Has anyone noticed the unsubtle political jockeying over which country gets to host the new fusion energy research facility offically known as the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER)? It finally went to France, over the predictable objections of Washington. Writes… Read moreFrench nuclear threat: invisible menace
Finally the State of Israel is admitting that its “separation barrier,” most of which is illegally built on occupied Palestinian territory in the West Bank, is not placed where it is solely due to “security” considerations. The form of admission… Read moreIsraeli state: fence not temporary
More reports of unspeakable horror, courtesy of the leader of the free world, and its junior partner. Thanks to
Gershon Baskin is co-CEO of the Israel-Palestine Center for Research and Information (ICPRI), a joint Israeli -Palestinian think tank which was involved with the Oslo process. In the June 28 Jerusalem Post, he writes: “Meeting with people in the halls… Read moreIsraeli peace wonk complains about AIPAC
OK, is it the Serbs or Albanians who are behind this one? From the AP, July 2: PRISTINA, Serbia-Montenegro — At least three blasts rocked the centre of Kosovo’s capital late Saturday and one targeted the UN mission headquarters. At… Read moreBlasts in Kosovo
Is the Russian province of Dagestan going the way of neighboring Chechnya? This July 2 AFP account (online at Qatar’s The Peninsula) makes a disturbingly good case: On Makhachkala’s streets a motorist can get away with speeding, running lights and… Read moreDagestan: next Caucasian domino?
The Kurdistan Bloggers Union notes the recent killing of Muhammad Mashouk al-Khaznawi, a Kurdish leader in Syria, providing this July 1 account of his death (refering to northern Syria as “West Kurdistan”): A Kurdish Sunni Muslim cleric in Syria who… Read moreKurdish leader assassinated in Syria
Surprise, surprise! None other than Karl Rove has been named as the source who leaked that Valerie Plame was a CIA agent, a crime for which two journalists may yet do time, even though they didn’t commit it. Time magazine… Read moreRove named in Plame case
US helicopters and hundreds of troops are searching for soldiers who went missing in Afghanistan just before a helicopter coming to their aid was shot down in Kunar province June 28, killing the 16 on board, all Navy Seals and… Read moreChinook down in Afghanistan; historians have deja vu
Some 225,000 came out for the Make Poverty History march in Edinburgh July 2, on the eve of the G8 summit about to open at the Gleneagles resort outside the city, as Live8 concerts echoing the demand for action against… Read more200,000 march in Edinburgh
The third and apparently last installment of the Zapatistas’ Sixth Declaration of the Lacandon Selva was released yesterday. While the first was entitled “Who We Are” and outlined the history of the Zapatista struggle, and the second was dubbed “How… Read moreZapatistas announce Mexico tour
