From AP, Nov. 2: BAGHDAD – An Iraqi journalist who was kidnapped last month was found dead nearly two weeks after his abduction, a media advocacy group said Thursday. Khalil, who worked for several Iraqi daily newspapers, was abducted by… Read moreIraq: journalist found dead
From AP, Nov. 2: BAGHDAD – On a dangerous road north of Baghdad, Sunni militants took advantage of a traffic jam to carry off the latest in the series of sectarian crimes yesterday – abducting some 40 Shia based on… Read moreSectarian abductions in Iraq
Iran’s Holocaust cartoon contest was an atrocious and juvenile tit-for-tat for the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten’s almost equally stupid and insensitive Mohammed cartoon contest. But the cartoon they finally chose as winner sounds like it was making a legitimate point. Israel… Read moreIran announces winner in Holocaust cartoon contest
From Turkey’s Zaman, Nov. 2: A 92-year-old retired Turkish archaeologist has been acquitted in a rights trial in which she was accused of “inciting hatred by insulting people based on their religion.” Muazzez Ilmiye Cig, an expert on the ancient… Read moreFree speech victory in Turkey
In his first public appearance upon his arrival in Chihuahua City on his tour of northern Mexico, Subcommander Marcos announced the Zapatista rebels’ total support for the people of Oaxaca “and their most diginifed representative, the Popular People’s Assembly of… Read moreZapatistas mobilize for Oaxaca
From Milenio, Nov. 1: The police in civilian dress implicated in the murder of US photojrounalist Brad Will continue to be fugitives from justice. Although Gov. Ulises Ruiz Ortiz announced the detention of the presumed attackers of the journalist, in… Read moreOaxaca: where are Brad Will’s killers?
Our October issue featured the story “Save Darfur: Zionist Conspiracy?” by Ned Goldstein, exploring propaganda exploitation of the genocide in Sudan by Israel and US imperialism. A companion feature by WW4 REPORT Editor Bill Weinberg, “From Darfur to Mauritania,” noted… Read moreDarfur and Zionist propaganda: our readers write
Three days after President Vicente Fox sent in thousands of federal police troops, Oaxaca City remains divided. Supporters of the Popular People’s Assembly of Oaxaca (APPO), driven from the city center, still maintain barricades in many barrios, and pledge to… Read moreOaxaca City divided; Zapatistas call for national resistance
Imagine! Venezuelan meddling in American politics! Where would they ever get an idea like that? From the New York Times via the Denver Post, Oct. 29: Voting machines’ Venezuela link probed The federal government is investigating the takeover last year… Read moreVenezuela to throw US elections?
From the Indo-Asian News Service (IANS), Oct. 30: London — James Bond actor Daniel Craig voted against plans to have suicide bombers in the new movie “Casino Royale” because that would anger Muslims. According to contactmusic.com, Craig asked producers to… Read moreJames Bond wimps out
From AP, Oct. 30: MARSEILLE — France’s interior minister sent riot police to patrol the southern port city of Marseille yesterday after a group of marauding teenagers torched a bus, gravely burning a young woman. French police braced for violence… Read moreMarseille: intifada redux
Which is more hilarious? The US warning regional powers against carrying out a “proxy war” in Somalia while Washington itself is openly backing the warlord alliance that opposes the Islamic Courts Union? Or Eritrea’s apparent backing of the Islamic Courts… Read moreSomalia: US warns of “proxy war”
