Once again, do we want to take bets on whether this will be on the front page of tommorrow’s New York Times? Another 20 Shi’ites killed by the glorious Iraqi “resistance,” this time in Basra. From the Nov. 1 edition… Read moreAnother slow news day in Iraq
We always knew the Pentagon had no sense of humor, but this really proves it. This case, reported in Newsday Oct. 31, is truly Orwellian on multiple levels: it reads like a dark political satire, and it concerns two Afghan… Read moreAfghan writers sent to Gitmo for satire
From the Israeli settler news service, Arutz Sheva: Dichter: Military Action Might Be Necessary to Block Iran Nukes Sunday, October 30, 2005 / 27 Tishrei 5766 (IsraelNN.com) The former head of the Shin Bet security service told a Los Angeles… Read moreFormer Shin Bet head tells AIPAC: US might have to attack Iran
Colombian guerrillas and paramilitary fighters engaged in a bloody gun battle over control of the cocaine trade in western Chocó department, leaving at least 75 fighters dead, the Bogota daily El Tiempo reported. Victor Mosquera, a regional human rights observer,… Read moreColombia: paras, guerillas battle for control of Chocó
At least random acts of mass murder still make headlines when they happen in Delhi. In Iraq, it’s just considered another slow news day at this point. Nothing about this currently appears on the front page of Google News. Will… Read moreMore mass murder in Iraq: who cares?
Well, India and Pakistan make a courageous and historic decision to open the militarized Line of Control that divides Kashmir in order to allow aid through to remote earthquake-stricken villages (Reuters, Oct. 29). What, putting aside sectarian and geo-political concerns… Read moreHope in Kashmir, terror in Delhi: unity of opposites?
After centuries of clandestinity, the crypto-Jews or Marranos of the US Southwest are starting to boogie in public, and there are even numerous web pages devoted to them (Marranos, The Secret Jews, Who Are the Crypto-Jews?). You know their moment… Read moreSouthwest crypto-Jews make NY Times; crypto-Muslims still subaltern?
Jorge Noguera, the head of Colombia’s Administrative Security Department (DAS) announced his resignation Oct. 25, inviting authorities to investigate accusations against him in the national press that he had cololaborated with illegal paramilitary groups. Noguera told reporters he was innocent… Read morePara collaboration scandal shakes Colombian secret police
On the morning of Oct. 27, authorities certified that the body of an Afro-Colombian found washed up on the banks of the Rio Leon at Bocas de Zabalo, Chocó department, dead of gunshot wounds, was that of Orlando Valencia, a… Read moreParas kill Afro-Colombian leader
Organizers of the First International Congress on Islamic Feminism, now underway in Barcelona, are calling for a “gender jihad.” Organizer Abdennur Prado Pavon of the Catalan Islamic board says the struggle for gender equality in Islamic countries involves refuting chauvinist… Read moreIslamic feminists call for “gender jihad”
From Bloomberg, Oct. 27: Spanish fishermen blocking the ports of Barcelona and Bilbao have refused to end their protest over soaring diesel fuel costs, threatening shipments to liquefied natural gas terminals in the cities. Port authorities at Bilbao, Barcelona and… Read moreSpanish fishermen block access to gas terminals
The pending indictments in the Plame affair are providing interesting fodder for those intent on analyzing internal splits within the ruling elites. OK, all you domestic Kremlinologists out there—who is really runnning the show at the White House? Has Dubya… Read moreWho’s in charge?
