On Aug. 24 unknown gunmen fired shots at an Oslo restaurant owned by the family of a Pakistani-born woman comedian who has won notoriety for lampooning conservative Islam. Shabana Rehman, the 28-year-old comediene whose sister owns the restaurant, called the… Read moreJihadis have no sense of humor
Greenpeace Mexico, Amnesty International and the Tlachinollan Mountain Human Rights Center presented the Sierra Club’s Chico Mendes Award to Mexican winners Felipe Arreaga Sanchez, Albertano Peñaloza Dominguez, and Celsa Valdovinos on Aug. 9. Greenpeace Mexico Director Alejandro Calvillo asked the… Read moreMexico: persecuted peasant ecologists win Sierra Club award
The East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) is calling for support for a congressional letter to Indonesian President Yudhoyono now circulating in the US House of Representatives. The letter asks Yudhoyono to end ongoing military operations in West Papua… Read moreInvisible terror in West Papua
While Israel rapidly expands settlements in the West Bank including E. Jerusalem, Jesse Jackson takes the opportunity to expunge old ghosts: Last update – 20:03 25/08/2005 Jesse Jackson: After pullout, onus for next step on PA By Shmuel Rosner, Haaretz… Read moreJesse Jackson: still haunted by “hymietown”?
Via TruthOut: More Images of Abu Ghraib By Ari Berman The Nation Monday 22 August 2005 There’s a new batch of photos from Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison, and these are reportedly far worse than the sickening originals. Naturally, the Pentagon… Read moreAbu Ghraib: worst yet to come?
From Survival International, Aug. 22: The Botswana government has launched a massive crackdown on the Bushmen of the central Kalahari aimed at destroying their way of life. The move comes despite the resumption of the Bushmen’s three-year court case against… Read moreBotswana: Bushmen face forced relocation
From Newsday: Road rage rampage ends with SUV on sidewalk, seven hurt BY LUIS PEREZ and PETE BOWLES STAFF WRITERS August 24, 2005 What began as road rage turned into several terrifying moments Tuesday when an out-of-control sport utility vehicle… Read moreWHY WE FIGHT
Border guards in Tajikistan report that they shot down a hang-glider carrying 20 kilogram of heroin being smuggled over the border from Afghanistan Aug. 23. Tajik officials said Afghan traffickers had been using the hang-glider for three years, and previous… Read moreAfghan heroin hang-glider downed
Aug. 24 commentary in MarketWatch takes Goldman Sachs to task for exploiting the chaos—as well as government largesse—over the Ground Zero redevelopment effort in New York City: For a Wall Street bank, Goldman Sachs plays the Main Street game of… Read moreGoldman Sachs exploits 9-11 redevelopment chaos —and public bonds
Mexican authorities say they suspect drug traffickers are to blame in the killing of six people in three communities in the conflicted southern state of Chiapas. The first slayings occurred late Aug. 23 on a highway linking Tapachula with Tuxtla… Read moreNarco violence in Chiapas
In a sure sign that the anti-war movement is finally starting to have some effectiveness, protesters are now coming under violent attack. Over the weekend, police in Pittsburgh, PA, used dogs and tasers against a group picketing a recuitment center… Read moreRepression in Pittsburgh
The new resident reactionary on the New York Times op-ed page, John Tierney, boasts in his Aug. 23 column, entitled “The $10,000 Question,” that he has made a five-grand wager with Matthew Simmons, author of Twilight in the Desert: The… Read moreOil shock: denial in the New York Times
