From Military Families Speak Out, March 8: Military Families Oppose House Democratic Leadership Plan for Iraq MFSO Says Pelosi Plan Condemns at Least 1,500 Troops to Death Washington D.C. — Military Families Speak Out (MFSO), an organization of over 3,200… Read moreMilitary families oppose Pelosi plan
From AP, March 8: A marriage off to a rocky start: He’s jailed after hitting her with car SALT LAKE CITY – It wasn’t the most romantic of honeymoons. The groom was in jail yesterday, accused of trying to run… Read moreWHY WE FIGHT
As if the jihadis aren’t ticked off enough already. The opponents quoted in this story seem entirely legitimate, but this obviously serves as more grist for Osama’s propaganda mill. Talk about “jihad versus McWorld.” What can you say but a… Read moreStarbucks comes to Mecca
From Reuters, March 8: More than a million Muslim pilgrims packed Senegal’s remote northeastern city of Touba on Thursday as members of the powerful Mouride brotherhood flocked to “Africa’s Mecca” from across the world. Huge crowds moved shoulder to shoulder… Read moreSenegal: million pilgrims honor Sufi saint
In a rare expression of dissent, a Libyan newspaper has sharply criticized a new government edict that bans women from traveling abroad without a legal male guardian. The state-controlled al-Jamahiriya daily wrote March 7 that “turning back women traveling alone… Read moreLibya: dissent over anti-woman measure
On March 7, some 250 Arab (Janjaweed) militiamen in West Darfur surrounded the Ardamata camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) after abducting two civilians from the camp, forcing the temporary suspension of humanitarian work there, the UN Mission in Sudan… Read moreDarfur: Janjaweed attack refugees —again
Niger’s military reports killing at least five “armed bandits” in a remote Saharan region still largely outside state control more than 10 years after the end of a rebellion by desert nomads. A defense ministry statement said soldiers seized three… Read moreNiger: Tuareg revolt back on?
Voters in three dozen Vermont towns voted March 6 to call upon Congress to open an impeachment probe of President George Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney. Two towns, Clarendon and Dover, voted the measure down. Nearly a half dozen… Read moreVermont: 36 towns call for impeachment probe
In an obvious move to undercut the International Criminal Court, Sudan has announced that it will put three men on trial for atrocities in Darfur—including Ali Mohammed Abd-al-Rahman AKA Ali Kushayb, officially named as a suspect by the ICC. Sudanese… Read moreSudan: Darfur trial opens, guerillas attack AU troops, Qadaffi to mediate?
A disturbing consensus seems to be emerging in Europe that the best reaction to genocide denial is to ban it. In addition to the many European laws against denying the Nazi Holocaust, Bosnia is now considering such a law for… Read moreArmenian genocide denial on trial —in Switzerland
Labor struggles are fast spreading in Iran at this critical moment—but it sure isn’t winning much news coverage in the West. From the Italian news agency AKI, March 6: Thousands of teachers staged a rally on Tuesday in front of… Read moreIran: striking teachers rally at Majlis
On March 6, a suicide bomber killed more than 30 and wounded dozens in a cafe north-east of Baghdad, while a car bomb in the suburb of Saidiya killed seven Shi’ite pilgrims headed for the holy city of Najaf. Elsewhere… Read moreIraq: bloody Arbaein
