When senior British spokespeople are starting to speak out against the Jewish state, things are clearly getting desperate. The Guardian reports: The British ambassador to… Israel… has said international support for the Jewish state among those in the political mainstream is eroding, driven by settlement expansion in the West Bank and continued restrictions on Gaza. There is…
Tamils remain occupied and monitored in Sri Lanka
The BBC’s Charles Haviland reports from the previously sealed north-eastern corner: I was with the army as they detonated left-over munitions near a major battle scene. “Here, crouch behind these sandbags,” they told me as we stood, in protective clothing, a few hundred metres from the detonation site. “If shrapnel comes anywhere near, just duck.”…
Al-Jazeera compromising its vision to blindly back Syrian rebels?
Sultan Al Qassemi writes in Foreign Policy: Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya were founded by members of the Qatari and Saudi royal families, respectively, and their coverage of Syria faithfully reflects the political positions of their backers. There’s big money behind both stations: Al Jazeera was… created… with a… $150 million… grant from the emir of Qatar in 1996,…
Welcome to Free Syria
Stunning new feature by Anand Gopal in Harpers: "Welcome to Free Syria", Anand Gopal documents the Syrian Revolution
Need some heroin or a bazooka online?
This article in Gizmodo may help: The… Bushmaster M4… is a 3-foot rifle capable of firing thirty 5.56×45mm NATO rounds, and used by spec ops forces throughout Afghanistan. It’s a serious weapon. But in the Internet’s darkest black market, it’s all yours. Who needs a background check? Nobody. The Armory began as an offshoot of… The Silk Road,…
Who exactly are the Free Syrian Army?
My friend Yaara Bou-Melham’s remarkable SBS Dateline report from Syria and Turkey:
ABCTV News24’s The Drum on Israel/Palestine and uranium sales to UAE
I appeared last night on ABCTV’s The Drum (video here) alongside the Sydney Morning Herald’s Judith Whelan and… … former NSW Liberal leader Kerri Chikarovski. Aside from arguing against Australia selling uranium to UAE – seriously, do we need to provide a brutal dictatorship with a toxic and deadly resource? – and challenging the corporate media to…