The 2002 Balikatan Terms of Reference may have given rise to the initial combat involvement of US forces in Mindanao, according to the umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan. Various news sources have pointed out that reports of US involvement in actual combat in Mindanao existed as early as 2002, with the reported shooting of Buyong-buyong [...]
Saturday, August 29, 2009By FIDEL CASTRO RUZ International Posted by (Bulatlat.com) I was amazed to read the wire services issued during the weekend about the US domestic policy, evidencing a systematic decline in President Barack Obama’s influence. His surprising electoral victory had not been possible in the absence of the deep political and economic crisis affecting that country. [...]
Saturday, August 29, 2009Blackwater is said to be the main private security company in charge of protecting the US staff in Iraq during the George W. Bush administration. Reportedly, its aggressive tactics were criticized on different occasions. The most serious case occurred on September, 2007, when some agents from the company killed 17 Iraqi civilians. After considering the [...]
Saturday, August 29, 2009By JASON LEOPOLD Truthout/Perspective International Posted by (Bulatlat.com) Among the treasure trove of documents released on Monday related to the CIA’s detention and torture program is a 20-page background paper that, for the first time, describes in extraordinary detail the process of “rendition” and the torture prisoners are then subjected to when they are flown [...]
Saturday, August 29, 2009By MARK WEISBROT The Guardian International Posted by (Bulatlat.com) Americans are famous for not paying much attention to the rest of the world, and it is often said that foreign wars are the way that we learn geography. But most often it is not the people who have little direct experience outside their own country [...]
Saturday, August 29, 2009
The Writing on the Street
Hanging in the Balance
By CAROL PAGADUAN-PARAULLO Streetwise / Business World Posted by Bulatlat Navy Lieutenant First Grade Nancy Gadian stirred a hornet’s nest when she accused retired Lt. General Eugenio Cedo and other senior officers of corrupt misuse of Balikatan funds in 2007. After winning a protective writ of amparo from the Court of Appeals and being given [...]
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Sherlyn and Karen — Desaparecidos
Ni PAPA OSMUBAL Inilathala ng Bulatlat Mangiyak-ngiyak na itinirik ang mga kandila na inutang lang sa kapitbahay na nagpapa-5-6 Pinabasbas pa ang mga ito sa pari na kasinglusog ng elepante na kanang-kamay daw ng Obispo Taimtim na dalangin niya ang magkahanapbuhay o kaya man lamang ang manalo sa Lotto o Huweteng nang magkabigas ang nangingitim [...]
Saturday, August 29, 2009Youths and students rally in Manila protest the wars the Arroyo regime has launched against indigenous peoples and the Muslim minority and its inability to provide basic and good education. (Photo Janess Ann J. Ellao / bulatlat.com)
Actress Jodi Sta. Maria joins Migrante in demanding justice for OFW killed in Mongolia (Photo courtesy of Migrante International / Bulatlat.com)
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