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Colombian conscientious objector speaks

Mexico: open season on police commanders
Juan Antonio Román García, second highest-ranking police commander in Ciudad Juárez, was killed when his car was sprayed with bullets outside his home. Two days earlier, presumed Sinaloa Cartel gunmen murdered Edgar Eusebio Millán, a top commander of the Federal Preventive Police, at his home in Mexico City. Hours before Millán's funeral, senior Mexico City police detective Esteban Robles was gunned down in front of his apartment. Two other senior police officers were shot in Mexico City in recent days, and hitmen killed Saul Peña, a top police officer in Ciudad Juárez. [more]

No increase in oil-spill tax
The Senate failed to pass the new FAA reauthorization bill—because of "non-aviation provisions" that would have doubled the tax on oil spills from five to ten cents per gallon. [more]

Jamil Khader: West Bank farmer's land denuded

Egypt: from food crisis to censorship
Nader Gohar, owner of the Cairo News Company, faces criminal charges for the unlicensed broadcasting of food riots in Egypt last month. [more]

Iron Man lives again —in Iraq?
Canada's Defense Department is seeking proposals to develop high-tech body suits for Canadian soldiers. It is an open secret that Canada has several thousand troops in Iraq. [more]

Bill Weinberg to speak in NYC on Iraq's civil resistance

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