preparations for attacks in the United States but offering a truce “with fair conditions.” The tape’s release came days… Read moreAl-Qaeda bigs killed in Pakistan? Osama offers truce?
Glorify ’em as heroes and martyrs for war propaganda—then screw ’em. It’s the American way. From NY1, Jan. 17: Supreme Court Rules 9/11 Families Cannot Sue Over Faulty Radios Families of New York City firefighters won’t be allowed to sue… Read moreSupreme Court shafts 9-11 widows
Subcomandante Marcos said Jan. 14 that the Zapatista Army of National Liberation will not accept the invitation by Bolivian president-elect Evo Morales to attend his Jan. 22 inauguration. During a meeting with supporters on the Zapatistas' "Other Campaign" in Chetumal,… Read moreZapatista tour reaches Yucatan; supporters harassed
The international community has been attempting to restore peace to West Africa, long torn by multiple inter-related ethnic and civil conflicts. Now, just as Liberia is hailed as a success story—with the country’s first post-war president, and Africa’s first woman… Read moreIvory Coast violence: new “great game” for West Africa?
Suicide bombers killed 26 people in separate attacks in southern Afghanistan’s Kandahar province Jan. 16, heightening fears that Taliban militants are copying the tactics of Iraqi insurgents. An attacker riding a motorcycle blew himself up as a crowd left a… Read moreUS losing control of Afghanistan?
The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) issues this response to “The Afghanistan Miracle” by Diane Tebelius, an op-ed which ran in The Seattle Times Oct. 4, 2005: The “Miracle” or a Mockery of Afghanistan? Ms. Diane Tebelius,… Read moreRAWA rejects “Afghanistan miracle”
Iraq’s oft-fractious trade unions issued the following joint statement yesterday at the end of a two-day meeting in Amman, Jordan. The meeting was attended by labor representatives from throughout Iraq. A Joint Statement Issued by the Iraqi Trade Unions Concerning… Read moreIraq trade unions protest IMF policy
An alleged commander of a Mexico’s clandestine Popular Revolutionary Army (EPR) and two other suspected guerillas were arrested in the state of Veracruz, officials announced Jan. 12. Gustavo Robles Lopez, 29, and two others were arrested when authorities approached their… Read moreMexico: guerilla suspects arrested in Veracruz
Will Chile be the next to join South America’s growing anti-imperialist bloc? Michelle Bachelet will certainly not prove a radical populist like Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez or Bolivia’s newly-elected Evo Morales. But she could prove a more moderate member of the… Read moreChile to join anti-imperialist bloc?
Gee, we can hardly wait for this one. From Reuters, Jan. 15: TEHRAN – Iran is planning a conference to assess the scale of the Holocaust, which President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad rejects as a myth, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi… Read moreIran plans conference to “assess” Holocaust
There they go again. “We apologize, but I can’t tell you that we wouldn’t do the same thing again,” says John McCain. Why do politicians always talk out of both sides of their mouths like this? What does an apology… Read moreAnti-US protests shake Pakistan
