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Mulla Omar vows to retake Afghanistan KABUL: Taliban leader Mulla Mohammad Omar has accused the United States of trying to impose a puppet administration in Afghanistan and vowed to regain control of the country, the Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) reported on Friday....
Posted: Fri, Nov 12, 2004 6:55pm PST
Caricom still closed to Haiti The Caribbean Community continues to keep its door closed to access by the interim Haitian regime in Port-au-Prince, eight months after it was established following the ousting from power of president Jean-Bertrand Aristide....
Posted: Fri, Nov 12, 2004 6:53pm PST
Haiti thought it had hit rock bottom, but life just gets harder EAN, a 32-year-old street vendor wearing a tattered straw hat, stands under a searing midday sun on a street corner in Port-au-Prince’s grungy city centre, his arms and shoulders laden with nylon duffel bags.
"Look over there," he says, pointing to a dirt side street strewn with rubbish. "That street used to be full of buses and vendors. It was impossible to pass. Now, it’s empty."...
Posted: Fri, Nov 12, 2004 6:51pm PST
A Fighter From Afar: Seeking Salvation In City of Insurgents FALLUJAH, Iraq -- He first tried to get to Iraq in April 2003, when U.S. troops established control over the country and jihad became a place on a map.
"I wanted to come and fight for Islam," said Abu Thar, who started the journey from the capital city of his native country, Yemen, across the Arabian Peninsula. "I met a Jordanian merchant who provided me with tickets to Syria and a hundred dollars....
Posted: Fri, Nov 12, 2004 6:33pm PST
Iraq on Fire: Resistance Spreads as the Fallujah Death Toll Rises As the US siege of the Iraqi city of Fallujah continues, Iraqi resistance fighters are stepping up their campaign against the US occupation across Iraq. We go to Baghdad to speak with Dahr Jamail, one of the few independent reporters in Iraq....
Posted: Fri, Nov 12, 2004 6:29pm PST
Jailed leader Marwan Barghouti may stand for president The Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti is planning to stand for election for the presidency from his Israeli prison cell, according to his supporters.
"If there is an election, he intends to run like every other Palestinian leader and he would stand a good chance since he is so popular," the close supporter said.
Mr Barghouti, a street-fighter turned politician who gained fame as one of the main leaders of the Palestinian uprising on the West Bank, came out well ahead of any ...
Posted: Fri, Nov 12, 2004 6:27pm PST
Eyewitness: Smoke and corpses US troops, backed by Iraqi forces, are locked in a fierce fight to wrest the city of Falluja from rebel control. The BBC News website spoke by phone to Fadhil Badrani, an Iraqi journalist and resident of Falluja who reports regularly for Reuters and the BBC World Service in Arabic.
We are publishing his and other eyewitness accounts from the city in order to provide the fullest possible range of perspectives from those who are there:...
Posted: Fri, Nov 12, 2004 5:53pm PST
Iraq veteran Jimmy Massey speaks to the WSWS: “We’re committing genocide in Iraq” Former Staff Sergeant Jimmy Massey, a 12-year Marine veteran, lives in Waynesville, North Carolina, a small town in the Smoky Mountains just outside of Ashville, where he spoke to the World Socialist Web Site. He is one of a growing number of American soldiers returning from Iraq who have become outspoken opponents of the war....
Posted: Fri, Nov 12, 2004 5:40pm PST
Resistance Rages to Lift Pressure Off Fallujah BAGHDAD, November 12 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) – As the US military continued Friday, November12 , their massive sweep of Fallujah, resistance attacks were remarkably intensified across the war-torn country, in an effort to alleviate the pressure of Fallujah....
Posted: Fri, Nov 12, 2004 5:37pm PST
Die, then vote. This is Falluja The hip-hop mogul P Diddy announced at the weekend that his "Vote or Die" campaign will live on. The voter registration drive during the US presidential elections was, he said, merely "phase one, step one for us to get people engaged".
Fantastic. I have a suggestion for phase two: P Diddy, Ben Affleck, Leonardo DiCaprio and the rest of the self-described "coalition of the willing" should take their chartered jet and fly to Falluja, where their efforts are desp...
Posted: Fri, Nov 12, 2004 5:26pm PST
Curfews as Iraq rebellion spreads Iraq's government extended its security clampdown last night, imposing new curfews as the US military struggled to contain a spreading wave of militant attacks.
It came as American troops in the assault on Falluja were locked in heavy fighting in the Joulan district, which they had previously declared under control. The US military said 22 Americans and five Iraqi soldiers had been killed in the Falluja operation so far; hundreds of insurgents had also died.
Last night there were curfew...
Posted: Fri, Nov 12, 2004 5:24pm PST
Arafat's Doctor demands autopsy Deceased Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat's longtime physician Ashraf al-Kurdy has called for a full autopsy, saying the Palestinian people had a right to know how their leader died....
Posted: Fri, Nov 12, 2004 5:21pm PST
Review of Chaz Bufe's "DESIGN YOUR OWN UTOPIA" Review of Chaz Bufe's "DESIGN YOUR OWN UTOPIA", by Bob Black...
Posted: Fri, Nov 12, 2004 6:55am PST
For Many, Iraq Becoming a Crusade While the people of Falluja were waiting for the American onslaught to begin, mosque loudspeakers were rallying the faithful with cries of "Allah is great" and, "Prepare for jihad."
On the outskirts of the city, some American soldiers were holding a service, invoking Christ and having their foreheads anointed with holy oil by a duty chaplain.
"The enemy has got a face. He's called Satan. He lives in Falluja," declared a Marine lieutenant-colonel.
Allah v...
Posted: Fri, Nov 12, 2004 6:54am PST
Israel Re-Arrests Nuclear Whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu Israeli police re-arrested nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu seven months after he was released from an 18-year jail term for leaking secrets about Israel's nuclear program. He was arrested for allegedly passing on classified information to unnamed international parties. [includes rush transcript]...
Posted: Fri, Nov 12, 2004 6:47am PST
AMS decries clerics' silence on Falluja The Association of Muslim Scholars in Iraq has called on religious leaders to condemn the ongoing US military assault on Falluja....
Posted: Fri, Nov 12, 2004 6:37am PST
'The only place I am going from here is heaven' Yemeni tells how he left family to join fighting...
Posted: Thu, Nov 11, 2004 10:31pm PST
New insurgency confronts US forces Kurds come under attack as rebels rampage in city...
Posted: Thu, Nov 11, 2004 10:30pm PST
Building the Other Superpower: A pan-Canadian Peace Conference TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA – The Canadian peace ovement has come together from across the country this weekend to help accelerate the growth of the Other Superpower – a diverse global movement for peace and justice. Peace activists, from local organizations and large coalitions alike, have come to Toronto to share strategies for broadening, strengthening, and galvanizing the Canadian peace movement....
Posted: Thu, Nov 11, 2004 9:30pm PST
Right-wing thugs in Haiti revel in Bush victory: Flashpoints interviews Kevin Pina Bush reelection marks another grim beginning in the long struggle of Haitian people...
Posted: Thu, Nov 11, 2004 9:25pm PST
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