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Global Recon
May 28, 2005Saudi Arabian King Fahd DeadReports are coming in that Saudi Arabia's King Fahd is dead. The reports also say it will be announced on Saturday. There is bound to be a power struggle as is highlighted in the article below. Reliable sources in the Saudi capital Riyadh said Friday King Fahd is dead, reports the Saudi Institute. Other Commentary:
Right Thinking From The Left Coast Originally posted at Diggers Realm
May 26, 2005Bolivia About to Break Up?Winds of Change.NET’s Latin America briefings have described some of the natural gas controversies in that country. Publius Pundit has done a great job covering recent unrest there (most recently, in “Roadblocks and Dynamite”). Jack Wheeler, meanwhile, explained the connection to his subscribers almost 2 months ago… Bye-Bye Bolivia? Dr. Jack Wheeler runs To The Point News, described as “An Oasis for Rational Conservatives.” Back in April 2005, Wheeler said serious trouble was coming to Bolivia - and recent events show he was on to something. We didn’t get the scoop as fast as his subscribers, but we’ve republished it now with permission. This map of Bolivia may be about to become obsolete:  Read the Rest… May 24, 2005"Kosovo" Music Video Sparks Diplomatic RowWell, this is interesting. That music video from the Norwegian troops, to the tune of the Beach Boys’ “Kokomo”? After getting out on the Internet, it sparked a full-blown (and admittedly, legitimate) diplomatic incident. Yahoo News and Al-Jazeera both cover the clash. But only Winds of Change.NET has the lyrics, along with the video links to “Kosovo” and the full version of the British Dragoons’ “Is This The Way To Armadillo”… May 22, 2005Al-Qaida In GazaPalestinian Authority security officials told The Jerusalem Post that Jundallah, or “Allah’s Brigades,” is a radical Muslim group that has close ties with al-Qaida in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq and its members are mostly of former Hamas and Islamic Jihad members:
From California Yankee. May 21, 2005New Energy Currents: 2005-05-21As the US energy bill is being written in the Senate, the debate over our energy future is in full swing. Hydrogen fuel cells, or “gas optional” hybrids? Nuclear, or not? Coal… or not? As these different technologies begin to compete in earnest for your attention, acceptance, and tax dollars, New Energy Currents does its best to give you a broad overview of developments in energy science, technology, and policy. By John Atkinson, of chiasm. Hatewatch Briefing 2005-05-20Welcome! This briefing will be looking hard at the dark places the mainstream media sometimes seem determined to look away from, to better understand our declared enemies on their own terms and without illusions. Our goal is to bring you some of the top jihadi rants, idiotarian seething, and old-school Jew-hatred from around the world, leaving you more informed, more aware, and pretty disgusted every month. This Winds of Change.NET HateWatch briefing is brought to you by Lewy14 (hatewatch@winds…), and by zorkmidden of Discarded Lies. Past briefings and posts on related topics can be found here. Entil’zha veni! HIGHLIGHTED TOPICS
May 19, 2005U.S. Meets With North Korea One On OneThe Associated Press reports that U.S. officials met with North Korean officials in New York last week to discuss American policy toward the Stalinist state. From California Yankee. May 16, 2005Dan Darling: Analysis of the Current Uzbek ViolenceI wanted to do an in-depth post on the Uzbek unrest last night, but a variety of events prevented me from doing so. I figure it’s usually better to be as accurate as possible rather than first, so I’ll try to provide as best a primer as I can, though I want everyone reading this to understand that the situation and the facts surrounding it are rather fluid and subject to change as things in Uzbekistan and our understanding of them develop. I also want to stress that I am not a Central Asia expert, Nathan is, so I of course defer to him on all this stuff. You can see some of his links in today’s Winds of War briefing. May 15, 2005450 Feared Killed in Uzbek Clashes/UpdatesThe streets of the eastern Uzbek city of Andijan are mostly empty after two days of clashes between soldiers and anti-government protesters that left hundreds dead, witnesses said. Soldiers in Uzbekistan have sealed off part of the eastern city of Andijan where soldiers opened fire on groups of demonstrators on Friday.
May 14, 2005'Hundreds dead' in Uzbek violence/Updates [updated]Human rights monitors say hundreds of people were killed by Uzbek government soldiers in the wake of Friday’s violent anti-government protest in the eastern city of Andijan, Russia’s Interfax news agency has reported.
Protests Flare Again as Bodies Put on Display Demonstrators, some with tears in their eyes, angrily condemned the government for firing on women and children.
Soldiers loaded dead bodies onto a bus in eastern Uzbekistan today after blocking families from collecting them, a witness said, as gunfire echoed across the city a day after troops opened fire on thousands of demonstrators.
TCP contributor Nathan has so much more, just start at the top and scroll down. May 13, 2005Gunmen Seize Uzbek PrisonAbout 100 gunmen have seized a prison in Andijon, killing guards and freeing prisoners. The BBC is also reporting that the gunmen attacked a military garrison, driving off soldiers. The CBC reports that the local administrative buildings may have been seized, that no one knows who is in charge, and that a theater has been burned down. They put the number of prisoners released at 2,000. There have been protests in Andijon for the past few days over the trial of 23 businessmen charged with membership in an extremist group that may or may not exist. Andijon is also very close to Kyrgyzstan, where there has been a growing split in the ranks of Hizb ut-Tahrir between those committed to peaceful action and those who promote violence to achieve the group’s aims. It is impossible to say who is responsible for the violence at the moment though. —modified from a post at Registan.net May 06, 2005Hatewatch Briefing 2005-05-06Welcome! This briefing will be looking hard at the dark places the mainstream media sometimes seem determined to look away from, to better understand our declared enemies on their own terms and without illusions. Our goal is to bring you some of the top jihadi rants, idiotarian seething, and old-school Jew-hatred from around the world, leaving you more informed, more aware, and pretty disgusted every month. This Winds of Change.NET HateWatch briefing is brought to you by Lewy14 (hatewatch@winds…), and by zorkmidden of Discarded Lies. Past briefings and posts on related topics can be found here. Entil’zha veni! HIGHLIGHTED TOPICS
May 02, 2005Roots (shurush)Bryan Berkett worked for me at Spirit of America, and then left to move back to New York City. A Jewish kid from Beverly Hills, he worked with a Palestinian friend from college to start Shurush, which started as an ad-hoc charity giving out microfinance loans to Palestinians. I’m an immense believer in microfinance. The “Grameen Bank” type solutions have been shown to work, and the dense social webs that they use and build on not only build economies, but societies as well. They are working to build a real endowment and take their organization to the next level of stability. |
