An April 19 pre-dawn raid by the New York State Police and DEA agents on the Shinnecock Indian Reservation in Southampton led to what law enforcement officials called the “dismantling” of “a major narcotics distribution network” on Long Island. Those… Read morePolice raid Long Island’s Shinnecock Nation
You don’t have to support either Michael Bloomberg or gun control to understand why this is sinister. We hope. From AP via amNY, April 18, links added: NEW YORK — A magazine cover by the National Rifle Association protesting Mayor… Read moreNRA adopts Nazi imagery
From LabourStart, UK: Iran: Free Mahmoud Salehi now On April 9, 2007, a commanding officer of the Saqez security forces appeared at Mahmoud Salehi’s work and asked him to attend at the office of the prosecutor to negotiate with the… Read moreIran: campaign for imprisoned labor activist
Afghan troops tore down part of a new “anti-Taliban” fence being erected by Pakistan on the border between the two countries April 19, leading to an armed clash with Pakistani forces. An Afghan defense ministry statement said the fighting took… Read moreAfghan and Pakistani troops clash over “anti-Taliban” wall
US troops are building a three-mile wall to separate one of Baghdad’s Sunni enclaves from surrounding Shi’ite districts, as part of a contentious security plan that has fueled fears of the Iraqi capital’s “Balkanization.” When the barrier is finished, the… Read moreBaghdad gets Sunni-Shi’ite separation wall
Canada has officially protested the sentencing a Canadian Uighur rights activist to life imprisonment in his native China. Huseyincan Celil was convicted on charges of “splitting the motherland” and participating in terrorist groups. Celil, who was born in China’s Xinkiang… Read moreChina: another Uighur dissident imprisoned
Shelling and gunfire are rocking Mogadishu as Islamists and Hawiye clan insurgents battle government and Ethiopian troops for control of the Somali capital. The UN says 321,000 people—nearly a third of the city’s population—have fled since February, in the country’s… Read moreSomalia: Mogadishu explodes —again
Protesters demanding a share of taxes from Bolivian natural gas field remain in control of the key Yacuiba plant that pumps gas to Argentina. The protesters freed some 50 police officers held hostage for over 20 hours, but have not… Read moreBolivia: protesters seize gas plant
Authorities say gunmen who stormed a hospital and battled police in Tijuana April 18, leaving three dead, were soliders for the city’s Arellano Felix drug cartel. The clashes began when police tried to stop a truck carrying two alleged Arellano… Read moreTijuana cartel gunmen in hospital siege
The Other Campaign of Jovel—local chapter of the Zapatista civil initiative in the Chiapas highland city of San Cristobal de Las Casas—has turned over to the agrarian authorities in the state capital, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, a critical analysis of land conflicts… Read moreChiapas: agrarian authorities accused in land conflicts
The Section 22 teachers union in the conflicted southern Mexican state of Oaxaca has entered into dialogue with the federal Government Secretariat (Gobernación). There are two issues they have agreed to discuss: release of unionists detained in the strike over… Read moreOaxaca: Section 22 teachers in dialogue with Mexican government
From Cuba’s Prensa Latina, April 19: International terrorist Luis Posada Carriles was released by US authorities on Thursday, despite evidence of his involvement in criminal acts. According to one of the terrorist’s lawyers, Felipe Millan, Posada left the New Mexico… Read moreCuba: US releases “international terrorist”
