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Friday, 09 May 2008 |
 There was something interesting missing from Maj. Gen. Kevin Bergner's introductory remarks to journalists at his regular news briefing in Baghdad on Wednesday: the word "Iran," or any form of it. It was especially striking as Bergner, the U.S. military spokesman here, announced the extraordinary list of weapons and munitions that have been uncovered in recent weeks since fighting erupted between Iraqi and U.S. security forces and Shiite militiamen. Not once did Bergner point the finger at Iran for any of these weapons and munitions, which is a striking change from just a couple of weeks ago when U.S. military officials here and at the Pentagon were saying that caches found in Basra in particular had revealed Iranian-made arms manufactured as recently as this year. Be first to comment this article
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Friday, 09 May 2008 |
 Al-Qaeda has reportedly called on its operatives to go to Lebanon and defend what it called the Sunni community of the country. Leading Sunni clerics in Lebanon however rejected that what Lebanon was witnessing was a sectarian war between Sunnis and Shias. In a televised statement to media networks, Sheikh Mahir Hammoud, Imam of the Al-Quds Mosque in Sayda, called on Fouad Siniora to retreat back from the resolutions adopted by the government, terming these resolutions as "resolutions of war". Meanwhile, Al-Arabiya TV network reported that al-Qaeda has urged on its operatives to go to Lebanon on its websites.Be first to comment this article |
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Thursday, 08 May 2008 |
 While Israel celebrates 60 years since its establishment, Palestinians everywhere commemorate the "Nakba"("Catastrophe" in Arabic) that befell them after armed Jewish militia raided their homes and expelled them. The exclusionary Zionist vision of creating a Jewish state in Palestine meant the elimination of the indigenous, "non-Jewish" population. In his book, "The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine," Israeli historian Ilan Pappe writes: " . . . on 10 March 1948 . . . veteran Zionist leaders together with young military Jewish officers, put the final touches to a plan for the ethnic cleansing of Palestine." For Palestinians, denial of the Nakba is tantamount to denying the Holocaust for Jews.Be first to comment this article |
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Thursday, 08 May 2008 |
 David Barstow of the New York Times has written the first installment in what is already a stunning exposé of the Bush Administration's most powerful propaganda weapon used to sell and manage the war on Iraq: the embedding of military propagandists directly into the TV networks as on-air commentators. We and others have long criticized the widespread TV network practice of hiring former military officials to serve as analysts, but even in our most cynical moments we did not anticipate how bad it was. Barstow has painstakingly documented how these analysts, most of them military industry consultants and lobbyists, were directly chosen, managed, coordinated and given their talking points by the Pentagon's ministers of propaganda.Be first to comment this article |
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Thursday, 08 May 2008 |
 The city of Parachinar in the FATA province of Pakistan has witnessed continuous rounds of violence as pro-Taliban groups with ties to Al-Qaeda attempt to take over the city. Dozens of local Shias have been killed and hundreds of homes and businesses have been torched in the violence that has gripped the region since last April. Violence was sparked off in April 2007 as the town reverberated with explosions of mortar shells and rockets when pro-Taliban militants attacked a mosque in Parachinar. Tens of Shias were killed after being abducted and tortured by Taliban militants. Militants shot and killed the victims in cold-blood and left their bodies in the Aravali region. Local leaders blame the government for drawing a blanket of silence over the violence in the FATA province, and call on international aid organisations for assistance amidst the dire humanitarian crisis that has gripped the province.Be first to comment this article |
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Thursday, 08 May 2008 |
 The UN probe committee investigating the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri has detained a man in Beirut's Wata al-Mosseitbeh neighborhood on suspicion of involvement in the killing of former Lebanese Communist Party cheif George Hawi, a report published by As-Safir newspaper said Tuesday. The report said the suspect, a member of the Progressive Socialist Party headed by MP Walid Jumblatt, had left shortly after Hawi's murder to Dubai where he has been working there for nearly two years. He returned to Beirut about six months ago to work at a restaurant. Hawi, the Communist Party's former secretary general, was killed in a car bombing in June 2005.Be first to comment this article |
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Thursday, 08 May 2008 |
 The leader of Shia rebels in the northern governorate of Saada, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, has called on aid agencies and the UN to focus their efforts on areas that have witnessed fierce clashes between his supporters and government troops over the past few days. Al-Houthi told IRIN on 5 May the army had blockaded certain areas, preventing food supplies from getting through. In an interview with RMC Middle East, Al-Houthi underlined that military chiefs in the army were undermining Qatari mediation efforts to resolve the recent outbreak of fierce clashes. Experts blame the recent wave of violence on the government's desire to settle the score with the Shia rebels militarily.Comments (2) |
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Wednesday, 07 May 2008 |
 The death toll from Cyclone Nargis that struck Myanmar has soared above 22,000 with more than 41,000 others missing in the country's deadliest storm on record. The Myanmar government has appealed for international aid amid the rising death toll in the wake of Cyclone Nargis which smashed the country's central region over the weekend. The UN's World Food Program said late Tuesday it has begun distributing aid in damaged areas of Yangon despite heavy flooding and road damages. The worst-hit areas are becoming accessible for the first time and the death toll is "increasing rapidly," Richard Horsey, a spokesman for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said in an interview with Bloomberg Television from Bangkok.Be first to comment this article |
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