Mexico
Report blasts US government for Fast and Furious
A government report on Operation Fast and Furious criticized officials but didn’t find evidence to back up conspiracy theories favored by the gun lobby.
Tag: arms traffic
Mexico
Mexican peace caravan ‘disarms Houston’
Relatives of victims of drug-related violence in Mexico protested lax US gun control laws by destroying two US-purchased firearms in a public park in Houston.
North America
Sikh massacre: fascism is not a mental illness
Calling the accused perp in the Oak Creek massacre "insane" misses the point in a fatal way. His atrocity was a political act, and the reply must be political, not therapeutic.
Greater Middle East
Tuaregs flee Mali
Bashar Assad arrived in Russia to publicly thank Vladimir Putin for his military support in the ongoing re-conquest of Syria—prominently including the deployment of new missile systems. Undoubtedly discussed behind closed doors was the new "energy cooperation framework agreement" between Moscow and Damascus, under which Russia is to have exclusive rights to exploit oil and gas in Syria. (Photo of Vityaz missile launcher via Wikipedia)