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IMPHAL (Manipur) – As turmoil rages in India’s troubled northeastern state of Manipur, with most government offices shutting down Monday, and employees boycotting work to support a public rebellion against a federal law giving the army unlimited powers, experts fear the unrest could fuel insurgency in the region. Manipur’s additional police chief C. Peter admits … Continue reading “Civil Disobedience Increases in Northeast India”

BOGOTA – Three senior paramilitary leaders wanted for mass killings of civilians and drug trafficking addressed a congressional hearing in Colombia Wednesday while protesters and supporters clashed outside. Although previous Colombian governments have stuck to the official position of considering members of the paramilitary militias criminals who should be brought to justice, right-wing President Alvaro … Continue reading “Colombia: Paramilitary Commanders Address Congress”

TOKYO (IPS) – Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi’s humiliating blow in Sunday’s House of Councilors election could have a fallout effect on his controversial decision to keep troops in Iraq, say analysts. "The election results reflected people’s anger. Koizumi had too easily followed the United States in drawing up policies on Iraq’s reconstruction," Toshihiro Shimizu, … Continue reading “Japanese Deliver Verdict on Koizumi’s Troop Decision”

Congressman Ron Paul continued his fight this week against the United Nations and its global government ambitions, authoring two amendments to a State department funding bill that would hobble the UN by cutting off its main source of funding: American taxpayers. Paul’s first amendment would prohibit the use of taxpayer funds for payment of UN … Continue reading “Ron Paul Continues Fight for US Sovereignty”

Complete report available here. I. Costs to the United States A. Human Costs U.S. Military Deaths: Between the start of war on March 19, 2003, and June 16, 2004, 952 coalition forces were killed, including 836 U.S. military. Of the total, 693 were killed after President Bush declared the end of combat operations on May … Continue reading “The Mounting Costs of the Iraq War”

Page one Incompetence, Corruption and Cover-ups: The Kevin Taskasen Affair CD: In your October 25 2002 interview with 60 Minutes, “Lost in Translation,” you charged the FBI with incompetence and greed – and also of allowing infiltration by foreign intelligence outfits. Some of these charges have also been substantiated by other sources, both congressional and … Continue reading “An Interview with Sibel Edmonds”

Page one and page two But How Could She Have Been Hired? CD: Why was she allowed to stay, and keep her security clearance? Were they trying to protect someone higher up? SE: I don’t know. Is it possible? Yes. But I just don’t know. But at the unclassified meeting between the senators and FBI … Continue reading “An Interview with Sibel Edmonds”

According to the U.S. government, these before and after satellite images from Iran are evidence of nuclear activity and a subsequent cover-up. Ironically, the accusation is based on the identification of a U.S.-made radiation monitor at the site.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) sued Attorney General John Ashcroft and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) today over the DOJ’s reclassification of information that alleges corruption, incompetence and cover-ups in an FBI translation unit. Public Citizen and Georgetown University Law Center professor David Vladeck are representing POGO. The lawsuit, filed … Continue reading “Attorney General’s Reclassification of Information Critical of FBI Is Illegal”

Here are some basic documents surrounding the Iraq prison abuse scandal at Abu Ghraib and elsewhere: Abu Ghraib Prison Photos (updated June 11) Justice Dept. Memo Justifying Torture, Aug. 1, 2002 (Released June 13) Pentagon Memo Legitimizing Torture from March 6, 2003 (Released June 9) Sworn Statements by Agu Ghraib Detainees (May 22) Video of … Continue reading “Iraq Prison Scandal Resources”