DhafirTrial

Tom Engelhardt Tomdispatch.com 2/7/07

Just last week, in a typical air strike of the Iraq War, two missiles were fired at targets somewhere in the city of Ramadi, capital of al-Anbar province in the heartland of the Sunni insurgency, in the course of a battle with American forces stationed there. According to newspaper accounts, “18 insurgents” were killed. (more…)

[Katherine: Below is a letter from Rafil about his transfer and new prison situation at Terre Haute, Indiana. The first part of the letter was written around December 17, 2006; it was completed on January 18, 2007 and received on February 3, 2007.]

I am writing you from Terre Haute, Indiana where I was just moved. I was put in isolation for 2 days before the move in what I know now was a nationwide operation to put Muslims/Arabs in one place so that we can be closely monitored regarding our communications, be it our phone calls or visits or correspondence. (more…)

By Joel Beinin Information Clearing House 2/6/07

Last Sunday in San Francisco, the Anti-Defamation League sponsored “Finding Our Voice,” a conference designed to help Jews recognize and confront the “new anti-Semitism.” For me, it was ironic. Ten days before, my own voice was silenced by fellow Jews. (more…)

Interview with Sami Al-Arian on democracynow.org 2/7/07

Sami Al-Arian has been in prison for the past four years. The Palestinian professor and activist was found not guilty over a year ago of 17 charges against him yet he remains in jail and the US government seems unwilling to release him. (more…)

DON MACDONALD www.canda.com The Gazette 1/17/07

The groups decried as discriminatory a Royal Bank decision to deny U.S. dollar accounts to citizens of six sanctioned countries – including Iraq, Iran and Sudan – even if those customers also hold Canadian citizenship. (more…)

I am reading Chalmers Johnson’s new book, “Nemesis: The Last Days Of The American Republic,” and would like to highly recommend it: AmericanEmpireProject.com

By Scott Galindez Truthout.org 2/5/07

I first met Ann Wright in the basement of the US Capitol in June of 2005. We were waiting for a chance to get into Congressman John Conyers’s hearings on Iraq. The Republican Congress wouldn’t let the hearing take place in a hearing room, so the room that the meeting took place in was not big enough for all the press and public to get in. (more…)

Ehren Watada Interview available here: Truthout.org