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textFor Many, Iraq Becoming a Crusade by Common Dreams
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
textIsrael Re-Arrests Nuclear Whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu by Democracy Now
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
textAMS decries clerics' silence on Falluja by ALJ
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
text'The only place I am going from here is heaven' by UK Guardian
Yemeni tells how he left family to join fighting...
Posted: Thu, Nov 11, 2004 10:31pm PST
textNew insurgency confronts US forces by UK Guardian
Kurds come under attack as rebels rampage in city...
Posted: Thu, Nov 11, 2004 10:30pm PST
text Building the Other Superpower: A pan-Canadian Peace Conference by Canadian Peace Alliance
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
textRight-wing thugs in Haiti revel in Bush victory: Flashpoints interviews Kevin Pina by Dennis Bernstein, Kevin Pina
Bush reelection marks another grim beginning in the long struggle of Haitian people...
Posted: Thu, Nov 11, 2004 9:25pm PST
textDistorted Picture of Violence in Haiti by Yves Engler
Though focusing on Canadian complicity in the Haitian coup regime's brutal repression of Lavalas, this article has good detail information on role of AP in peddling disinformation...
Posted: Thu, Nov 11, 2004 9:06pm PST
textIraq seeks to curb press freedoms by ALJ
Iraq's media regulator has warned news organisations to stick to the government line on the US-led attack in Falluja or face legal action....
Posted: Thu, Nov 11, 2004 7:40pm PST
textPrayers for Vengeance, More Death... by Dahr Jamail, Electronic Iraq
Today Abu Talat meets me and he is in a somber mood. He's down because last night after the curfew began at 9:30pm, US military helicopters were circling his neighborhood until 3am....
Posted: Thu, Nov 11, 2004 7:14pm PST
textHuman 'Disaster' Looms in Encircled Falluja by CCMEP
FALLUJA, Iraq -- Fighting in Falluja has created a humanitarian disaster in which innocent people are dying because medical help cannot reach them, aid workers in Iraq said today....
Posted: Thu, Nov 11, 2004 7:12pm PST
textLatortue's House of Cards Crumbling in Haiti by FlashPoints repost
November 11, 2004...
Posted: Thu, Nov 11, 2004 7:10pm PST
textRumsfeld: El Salvador Can Be Iraq Model by repost
Rumsfeld: El Salvador Can Be Iraq Model Friday November 12, 2004 2:16 AM AP Photo NY1154 By JOHN J. LUMPKIN Associated Press Writer SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) - Iraq can learn from the recent history of El Salvador, a country wrecked by civil war that has developed into stable democracy and close U.S. ally, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Thursday....
Posted: Thu, Nov 11, 2004 6:55pm PST
text Clashes erupt in Iraqi oil city of Baiji by sources
BAIJI, Iraq (Reuters) - Insurgents have taken to the streets of the oil centre of Baiji in northern Iraq and clashes have broken out with Iraqi security forces, according to witnesses. The gunmen stopped cars in several streets, the witnesses said on Thursday....
Posted: Thu, Nov 11, 2004 6:46pm PST
text Fresh violence flares in Mosul by BBC
Iraqi security forces are reported to have lost control of large parts of the northern city of Mosul....
Posted: Thu, Nov 11, 2004 6:39pm PST
textThe SHORTWAVE REPORT 11/12/04 ¡LISTEN GLOBALLY! by Dan Roberts
A 30 minute review of news and opinion recorded from a shortwave radio. 2 files- broadcast quality (13.3MB) and quick download (3.3MB). With times and freqs for listening at home. Free to rebroadcast. Netherlands, Germany, China, and Cuba....
Posted: Thu, Nov 11, 2004 3:53pm PST
textWho killed Yasser Arafat? by Ghada Karmi
The Jerusalem Post reported on 4 November that Uri Dan, a close confidant of Ariel Sharon, has stated that the latter had "eliminated" Yasser Arafat "through his cooks". On 2 November, when Arafat was said to be ill, Israeli intelligence sources announced he had days or maybe weeks to live. Did they know something that no one else did? Internet sources now report that Arafat's French doctors sent samples of his blood for poison testing -- to US laboratories, according to A...
Posted: Thu, Nov 11, 2004 3:31pm PST
textRemembering Armistice/Veterans Day by PiratePrentice
Today, (the11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in the year 1918), marks the End of the War to End All Wars, the war to Make the World Safe for Democracy.. Guess what?....
Posted: Thu, Nov 11, 2004 2:01pm PST
textYASSER ARAFAT AND THE DEATH OF ISRAEL by Andy Martin via repost
Please note, however, that Israel's founders never had "glorious dreams" for anyone but Jews....
Posted: Thu, Nov 11, 2004 8:20am PST
textIn Memory of a Freedom Fighter: Yasser Arafat by Middle East Online
Arafat's legacy will be written and rewritten by those who believed in his vision of Palestinian legitimacy, sovereignty and national independence, says Leila Diab....
Posted: Thu, Nov 11, 2004 7:30am PST
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