5/6/08- U.S. backed  Ethiopian troops in Somalia:  slitting throats of civilians, gouging eyes, and gang raping according to Amnesty Intl. (read).

4/17/08- Jimmy Carter: 'For every Israeli killed...between 30 to 40 Palestinians are killed because of the extreme military capability of Israel'. (read).

4/30/08- Iran Ends Oil Transactions In U.S. Dollars. (read). This follows the U.S. sending a second carrier to the Persian Gulf as a 'reminder' to Iran (read).

4/11/08- The US is providing military aid to six of the countries cited in the US State Department’s latest series of human rights reports for recruiting and using child soldiers. They are Afghanistan, Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sri Lanka, Sudan and Uganda. (read).

2008 Annual Arab Public Opinion Poll ·83% have an unfavorable view of the US; ·Hezbollah's Hassan Nasrallah is the most popular world leader; ·Only 6% of Arabs polled believe that the American surge has worked; ·About 90 percent named Israel and the U.S as their biggest threat ·Nearly three out of four Saudi respondents said that if Iran acquired nuclear weapons, it would have a "positive" influence on the region ·The poll included 4,000 respondents in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and the UAE (read pdf poll results)

4/10/08- Members of Congress invested nearly $196 million of their own money in companies that receive hundreds of millions of dollars a day from Pentagon contracts. (No wonder Congress keeps voting to fund wars) (read).

4/9/08- Israel places seven employees of a pro-peace radio station under house arrest. (read).

3/29/08- (US-installed) Somalia Govt. Teeters on Collapse (read).

3/29/08- Gaddafi blasts the US - warns that US allies could suffer same fate as Saddam (read).

3/29/08- US airstrike in Basra kills 8 civilians (read).

3/27/08- Pakistan's new leaders tell US: We are no longer your killing field  (read).

3/22/08- 12 US soldiers electrocuted in Iraq - KBR blamed  (read).

3/14/08- Bush says he would fight in Afghanistan if he were younger (read).

3/12/08- A scant three percent of news stories in February were devoted to the Iraq war (read).

3/11/08- Afghan death toll soars to 8,000 last year (read).

3/11/08- Ten war protesters arrested in Senate (read).

3/5/08- Obama Glosses Over Colombian Attack in Ecuador; Clinton Calls for Escalation Against Venezuela (read).

3/4/08- Somalis protest over US bombing (read).

2/29/08- Israeli minister vows Palestinian 'holocaust' (read).

2/29/08- US troops under curfew in Okinawa after protests following a series of incidents involving American troops, including two alleged rapes (read).

2/20/08- Iraq war vet faces trial on charge of raping 3 month old girl (read).

2/19/08- Earth First! Blockades Power Plant Construction Site, 27 Arrested (read).

2/19/08- Thousands of protesters greet U.S. wargames in Phillipines (read).


2/12/08- Israeli official: 'IDF should wipe out parts of Gaza' (read).

2/2/08- Berkeley city council: Marines "unwelcome intruders"; protestors chain themselves to Marine recruitment doors (read).

Somalia 1/29/08- Somalia is worst humanitarian crisis- UN official. "...even worse than Darfur." (read) This crisis follows U.S. military action in Somalia that went largely unnoticed: 12/26/06 - "In Somalia, a reckless U.S. proxy war"(read). 1/9/07 - US Special Forces in Somalia (read). 1/20/07 - US and Ethiopian air strikes in Somalia killed 70 nomadic herdsmen (read).

1/24/08- Chalmers Johnson: "How to Sink America" (listen to 30 min. interview).

1/28/08- Vermont town to vote on indicting Bush & Cheney (read).
1/30/08- Vermont lawmakers seek National Guard withdrawal from Iraq (read).

1/14/08- The coddled "terrorists" of South Florida (read).

1/10/08- Bush demands end to Israeli 'occupation' of Palestinian territories (read).

1/9/08- Report Reveals Vietnam War Hoaxes, Faked Attacks (read).