International
Lawyer for Cuban 5 seeks world support
May 14, 2004BERLIN – In a whirlwind visit, U.S. civil rights lawyer Leonard Weinglass spoke to several audiences here about the case of the Cuban Five. The five men – Gerardo Hernández, Antonio Guerrero, René González, Fernando González...
Read moreTorture in Iraq: The buck stops with Bush
May 14, 2004George W. Bush and his minions are toiling to contain worldwide outrage over the torture of hundreds of Iraqi detainees by U.S. occupation soldiers at the infamous Abu Ghraib prison. Slip-sliding to shift blame to a...
Read moreCoup foiled in Venezuela
May 14, 2004Another coup attempt against Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has failed. Eighty-eight Colombian paramilitaries were captured May 9 in Caracas while training for an assault on a military installation. According to Venezuela’s ambassador in Bogotá, those arrested...
Read moreTorture was routine, soldiers, Iraqis charge
May 14, 2004Staff Sgt. Camilo Mejia charged nearly two months ago that U.S. intelligence operatives directed torture of Iraqi prisoners.
Read moreBloody fiasco must end
May 7, 2004Enough. The colonial pipedreams of G.W. Bush’s gang of neo-conservatives is creating a humanitarian and military catastrophe in Iraq.
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