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  • EAST TIMOR: Report reveals thousands of children stolen

    A 2500-page report by the Portugese Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation, titled Chega! (Enough!), documents the experiences of the East Timorese people under 24 years of brutal Indonesian military occupation, including the removal of

  • BRITAIN: Blair's next war crime?

    John Pilger Has British PM Tony Blair, the minuscule Caesar, finally crossed his Rubicon? Having subverted the laws of the civilised world and brought carnage to a defenceless people and bloodshed to his own, having lied and lied and used the death

  • VANUATU: Attempted deportation of West Papuan

    On February 9, Vanuatu's minister for internal affairs ordered the deportation of West Papuan activist Andy Ayamiseba. However Ayamiseba was returned to Vanuatu when Australian authorities denied him entry, because he lacked any travel documentation.

  • UNITED STATES: Cuban Five case appealed again

    Federico Fuentes It seems a strange way to fight a war against terrorism but the US government currently has five Cuban men imprisoned for "espionage" when they were gathering information on terrorists. The men's case is currently before the

  • PALESTINE: Disabled man shot by Israeli troops

    On February 15, Mujahid al Simadi, a 20-year-old disabled Palestinian man, was shot dead by Israeli troops near the West Bank town of Jenin. According to a February 15 BBC report, "Local residents said Mujahid al Simadi had gone up to the troops with

  • IRAQ: US troops are the primary targets

    Doug Lorimer Pentagon statistics on attacks by Iraqi resistance fighters that were declassified for a US Senate hearing have revealed that the vast majority — about three-quarters — were aimed against US and allied foreign occupation forces,

  • Global solidarity with jailed Iranian unionists

    On February 15, protests were held outside Iranian consulates in various countries to demand the release of jailed members of Tehran's bus drivers' union, including its leader Mansoor Osanloo. Hundreds of unionists and family members were arrested

  • IRAN: US relies on terrorists for nuke 'intelligence'

    Doug Lorimer In a widely reprinted story, the February 8 Washington Post reported that Iran has completed drawings of an underground shaft that could be used for testing a nuclear weapon. Citing unnamed US officials who claimed to have examined

  • VENEZUELA: Chavez tells Blair to butt out

    Alex Holland, Caracas Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez responded angrily to British PM Tony Blair's critical comments on February 8, calling Blair, "shameless and subordinate to the commands of Washington". Chavez said Blair is an ally of "the

  • From Che to Chavez: Latin America revolts against the empire

    Stuart Munckton On October 8, 1967, the Argentinean-born socialist revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara was murdered by a CIA agent in Bolivia. Having helped lead the successful Cuban Revolution, Che was in Bolivia attempting to spread the struggle

  • BRITAIN: Solidarity activists denounce Blair attack on Chavez

    Hands off Venezuela and Venezuela Solidarity Campaign supporters gathered outside the Venezuelan consulate in London on February 15 to express solidarity with the Venezuelan revolution and to oppose the attacks made on Venezuela by Prime Minister