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NORTHCOM Hosted NAU Flu Conference anyone care for a little biological warfare? whatever happen to all those dead world leading microbiologists? 6.6 billion people and a Malthusian die off near the corner due to peak oil. Does this not sound like a recipe for carnage....
Posted: Tue, Sep 18, 2007 7:26am PDT
Israeli policies target Palestinian families Tuesday, September 18, 2007 : Israel's practice of denying family reunification permits and denying entry to foreign passport holders (many but not all of whom are of Palestinian origin) is part of a campaign of ridding the occupied territories (including East Jerusalem) of Palestinians and tightly controlling those it is obliged to retain. The practice takes aim at Palestinian families: it splits families apart, denies Palestinian communities access to foreign and expatriate talent, deprives...
Posted: Tue, Sep 18, 2007 7:22am PDT
Israel,: A double standard on academic freedom Tuesday, September 18, 2007 :Two hundred thousand Palestinian children began school in the Gaza Strip this month without a full complement of textbooks. Why? Because Israel, which maintains a stranglehold over this small strip of land along the Mediterranean even after withdrawing its settlers from there in 2005, considers paper, ink and binding materials not to be "fundamental humanitarian needs." Israel, attempting to throttle the democratically elected Hamas government, generally permits o...
Posted: Tue, Sep 18, 2007 7:21am PDT
A bankrupt Ramadan in Gaza Tuesday, September 18, 2007 :The situation is desperate here in Gaza, the coastal strip that is abundant with nothing except human beings. Just a couple of hours before Iftaar, the time of day after sunset when Muslims break their fast during the holy month of Ramadan, Muslims around the globe shop to prepare. Gaza's crowded Khan Younis is no exception....
Posted: Tue, Sep 18, 2007 7:21am PDT
Saudi women fight driving ban Tuesday, September 18, 2007 : A group of women in Saudi Arabia is for the first time to lobby the king for the right to drive cars....
Posted: Tue, Sep 18, 2007 7:18am PDT
Iraq to investigate security firms Tuesday, September 18, 2007 : Announcement follows decision to "halt the licence" of US-based Blackwater....
Posted: Tue, Sep 18, 2007 7:17am PDT
Deaths in Israeli raid on Nablus Tuesday, September 18, 2007 : PFLP fighter and Israeli soldier killed during Israeli incursion in refugee camp....
Posted: Tue, Sep 18, 2007 7:16am PDT
Bodies of Pakistani troops found Tuesday, September 18, 2007 : Four soldiers injured during clashes with tribal fighters in North Waziristan region....
Posted: Tue, Sep 18, 2007 7:15am PDT
Somali police besiege radio station Tuesday, September 18, 2007 : Shabelle radio building surrounded three days after 14 staff were arrested....
Posted: Tue, Sep 18, 2007 7:14am PDT
Musharraf to 'quit army if elected' Tuesday, September 18, 2007 : Promise removes major objection to re-election, but legal challenges remain....
Posted: Tue, Sep 18, 2007 7:13am PDT
Democrats back Bush's new pick for attorney general Tuesday, September 18, 2007 :Leading Democratic Party congressmen moved quickly Monday to signal their support for President Bush’s new choice for attorney general. Bush announced Monday morning that he had selected the former chief judge of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, Michael Mukasey, to replace Alberto Gonzales, who announced his resignation last month....
Posted: Tue, Sep 18, 2007 7:08am PDT
Israel's air raid on Syria: another threat to Iran Tuesday, September 18, 2007 :Further details have leaked out about Israel’s unprovoked air raid on Syria on September 6, underscoring its primary purpose as a menacing warning not only to Syria, but also Iran. Amid an escalating campaign orchestrated from the Bush administration over Iran’s alleged nuclear weapons programs, the operation was a graphic demonstration of Israel’s capacity to carry out its previous threats to destroy Iran’s nuclear facilities....
Posted: Tue, Sep 18, 2007 7:07am PDT
Baghdad residents protest US-erected dividing wall Tuesday, September 18, 2007 :Hundreds of Shiite and Sunni residents staged a protest on September 12 against a wall being constructed by US troops between their adjoining neighborhoods in northwest Baghdad. Construction on the two-kilometer long wall, part of a deliberate US effort to divide Iraq’s population along religious lines, began last week without the consultation of local residents and continues despite their opposition....
Posted: Tue, Sep 18, 2007 7:07am PDT
Berlin: SPD and Left Party extend state surveillance Tuesday, September 18, 2007 :While the social crisis in Berlin continues to intensify and the political alienation among the population is growing, the city senate, consisting of a coalition between the Social Democratic Party and the Left Party (formerly Party of Democratic Socialism) is expanding the powers of the police and increasing restrictions on democratic rights....
Posted: Tue, Sep 18, 2007 7:06am PDT
Following fight over academic freedom University of California, Irvine hires constitutional scholar Tuesday, September 18, 2007 : Last week the University of California, Irvine (UCI), located in the heart of Orange County, abruptly rescinded its contract to hire Erwin Chemerinsky, perhaps the best known contemporary authority on United States constitutional law, because of his outspoken defense of democratic rights. Following an uproar, however, the contract was reinstated Monday....
Posted: Tue, Sep 18, 2007 7:06am PDT
Britain: Foot and mouth disease strikes again Tuesday, September 18, 2007 :Two cases of foot and mouth disease (FMD) were confirmed at the end of last week on two farms near the town of Egham in Surrey which lies close to London. The disease affects cloven hoofed animals including cows, pigs and sheep. A total of 940 cattle and pigs at the farms have so far been culled. The two confirmed cases came just days after restrictions had been lifted following two previous outbreaks of FMD and the British government had declared an all-clear....
Posted: Tue, Sep 18, 2007 7:06am PDT
Closing of Monroe, Michigan, factory marks the end of a way of life Tuesday, September 18, 2007 :Headlines in a recent edition of the Monroe Evening News announced “1,200 jobs leaving Monroe.” As bad as that is for the southeastern Michigan city of just over 22,000 residents, the closing of the Ford Motor Co. subsidiary Automotive Components Holdings (ACH) is even more ominous when one considers Monroe’s current mortgage crisis and loss of thousands of good-paying jobs during the past 30 years....
Posted: Tue, Sep 18, 2007 7:05am PDT
Sadrists Demand US Withdrawal. UIA asks Sadrists to Rejoin. Will Blackwater be Expelled? From a Tuesday, September 18, 2007 entry on Informed Comment, Juan Cole's blog...
Posted: Tue, Sep 18, 2007 7:05am PDT
Postponement of Kirkuk Referendum? From a Tuesday, September 18, 2007 entry on Informed Comment, Juan Cole's blog...
Posted: Tue, Sep 18, 2007 7:05am PDT
Right-Zionists try to Silence Walt at the University of Montana From a Tuesday, September 18, 2007 entry on Informed Comment, Juan Cole's blog...
Posted: Tue, Sep 18, 2007 7:04am PDT
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