A little more than a year ago, it was a mysterious sweet smell that mystified New Yorkers. This time a mysterious sinister smell. A psychological warfare experiment? From Reuters, Jan. 10: A powerful, mysterious smell of gas wafted through much… Read moreSmell of fear in NYC; dead birds in Austin
From the Middle East Newsline, Jan. 8: Morocco has reported another crackdown on Al Qaida. Officials said security forces have arrested Al Qaida operatives suspected of recruiting Muslims for the Sunni insurgency war in Iraq. They said the Al Qaida… Read moreMorocco claims al-Qaeda crackdown
Unknown Somali fighters opened fire with automatic weapons and launched rockets at Ethiopian and allied Somalian troops in Mogadishu Jan. 9. The attack came as the troops had established themselves in a building formerly used by the police force. No… Read moreSomalia: US airstrikes, anti-Ethiopia resistance
Another sign of Nigeria’s social breakdown—and similar tensions are reported from Ghana. From Xinhua, Jan. 9: Six persons were killed at the weekend in a bloody clash between herdsmen and farmers in Korenganuwa village in Nigeria’s northwestern state of Zamfara,… Read moreNigeria: Fulani herders in bloody clash with farmers
From the Arab American Community Coalition, Jan. 1: The Arab American Community Coalition has just learned of an entire Palestinian family – the Ibrahims – being held in jail in Texas while waiting an unjustified deportation. The Immigration and Customs… Read moreICE detains Palestinian family in Texas
On Jan. 2, a California National Guard helicopter assisting the Border Patrol crashed in the mountains about 20 miles southeast of downtown San Diego. Two National Guard soldiers and three Border Patrol agents were hospitalized with neck and back injuries;… Read moreBorder chopper crashes outside San Diego
On Dec. 5, the Supreme Court ruled 8-1 in favor of an immigrant deported for a first-time drug conviction in South Dakota. “Conduct that is a felony under state law but a misdemeanor under the Controlled Substances Act is not… Read moreSupreme Court reverses deportation
Swift & Co. said on Jan. 4 that a series of Dec. 12 immigration raids at its six of seven meatpacking plants nationwide are expected to cost the company $30 million. Swift, the nation’s third-largest processor of fresh beef and… Read moreSwift to lose $30 million from raids
More than a thousand peasants and fishermen marched in Campeche, in the Yucatan peninsula, Jan. 6 to protest the degradation of their lands and waters by the state oil company Pemex. Participants included members of the National Campesino Confederation, the… Read moreYucatan: campesinos march against Pemex
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Since the beginning of the year we’ve been keeping track of ghastly acts of (non-Muslim) terrorism from around the world which the media have largely played down or completely ignored. The latest entry is from India’s restive Northeast. From BBC… Read moreIndia: more ethnic terror in Assam
From Catholic Information Service for Africa via AllAfrica, Jan. 5: A message purportedly from the deputy leader of the al-Qaeda terrorist network has appeared on the internet, urging the Union of Islamic Courts fighters in Somalia to launch suicide attacks… Read moreSomalia: al-Qaeda calls for resistance against Ethiopian occupation
