Bolivian President Evo Morales announced he is breaking diplomatic ties with Israel in protest against its offensive in Gaza, and that he would seek to have Prime Minister Ehud Olmert charged with “genocide.”
The US Navy’s Combined Task Force 151 is leading a 20-nation force against Somalia’s pirates—who claim to be protecting the Horn of Africa coast from illegal toxic waste dumping by European firms.
CIA director Michael Hayden said Pakistan’s border zone is “no longer a safe haven for al-Qaeda”—days after hundreds of militants attacked a Frontier Corps base, sparking a fierce gun battle that left many dead.
Militant attacks are reported from both the Pakistani and Iranian sides of the divided Baluchistan region. An armed attack on Pakistani police in Quetta follows a suicide attack on an Iranian police post in Saravan.
Jinous Sobhani, secretary of the Defenders of Human Rights Center in Tehran, was one of six followers of the Baha’i faith detained by Iranian authorities. Computers, files and literature were confiscated in the raids.
In the lead-up to Iraq’s provincial elections, there is growing anger that the draft version of the election law has weakened provisions to set aside seats for women.
Now relegated to the back pages, near-daily rocket and suicide attacks continue to claim lives in Baghdad and central Iraq. Several civilians have been killed in attacks this week alone.
A federal judge ordered the release of Gitmo detainee Mohammed el Gharani, finding the government had failed to prove he is an “enemy combatant.” Meanwhile, Susan Crawford, convening authority of Military Commissions at Guantánamo, admitted that torture has been used at the facility.
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Dozens of Israeli tanks pushed into Gaza City, closing the ring on the city’s center, with air-strikes again targetting a mosque and several other civilian structures—even as Egypt announced that Hamas had accepted Cairo’s ceasefire plan.
Protesters angry over deteriorating economic conditions clashed with police in Riga and Sofia, demanding the resignation of corrupt officials. Scores were injured and over 100 arrested in both capitals.
Ten activists from the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network (IJAN) blocked the entrance to Israel’s consulate in LA for three hours, with a banner reading “Closed For War Crimes.”
