Newsitem List
1870 of 1909
Falluja ceasefire broken
Occupation forces in Iraq have used F16 fighter planes to bomb the Nizal neighbourhood in Falluja, Aljazeera TV's correspondent has reported....
Posted: Tue, Apr 13, 2004 10:38pm PDT
Stop Union Busting in Haiti
"The company pays for this type of thing, to destroy the unions. There’s a group of 20 people in the free trade zone who are paid to prevent the formation of any unions." - (IFCTU Report, disclosed by Charles Arthur, of the Haiti Support Group, September 2003)....
Posted: Tue, Apr 13, 2004 6:29pm PDT
Colombian Governor Who Resisted US and Death Squads Speaks Tues. 4/13
Colombian Governor Defied Death Squads and US...
Posted: Tue, Apr 13, 2004 3:41pm PDT
Passive statement on USA Iraq war & getting fast results in re-construction
Finland's Iraq Embassy official has given very negative statement on Iraq situation. Even so, there may be a possibility to make fast progress in re-construction....
Posted: Tue, Apr 13, 2004 2:33pm PDT
Venezuelan Group to file Court cases against U.S.Ambassador Charles Shapiro
CIA involvement in Venezuela...
Posted: Tue, Apr 13, 2004 11:50am PDT
US threatening Iraqi media, says Al Jazeera
Dubai - Arabic-language satellite TV channel Al Jazeera on Tuesday accused US-led coalition officials in Iraq of threatening the media over their coverage of US troops battling Iraqi rebels....
Posted: Tue, Apr 13, 2004 11:12am PDT
Comments on US-Morocco FTA
The US-Morocco deal tracks almost all of the harmful language of CAFTA.
It also includes a prohibition on drug reimportation which would
directly conflict with efforts in the US Congress to legalize
"reimportation" of drugs from Canada....
Posted: Tue, Apr 13, 2004 10:13am PDT
U.S. Forces Dispatched to Najaf to Confront Sadr
Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, said Monday that U.S. troops were moving to the Najaf area "to conduct offensive operations to eliminate the final elements of Moqtada al-Sadr influence down there." Sanchez said the troops had orders to kill or capture the cleric....
Posted: Tue, Apr 13, 2004 9:30am PDT
US helicopter downed, rescue team attacked
A US MH-53 helicopter has crashed southeast of Falluja and marines who rushed to secure the crash site came under attack and sustained casualties....
Posted: Tue, Apr 13, 2004 8:35am PDT
PLO Plot foiled to use AIDS-tainted blood in terror attack [on Passover to murder Jews]
PLO Plot foiled to use AIDS-tainted blood in terror attack [on Passover to murder Jews]...
Posted: Tue, Apr 13, 2004 12:12am PDT
Rahul Mahajan reports from Iraq
This is a piece of correspondance from From Rahul Mahajan, of www.empirenotes.org, who is traveling with some of the other American and British independent journalists overseas. He gives a day-to-day account of Fallujah....
Posted: Mon, Apr 12, 2004 10:29pm PDT
Unrest in north Afghanistan natural: United States
KABUL: Violence in warlord-dominated northern Afghanistan was to be expected as the central government moved to extend its control over the region, a spokesman for the US-led military force hunting Al Qaeda in the country said Monday....
Posted: Mon, Apr 12, 2004 10:10pm PDT
Female targets: Iraq's postwar kidnapping crime wave
Although world attention has focused on the fate of dozens of foreigners kidnapped in Iraq over the past week, the story of hundreds of other victims has received scant publicity....
Posted: Mon, Apr 12, 2004 10:02pm PDT
Haiti: Armed groups still active - Findings of Amnesty International Delegation
Amnesty's recently released report on Armed groups in Haiti...
Posted: Mon, Apr 12, 2004 8:04pm PDT
Pentagon Announces Death of 17 US Troops in Iraq
Pentagon Announces Death of 17 US Troops in Iraq; 5 Killed Sunday...
Posted: Mon, Apr 12, 2004 1:43pm PDT
Virulent Racism, Disregard for Civilian Life Mar US Military Approach
Sean Rayment of the Telegraph reports a story today that should be on the front pages of every American newspaper. He reports extremely deep dissatisifaction in the British officer corps with American military counter-insurgency tactics....
Posted: Mon, Apr 12, 2004 1:40pm PDT
More than 600 Killed in Fallujah
BAGHDAD, IRAQ- The story of Yusuf Fakri Amash is the story of Fallujah. The 11 year old boy just escaped from Fallujah with his family. But not before the US military killed his best friend....
Posted: Mon, Apr 12, 2004 1:39pm PDT
Russians taken hostage in Baghdad
Eleven Russian workers have been abducted in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, Aljazeera's correspondent in Moscow has reported....
Posted: Mon, Apr 12, 2004 1:27pm PDT