Month September 2004

U.S. to give giant bombs to Israel

‘Bunker busters’ seen as targeting IranIsrael is to receive 5,000 new bombs from the U.S., including 500 of the huge “bunker busters” the Pentagon has used in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to the authoritative Israeli daily, Haaretz. The transfer is…

Al Qaeda morphs into many new groups

Al Qaeda seen as wider threatThe network has evolved into a looser, ideological movement that may no longer report to Bin Laden. Critics say the White House focus is misdirected. This from a Sunday LA Times front page story, no…

Hotel strike

A strike by hotel workers in LA, SF, and DC will probably start early next week. The crucial demand by workers is for a two year contract which would expire in 2006. This would insure the contracts for all hotel workers nationwide…

Yikes

Slavery abounds in U.S., rights group says Modern-day slavery is alive and well in the United States, say the authors of a report on forced labor that was released Thursday. According to the report, “Hidden Slaves: Forced Labor in the…