From the opening days of the Iraq campaign in March 2003, there were uncorroborated reports of use of chemical and other unconventional weapons. These reports emerged again with the re-taking of Fallujah one year ago. Thanks to the work of… Read moreWhite phosphorus in Fallujah?
The apparent identification of a suicide bomber in the Jordan hotel attacks as an Iraqi who had been detained by US forces in Iraq adds a new dimension to reactions in the Hashemite kingdom. Authorities say three Iraqi men died… Read moreJordan: Jihadis question terror tactics
A prominent French anti-globalization activist blamed the wave of urban unrest on failed government policies and the social and economic marginalization of immigrants. “Riots have nothing to do with Muslims, Arabs or African immigrants as propagated by the media,” José… Read moreFrance: José Bové repudiates hatred
More than 500 troops of the Colombian National Police attacked a group of Nasa Indians who were occupying a plantation in the southwestern department of Cauca Nov. 10, leaving one dead and more than 40 injured. Belisario Camallo Guetoto, 16,… Read moreColombia: National Police attack Nasa indigenous land occupation
Hundreds of heavily armed Maoist guerillas stormed a jail in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, killing at least four people and freeing about 350 prisoners, including many fellow guerrillas. The rebels entered Jehanabad town the night of Nov. 13… Read moreIndia: Maoist guerillas raid prison
The following item is from the Jewish Telegraphic Agency: Church leader accuses Israel A Scottish church leader called Israel’s West Bank security barrier a “theft of land.” The Rev. David Lacy, an official with the Church of Scotland, said he… Read moreScottish church leader: Israeli barrier “theft of land”
A forensic team working in the mass graves of Bosnia announced it had found the remains of 227 victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre Nov. 11. Murat Hurtic, the lead excavator, said the exhumation at the village of Snagovo, 30… Read moreMore mass graves in Bosnia; Belgrade faces deadline on Mladic
From Palestine Monitor, Nov. 7: Thursday, November 3, was the first day of the post-Ramadan Eid al-Fitr holidays, the feast of fast-breaking, a three-day festival of family visits, new clothes, gifts, and a break from work and school. On that… Read morePalestinian boy killed on Eid; parents donate organs to Israelis
Arutz Sheva, arch-reactionary organ of the Israeli settler movement, is clearly overjoyed by this Nov. 13 tidbit: (IsraelNN.com) New York Senator and former US First Lady Hillary Clinton voiced her support for the Partition Wall Sunday. “The fence was built… Read moreHillary supports Apartheid Wall
Egypt’s Coptic Christian minority is to launch its own satellite television this month. After deadly riots in Alexandria Oct. 21, many Copts see the creation of the channel as an essential tool to assert their long-repressed identity. But some fear… Read moreEgyptian Copts get TV station —but not tolerance
The Israeli daily Ha’aretz claims Israeli citizens were evacuated from the Radisson Hotel in Amman hours before the bombing that killed 57. There is no attribution for the source of this information: Last update – 00:45 10/11/2005 Israelis evacuated from… Read moreHaaretz: Israelis evacuated before Jordan bombings
This may be bad news for Detroit, but given fast-growing evidence of global climate destabilization, it’s damn good news for the rest of us. From the New York Times Nov. 2: DETROIT, Nov. 1 – October, which is the start… Read moreGlimmer of hope: SUV sales down
