DhafirTrial

Activist’s Memoir of the Iraq War

By Felicity Arbuthnot Freelance Journalist – London Islamonline.org 3/31/08

[KH: So often it is forgotten that this war on the Iraqi people did not, in fact, begin in 2003. It started 13 years earlier, in 1990, with the brutal embargo that was placed on that country. Felicity Arbuthnot, journalist and member of the Dr. Dhafir Support Committee Advisory Board, has written an excellent article reminding us all of this. This is the man-made humanitarian catastrophe that Dr. Dhafir was responding to when he sent aid to starving Iraqis through his charity Help the Needy.] (more…)

Showing at The Palace Theatre, James Street, Syracuse.
Thursday, April 3rd at 7 p.m.

New York Times Review: “Sophie Scholl: The Final Days” conveys what it must have been like to be a young, smart, idealistic dissenter in Nazi Germany, where no dissent was tolerated. This gripping true story, directed in a cool, semi-documentary style by the German filmmaker Marc Rothemund from a screenplay by Fred Breinersdorfer, challenges you to gauge your own courage and strength of character should you find yourself in similar circumstances. (more…)

The government has asked for, and recevied, an extension to filing a response to the appeals brief submitted by Dr. Dhafir’s lawyers, Peter Goldberger and Barry Boss. The response will now be submitted on April 9th, 2008. The appeal team will have two weeks to respond. These are all the briefs that will be submitted and, after a few months, a date for oral arguments will be set.

See here for some more information about the appeal process.

Dr. Dhafir has had some shoulder problems recently that have affected his ablility to respond to everyone who writes to him. In his last letter to me he asked that I send a special thanks to:

K.C. Saffron Walden, U.K.

M.F. and friends, Ilford, U.K. (more…)

By Paul Fabra Les Échoes Translated for Truthout by Leslie Thatcher 3/28/08

Let’s begin with what serves as the devastating background to the drama being played out on financial markets in the United States first of all (but not only!). Every time the Fed lowers its interest rates, it weakens the dollar still further. (more…)

By Jean-Louis Denier Marianne2 Translated for Truthout by Leslie Thatcher 3/30/08

The exorbitant cost of the war in Iraq risks plunging the United States a little further into a recession catastrophic for it … and the rest of the world! (more…)

David Usborn in New York The Independent, U.K. 4/01/08

Food stamps are the symbol of poverty in the US. In the era of the credit crunch, a record 28 million Americans are now relying on them to survive — a sure sign the world’s richest country faces economic crisis. (more…)